Russia has opened a criminal investigation into the chief executive of potash producer Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, and will request his extradition from Belarus, investigators said on Monday.
Russia denied bail on Monday to the American captain of a Greenpeace ship and two other foreign activists who are among 30 environmentalists arrested on charges of piracy over a protest at an Arctic drilling platform.
Hedge fund chief Bill Browder, had been accused by Pavel Karpov, 36, of ruining his reputation by alleging the Russian was behind a massive fraud on the Russian taxpayer.
Russia said it found drugs on a Greenpeace ship, warning it may file more serious charges against some of the group’s activists already facing as long as 15 years in jail for alleged piracy during an Arctic protest.
A court in the Russian city of Murmansk has rejected bail appeals for twoGreenpeace activists and a freelance photographer, keeping them confined in jail ahead of piracy trials.
Workmen cut the door from its frame, allowing a dozen men in balaclavas and hoods to enter a Moscow restaurant.
Some 40 members of the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to the United States Olympic Committee asking for assurances about the treatment and safety of U.S. athletes and spectators at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Russian authorities have arrested a man believed to be responsible for distributing a notorious software kit known as “Blackhole” that is widely used by cyber criminals to infect PCs, according to a person familiar with the situation.
A Russian man who participated in an anti-Kremlin protest has been convicted of “calling for mass riots” and sent for forced psychiatric treatment.
A diplomatic feud has broken out between the Netherlands and Russia – exactly at the moment the two countries are at odds over Russia’s detention of a group of Greeenpeace activists.
