Maybach confiscated from unemployed Siberian debtor
Court bailiffs confiscated a Maybach 62 from an unemployed resident of a suburban development in the Novosibirsk Region. The premium class German car was pledged by the bank, the regional branch of the Federal Court Bailiff Service reports on Thursday.
Siberian bank ordered to pay Microsoft $17k for copyright infringement
The Krasnoyarsk Region Commercial Court has ordered Kansky Commercial Bank to pay 597,700 rubles ($ 16,773) to Microsoft Corporation for the illegal use of the company’s software, the court told RAPSI on Wednesday.
$17.5 mln dispute between republic agency and LUKOIL Komi dismissed
The Commercial Court of the Republic of Komi dismissed the case of a lawsuit filed by the republic’s department of the Federal Service for the Supervision of Natural Resources that required compensation from LUKOIL Komi in the amount of 615 million rubles ($17.5 mln) in land related environmental damages, the court told RAPSI on Friday.
Russian court upholds ruling in Oleg Deripaska’s defamation case
Federal Commercial Court of East Siberia rejected an appeal filed by the Independent Information Agency against the court ruling that obligated the media to officially refute the information that Oleg Deripaska’s RUSAL is evading taxes, the court told RAPSI on Wednesday.
Microsoft sues Siberian bank for copyright infringement
The Krasnoyarsk Region Commercial Court will consider on June 9 Microsoft Corporation‘s lawsuit demanding 597,700 rubles (17,321$) from Kansky Commercial Bank for the illegal use of its software, the court told RAPSI on Thursday.
Former Siberian imam found guilty of extremism
A magistrate court in the Altai Republic in southwest Siberia has found Serzhan Svatov, former imam of the Kosh-Agach Region, guilty of creating a cell of the Tablighi Jamaat extremist movement, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti.
Siberian tiger killer convicted in Russia
A hunter who killed a Siberian tiger in the Russian Primorye Territory has been sentenced to community service and fined over 720,000 rubles ($20,280), the Prosecutor General’s Office reported Wednesday.
Drugs police in Siberia detained with 18kg of heroin
More than 18 kilograms of heroin have been seized from a group of drug police officers in Siberia, investigators said Thursday.
Four environmental officials accused of Siberian poaching
A criminal case over the killing of a rare Siberian deer has been opened against four officials from Russia’s Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry, police said Thursday.
Siberian anti-drug police chief caught selling heroin
The head of the Russian police’s anti-narcotics department in southwest Siberia has been arrested for selling heroin, local investigators said Monday.
Russian official on trial for spiking critical newspaper
An official in Russia’s east Siberia faces trial after he allegedly confiscated the entire edition of a newspaper containing an article critical of the poor state of the roads in his district.
Russian surgeon stole heroin from drug mule's stomach – police
A surgeon who operated on a drugs mule in an East Siberian town stole heroin from his stomach and was detained while high, regional police said Tuesday.
Russians in China could face death penalty for smuggling bear paws
Two men from the Trans-Baikal Territory in Siberia who were detained by Chinese customs officers for transporting 213 bear paws could face capital punishment.
Russian customs uncover $12 mln leak to Hong Kong
The customs agency of the Altai Territory, Siberia, claims that a local company embezzled nearly $12 million.
Fine for killing tigers raised to over $35,000
Fines killing tigers, leopards, snow leopards and northern falcons have been raised to 1.1 million rubles ($35,390), the Natural Resources Ministry reported on Monday, citing the new norms for calculating environmental damages that became effective on March 31.
High-security prison for extremists to open in Siberia
A high-security prison for extremists will open in Yeniseisk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory next spring, says Vladimir Shayeshnikov, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service's regional department.
TNK-BP minority shareholder lawsuit against BP dropped
The Eighth Commercial Court of Appeals in the Siberian city of Omsk has dismissed the lawsuit initiated by Andrei Prokhorov, a TNK-BP minority shareholder, to recover RUB 288 billion ($9.5 billion at the current exchange rate) from BP Russian Investment Limited (BPRI) and BP p.l.c.
Siberian FSB launches case against hacker who blocked Putin's website
Criminal proceedings have been launched against Siberian hacker on charges of having committed cyber attacks aimed at Russian President Vladimir Putin's website.
Jordanian firm initiates monitoring procedure over Siberian company
The Krasnoyarsk Territory Commercial Court has initiated a monitoring procedure in Maklakovsky LDK, Siberia's oldest timber export complex, as part of the lawsuit filed by International Investor for Trading.
Siberian magistrate convicted of causing a wreck while driving drunk
The Tomsk Regional Court has deprived a magistrate of her license for 1.5 years for driving drunk and causing an accident, the regional prosecutor's office reported on Monday.