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20.04.2009, 16:17
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Yukos oil tycoon, has asked the court to clarify the charges brought against him and his former employee Platon Lebedev. Prosecutors accuse them of massive embezzlement.
31.03.2009, 09:27
A Moscow court has begun hearing the second case against Yukos oil company founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev.
30.01.2009, 02:24
Five years after proceedings began, the case of failed Russian oil giant Yukos has finally reached the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
27.01.2009, 19:44
Russia's Supreme Court has upheld a life sentence for former Yukos shareholder Leonid Nevzlin, who was sentenced to life in absentia for murder and attempted murder.
30.12.2008, 22:32
Vasily Aleksanyan has paid a 50 million rouble bail bond ($1.7M) and was released today from custody, according to his lawyer.
16.02.2010, 19:53
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As part of the week to support victims of crime across the country, a center for missing and exploited children is to be established in Russia.
25.05.2010, 07:01
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He is called Mowgli, or 'The Dog Boy'. When people found the boy, thirteen year old Zhenya Barsukov could only say the words 'yes' or 'no' and ate with his hands or from the floor.
11.05.2009, 10:17
Orphans in Central Russia are suing their principal, claiming to have been frequently mentally abused. The alleged offenders have responded with a counter-claim, saying the accusations are slander.
15.07.2009, 14:13
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Bills approved by the Russian State Duma include increasing sentences to 20 years for the rape of children – and also harsher measures for the distributors of child pornography.
02.08.2009, 18:36
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Rimma Salonen, the Russian mother of a child illegally taken out of Russia by his Finnish father in spring 2009, could have been tricked into going to Finland, where she is currently being held in detention.
Published: 22 April, 2009, 01:36
A Moscow court has released the former lawyer of the Yukos oil company, Svetlana Bakhmina, who has been allowed home along with the five-month old daughter she gave birth to in prison.
