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Would-be robber leaves gun in Moscow fitness club 27 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
A man detained by police after an automatic rifle was found in a holdall in a Moscow fitness club was planning a robbery and a kidnapping, a spokesperson for the Russian capital’s local Interior Minis...
Victims of shooting spree in Moscow demand over $106,000 in compensation 27 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
Victims and family members of those killed in the shooting spree at the office of a Moscow pharmaceutical company demand 3.5 million rubles (over $106,000) from the gunman Dmitry Vinogradov who stand ...
Over 140 convicts released under economic crime amnesty in Russia 27 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Over 140 convicts have been released from Russian colonies in accordance with economic crime amnesty passed about two months ago.
MICEX securities fraud mastermind gets three years in prison 27 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
The Basmanny district court of Moscow has sentenced securities fraud mastermind Oleg Kuznetsov to three years in prison and fined him 200,000 rubles (over $6,000), according to a statement released by...
Russia implores US to observe international law as Syria rhetoric mounts 27 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement Tuesday warning the US and the international community as a whole to remain strictly and prudently observant of international law in light of increasing...
$455k suit against Moscow airport over terrorist attack rejected 27 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
The Moscow Presnensky District Court rejected on Tuesday the lawsuit filed by Yelena Krivolutskaya, a victim of a terrorist attack at the Domodedovo airport held in January 2011, on the recovery of 15...
Russia’s Supreme Court refuses to posthumously acquit Soviet secret police official 27 Aug 2013 | 04:02 pm
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has refused to posthumously acquit a former high-ranking Soviet secret police officer of crimes connected with the mass repression and show trials of the 19...
EurocityBank Russian trademark rejection upheld on appeal 26 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
Russia's Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the decision by Russian patent authorities to block a trademark application filed by EurocityBank.
Russian lawmakers move to ban gays from donating blood 26 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
As the State Duma prepares amendments to the law on blood donation, homosexuals may be included among the list of high-risk donors, and the question of sexual orientation will be asked of potential do...
Second website to be blocked in Russia under anti-piracy law 26 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
Russia's federal communications agency Roskomnadzor will block Rutor.org file-sharing website under the anti-piracy law, RAPSI's sister agency Digit.ru reported on Monday.
