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Moscow City Court to check legality of arrest of Northwestern tax service official

17:57 01.09.2021

Russian financier convicted of market manipulation exempted from punishment

The St. Petersburg City Court has released from the imposed punishment former head of the stock exchange operations directorate for the financial markets department of Baltinvestbank Andrey Kornilov.

16:28 01.09.2021

Assets of financial group Otkrytie founder Belyaev worth $2 bln seized by court

Moscow's Commercial Court has satisfied a petition of Bank Trust PJSC seeking the freeze of property of one of the Otkrytie financial group founders Vadim Belyaev worth 156.6 billion rubles (about $2 billion).

14:18 01.09.2021

Indian python taken from negligent owner, handed over to zoo

A four-meter Indian python, abandoned by its owner in an apartment of a five-story building in the village of Naziya, has been seized by a court decision and transferred to the zoo.

10:39 01.09.2021

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