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Terrorist plotting Moscow attacks gets 21 years behind bars

Terrorist plotting Moscow attacks gets 21 years behind bars

 An individual, who organized a clandestine cell of the Islamic State (terror group banned in Russia) to carry out terrorist acts in Moscow, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison, the public relations center of the Federal Security …

Dutch appeals court awards Scythian Gold collection to Ukraine

Dutch appeals court awards Scythian Gold collection to Ukraine

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has ruled that the Scythian Gold collection should be handed over to Ukraine, Presiding Judge Pauline Hofmeijer-Rutten announced on Tuesday. "The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has ruled that the Allard …

Trump intends to restore his Twitter page through court

Trump intends to restore his Twitter page through court

Former US President Donald Trump intends to reclaim his Twitter account. The ex-head of the White House sent a request to oblige Twitter to temporarily restore his account to The Florida Federal Court on October 1, RIA Novosti informs, …

Iranian lawmakers lodge complaints against Rouhani

Iranian lawmakers lodge complaints against Rouhani

Deputy chair of the Iranian parliament’s Article 90 Committee Nasrollah Pejmanfar said they have lodged three complaints with the judiciary against former President Hassan Rouhani. According to Pejmanfar, the move addresses …

Netanyahu corruption trial delayed until September

Netanyahu corruption trial delayed until September

After a request from the prosecution for a further delay in the ongoing corruption trial of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the next hearing will be pushed off until September. The state prosecutor requested that the …

Trump Organization and financial chief indicted on tax charges

Trump Organization and financial chief indicted on tax charges

A grand jury in Manhattan has indicted the Trump Organization, long managed by former President Donald Trump, and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg in connection with tax-related offenses, a person familiar with the matter said …

Narek Sargsyan sentenced to 5.5 years in prison

Narek Sargsyan sentenced to 5.5 years in prison

A local court in Yerevan has sentenced Narek Sargsyan, the nephew of former president Serzh Sargsyan, to 5.5 years in prison. The criminal case against Narek Sargsyan was launched in June, 2018, by the National Security Service of …

Moscow court declares Navalny’s organizations extremist

Moscow court declares Navalny’s organizations extremist

The Moscow City Court ruled on Wednesday that the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Citizens’ Rights Protection Foundation (the non-profit NGOs recognized in Russia as foreign agents) as well as the Navalny Headquarters public movement …

Moscow court fines Facebook $353,500

Moscow court fines Facebook $353,500

The Justice of the Peace Court of Moscow’s Tagansky district fined Facebook 26 mln rubles ($353,500) for the refusal to remove prohibited information, the Court’s press service told TASS on Tuesday. "The court …

Former Yerevan mayor arrested in Armenia

Former Yerevan mayor arrested in Armenia

Armenia's police said they arrested former Yerevan mayor, minister of transport and communications Gagik Beglaryan at the Zvartnots airport upon his arrival from Moscow. Beglaryan was escorted to the National Security Service. He …

Uzbekistan sentences 17 people over dam burst

Uzbekistan sentences 17 people over dam burst

Uzbekistan's Supreme Court has sentenced 17 men to various jail terms and fines over the embezzlement, negligence, violation of engineering works over the Sardoba dam burst in central Syrdarya region last year, the Supreme Court press service …

Georgian court accepts Nika Melia’s release after EU posts bail

Georgian court accepts Nika Melia’s release after EU posts bail

Tbilisi City Court has accepted the release of leader of the United National Movement Nika Melia after the European Union posted Melia’s 40,000 GEL bail on May 8, following the EU-mediated agreement between Georgian political parties in …

Construction of Nord Stream 2 suspended till late May

Construction of Nord Stream 2 suspended till late May

The permit for the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline was suspended due to an appeal by environmentalists. "The application has a suspensive effect. Now the decision will be made by the court. But for now the …

A person denying Russia’s existence on trial in Stavropol

A person denying Russia’s existence on trial in Stavropol

A resident of Stavropol Nikolai Sobolev became a defendant in a criminal case under the article ”Involvement in extremist activities”, the investigation already sent documents proving his guilt to the Industrial District Court of …