Russian bikers to demand $60,000 compensation from EU - report
Members of the Night Wolves motorcycle club intend to sue the EU for 3 million rubles ($60,000) in compensation for damages caused to the riders of a cross-country motorcycle ride who were stopped from entering European territory.
ECJ registers new claims by Yanukovych, members of family challenging sanctions
Three new claims seeking removal of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and members of his family from sanctions list have been registered with the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), according to court records.
Gazprom denies allegations of breaching EU antitrust rules
Allegations of the European Commission that Gazprom is breaking EU antitrust rules are groundless, Russian gas giant said in a statement on Wednesday.
EU suspects Google of violating antitrust legislation
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it sent a statement of objections to Google alleging the company has abused its dominant position in the markets for general Internet search services in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Gazprom drops suit against Lithuania over EU's 'third energy package' - report
Russian gas giant Gazprom withdrew its suit against Lithuania that had moved to separate the ownership of gas supply and transportation assets to meet regulations of EU's so-called "third energy package".
WTO to appoint panel of arbitrators to rule on dispute over Russian import duties
The WTO's dispute settlement body on Wednesday decided to set up a panel of arbiters to rule on European Union complaint over Russian import duties on a number of products.
European Parliament calls for independent probe into Nemtsov's murder
Members of the European Parliament passed a resolution at a plenary session on Thursday calling for an independent international investigation into the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.
Russia won't overturn death penalty ban - Chairman of Human Rights Council
Chairman of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov says that no one has the right to demand to overturn ban on death penalty, following a proposal of a group of Russian lawmakers to lift the ban.
Russian lawmakers to consider declaration on 1989 'annexation of East Germany'
Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has asked the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs to look into the possibility of adopting a declaration which denounces the reunification of Germany in 1989.
Rosneft's case against sanctions sent to European Court of Justice
A case lodged by state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft which challenges sanctions imposed on it by the EU's European Council over Russia's actions in Ukraine was sent to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg by judges of London's High Court.
Pussy Riot lawyer could become Bulgaria’s ECHR judge
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) recommended Bulgarian lawyer Yonko Grozev for a judge in the European Court for Human Rights. Grozev is known to have represented Pussy Riot and several other defendants in the Bolotnaya Square riots case in Strasbourg.
ECHR dismisses Tymoshenko’s application due to ‘settlement’
The European Court of Human Rights ruled to discontinue the examination of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s application Ukraine due to a “settlement” of the situation, says the court’s press release obtained by RAPSI on Thursday.
PACE president asks Naryshkin to help release Ukrainian pilot Savchenko
Anne Brasseur, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has asked chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin for his assistance in releasing Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from jail.
Yukos Capital wants Russia to recognize Paris court ruling on unpaid loans
Luxembourg-registered Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. (Yukos) has filed a claim with a Commercial court in Tomsk seeking to recognize the ruling of the international court on its litigation versus Russian Tomskneft over three unpaid loan agreements.
Five Russians detained in France on suspicion of planning terrorist attack
Five Russian nationals were arrested in France on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, says French prosecutor Yvon Calvet.
Four suspects in French hostage crisis to be charged on Tuesday
Paris prosecutors have formulated charges for four accomplices of Amedy Coulibaly, the man who killed four hostages in a kosher grocery in eastern Paris.
Over 30 arrested on mafia related charges in Italy
Italian police have arrested 31 people in Rome on suspicion of links with the ‛Ndrangheta mafia-style organization based in Calabria. Firearms and about 600 kg of cocaine and hashish were confiscated.
Russian opposition activist Udaltsov’s application reaches ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted an application filed by Russian opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, who was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for organizing the Bolotnaya Square protests in central Moscow in May 2012.
EU to appeal court decision removing Hamas from terror list
The Council of the European Union is launching an appeal against last month’s EU court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas be removed from its terrorist list for procedural reasons.
Venice Commission to call on Ukraine in February over 'lustration' law
The representatives of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission will visit Ukraine in February, to hold additional consultations over the recently adopted 'lustration' law, for prosecuting corrupt officials from the Yanukovich administration.