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VTB bank’s $4 bln action against Transaero suspended

The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has put a stay on a VTB bank’s 249.2 billion-ruble ($4 billion) lawsuit against Transaero air carrier’s founder Alexander Pleshakov, his wife and mother.

18:20 23.04.2019

About 100 cultural rights applications submitted to Russian ombudsman in 2018

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova received nearly 100 applications concerning the problems of cultural rights protection.

16:47 23.04.2019

Assets of suspended Russian senator Arashukov seized

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to the suspended Federation Council member Rauf Arashukov and other defendants in a case over large-scale embezzlement and participating in a gang.

15:47 23.04.2019

VKontakte users’ lawsuit over passing personal data to police dismissed

Four activists from Tatarstan, who had demanded 100,000 rubles (about $1,600) in compensation each from VKontakte social network for passing their personal data to police, were denied their compensation claim.

14:27 23.04.2019

Russian man receives suspended sentence for counterfeiting CSKA football emblems

A Russian citizen, who had sold counterfeit goods having emblems of the CSKA football club, received a 6-month suspended sentence, a statement published by the football club’s press service reads.

12:42 23.04.2019

Ex-manager of construction company gets over 6 years for abuse of office

A court in Russia’s Khabarovsk has sentenced a former deputy chief of Dalspetsstroy construction company Mikhail Gelman to 6 years and 3 months in prison for abuse of office resulted in the infliction of an 800-million-ruble damage ($12.5 million) to the state.

11:59 23.04.2019

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

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