Legal matters

Russian Internet group Rambler sues Amazon’s Twitch for $3 billion

December 17, 2019

Russia’s third-largest internet company Rambler wants a record 180 billion rubles ($2.87 billion) in compensation from Amazon’s streaming giant Twitch over illegal streams, the Kommersant business daily reported Monday, the second high-profile action Rambler has taken against a U.S. tech company in less than a week. Rambler wants to ban Twitch and seek damages over what it …

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Rambler triggers criminal case against Nginx over IP rights, then steps back

December 18, 2019

Last week in Moscow an unexpected criminal case tarnished one of Russia’s best tech success stories – that of Nginx, the world’s most popular web server, which was sold to a US industry giant 15 years after being created by an obscure Russian system administrator.  On Thursday, December 12, law enforcement raided the company’s Moscow office. Armed …

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US and UK accuse two Russian nationals of causing tens of millions in hacking damages

December 9, 2019

US and British law enforcement officials announced charges Thursday against two Russian nationals they think are responsible for separate global hacking schemes. Some of the largest pieces of malware ever seen were deployed to swipe tens of millions of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims. Officials identified those charged as Maksim Yakubets of Moscow and …

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US stock market authority halts TON launch over $1.7 billion ICO

October 14, 2019

Late Friday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is suing two offshore entities, Telegram and its wholly owned subsidiary, TON Issuer, for holding an unregistered token sale. According to the complaint filed in the federal district court in Manhattan on the same day, Telegram sold approximately 2.9 billion crypto tokens, called Grams (GRM) to 171 buyers for a …

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Russian iPhone user sues Apple for turning him gay

December 10, 2020

A Russian man is seeking more than $15,000 in damages from Apple after claiming that the U.S. tech giant drove him to homosexuality, the Govorit Moskva radio station has reported.  The plaintiff, identified as D. Razumilov, alleges that he became “mired in same-sex relationships” this summer after receiving 69 GayCoins on a cryptocurrency payment app …

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Sept. 2019 in Eastern Europe: BlaBlaCar acquisition; State support and venture repellent from Russia

October 17, 2019

Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and neighboring countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Since January 2019, EWDN chief editor Adrien Henni has offered a monthly column to highlight the most notable industry facts and trends as well as promising tech innovations from these countries. The September review highlights the …

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Baring Vostok executives will be kept under house arrest until January in spite of weakened charges

October 9, 2019

A Moscow court ruled yesterday that Michael Calvey, the prominent US investor arrested in February, and his French colleague Philippe Delpal, should remain under house arrest until January 13. According to the Investigative Committee, which requested such measure, three more months are required to complete the investigation, as reported by the TASS news agency. Initially …

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Activist sues Moscow city for implementing facial recognition technology in public cameras

October 8, 2019

Moscow activist Alyona Popova has submitted a lawsuit asking for the city’s implementation of facial recognition technology to be declared illegal. Sarkis Darbinyan, an attorney for the free speech group Roskomsvoboda who is representing Popova in court, notified Vedomosti, a major Russian daily, of the lawsuit. Popova is arguing that processing biometric data without receiving written permission from the …

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Russian hacker pleads guilty in massive consumer data theft in the USA

September 25, 2019

A Russian hacker has admitted to his participation in one of the largest thefts of consumer data from U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, and other companies, the US Justice Department says. Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses, the …

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Calvey case: Charges are falling apart

September 20, 2019

The charges against Baring Vostok executives could fall apart as investigators have re-appraised the value of shares of a bank which was central to the case. These shares were handed over by Baring Vostok to Vostochny Bank as part of a loan repayment; and their value was, in reality, many times higher than the amount …

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Baring Vostok executive Philippe Delpal moved from prison to house arrest

August 17, 2019

Yesterday a Russian court ordered to transfer French citizen Philippe Delpal to house arrest after six months spent in pre-trial detention. The decision took place just days before Russian president Vladimir Putin’s visit to France, where he is expected to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. In early April Baring Vostok’s founder, the US citizen …

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Russian military puts soldiers in jail for using smartphones and social media

August 7, 2019

Since March 2019, Russian military service members have been banned from using smartphones and posting photos taken on the job to social media. The new regulations were proposed in September of 2018, and Russia’s State Duma and Federation Council approved them the following February. After the new law received President Vladimir Putin’s approval as well …

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