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French artist Didier Marouani and his lawyer accuse Russian pop star of false denunciation

Igor Trunov, the lawyer for the French musician Didier Marouani, said during a news conference on Wednesday that he had written a statement for the police demanding to open a criminal case against Russian pop star Filipp Kirkorov over false denunciation.

17:31 30.11.2016

Russian court recovers $5 mln from ship owner for oil spill near Sakhalin coast

The Sakhalin Regional Commercial Court has ruled in favor of the Russian environmental watchdog agency Rosprirodnadzor, which lodged a lawsuit against a ship owner seeking to recover damage to environment resulting from an oil spill near the island of Sakhalin in the amount of 329.1 million rubles (about $5 million).

16:46 30.11.2016

Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg’s claim over EU sanctions granted in part

A claim lodged by Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg over EU sanctions against him has been granted in part, the General Court of the European Union said in a press release on Wednesday.

12:33 30.11.2016

Russia’s IP Court set to consider trademark case between Russian man and U.S. firm

The Russian Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) is to review a cassation appeal lodged by Russian businessman Alexey Zaytsev seeking to reverse lower courts rulings prohibiting him to use domain name saucony.ru and awarding to a US company Saucony, Inc. a compensation in the amount of 300,000 rubles ($4,700) on January 18.

11:39 30.11.2016

Investigators seek to extend house arrest of ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Torlopov

Investigators have filed with Moscow’s Basmanny District Court a motion seeking to extend until March the house arrest of former head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vladimir Torlopov, charged with creating an organized criminal group and large-scale fraud.

10:58 30.11.2016

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