Muslim woman sentenced in Russia over extremist article
September 13th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Muslim woman journalist in Russia was given a suspended jail term by a Moscow court Thursday for distributing material that prosecutors said contained "calls ... Read more...
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Russian court declines returning seized money during raids
September 11th, 2012 - 5:38 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Moscow court has ruled legal a refusal by investigators to return over $1.7 mn seized from an apartment of opposition activist Ksenia Sobchak during ... Read more...
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Putin denies role in Pussy Riot case
September 6th, 2012 - 10:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was "staying out" of the controversial case of the Pussy Riot punk group, whose three members were jailed ... Read more...
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Moscow court acquits Kasparov
August 25th, 2012 - 8:17 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Moscow court acquitted Russian chess grandmaster and opposition activist Garry Kasparov, accused of violating peaceful gathering by raising slogans last week, during the trial ... Read more...
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Hackers attack website of court that jailed Pussy Riot
August 21st, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 21 (IANS) Computer hackers Tuesday attacked the website of a Moscow court that sentenced three members of the anti-Putin punk rock band Pussy Riot, RIA Novosti reported.The hackers ... Read more...
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Chess great Kasparov faces jail for biting cop
August 18th, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian grandmaster-turned-opposition activist Garry Kasparov, who supported the jailed Pussy Riot members, can be jailed over a clash with police where he allegedly bit a ... Read more...
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Anger in Russia as Pussy Riot jailed
August 18th, 2012 - 7:48 am ICT by IANS
Moscow Aug 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Anti-Putin punks Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years each Friday over a protest in Moscow, sparking anger among their supporters.Judge Marina Syrova ruled ... Read more...
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Topless protester cuts down Cross in Ukraine
August 17th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Activists from the Ukrainian feminist group Femen cut down a wooden crucifix in the centre of the country's capital city of Kiev Friday, supporting members ... Read more...
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Russian apex court rejects man’s claim to Vatican
August 9th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Supreme Court has overturned an appeal from a Russian who urged the country's judiciary to recognise his ownership of the Vatican."The court has ... Read more...
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Russian army officer jailed for spying for US
June 1st, 2012 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian army officer has been sentenced by a Moscow court to 12 years in prison for spying for the US, the Federal Security Service ... Read more...
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Russian bombers’ helper jailed
May 30th, 2012 - 5:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 30 (IANS) A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Moscow court that found him guilty of assisting suicide bombers who had planned a ... Read more...
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Russian opposition to stage ‘March of the Millions’
March 18th, 2012 - 4:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian opposition has decided to stage -- March of the millions -- protest May 6 before the inauguration of president-elect Vladimir Putin.Members of the opposition, ... Read more...
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Russian inventors sue Sony
February 25th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two Russian inventors have filed a patent violation lawsuit with a Moscow court against Sony Electronics in Russia.They claim that a rear touchpad installed on ... Read more...
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Medvedev orders probe into sale of land for embassies
October 26th, 2011 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Mosocw, Oct 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a probe into the "illegal" sale of Moscow land intended for foreign embassies to subsidiaries of a company belonging ... Read more...
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President of Bank of Moscow flees Russia
April 5th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- The president of Bank of Moscow fled Russia while being investigated for illegally granting a $444 million loan, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.Police were ready to charge Bank of ... Read more...
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Former Russian oil tycoon convicted for fraud (Lead)
December 27th, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev, both of whom have been jailed for tax evasion, were Monday found guilty of embezzlement ... Read more...
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Russian ex-oil tycoon convicted in fraud case
December 27th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were found guilty of embezzling 218 tonnes of oil worth $97.5 million by a Moscow ... Read more...
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Spy swap talk grows (Lead, Changing dateline)
July 8th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 8 (DPA) Ten Russian spy suspects are expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in a joint appearance in a New York federal court, fuelling discussion about a possible swap with ... Read more...
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Russia seeks spy swap to free agents in US
July 8th, 2010 - 4:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 8 (DPA) The Kremlin wants to resort to a spy swap reminiscent of the Cold War era to free some of the 10 Russians who were recently detained in the ... Read more...
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Man gets one-year jail for slapping Russian rights activist
May 5th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The attacker of an elderly Russian human rights activist has been given a one-year suspended sentence by a Moscow court.
Konstantin Pereverzev hit the chairwoman of the Moscow ... Read more...
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Murdered Russian journalist remembered
October 8th, 2009 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 7 (DPA) Artists, journalists and human rights activists were among 800 people to gather in Moscow to commemorate the third anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Russia begins second trial of Khodorkovsky
March 31st, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 31 (RIA Novosti) A Moscow court Tuesday rejected jailed ex-tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky's request that state oil company Rosneft be removed from a list of complainants in the ... Read more...
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Russia bans Turkish Islamic outfit Nurcular
April 10th, 2008 - 11:19 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, April 10 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that Turkish Islamic organization Nurcular is an extremist organization, and has banned its activities in the country. The Prosecutor General's Office ... Read more...
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Killer of Russia’s investigative scribe identified
March 28th, 2008 - 10:56 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, March 28 (RIA Novosti) The killer of Russia's investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been identified and placed on the country's 'most wanted' list, the prosecutor general's office said Friday. The ... Read more...
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