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U.S. and U.K. officials say security was lax at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport.
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Transport magnate Oleg Ossinovski’s son, a prominent Estonian politician, denies ties to his father’s business interests.
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UN tribunal overturns acquittals of Jovica Stanisic and an intelligence chief over 1990s atrocities. 16 December 2015
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Ex-Yukos chief’s father was questioned in June after investigators said new evidence emerged about the killing.
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President Aliev’s advisor warns VOA radio among those ‘operating illegally’ in country.
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Wider legal definition behind rise in treason trials.
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Sergei Pugachev was once known as ‘Putin’s banker’ for his close ties in the Kremlin.
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With or without the U.S., Russia is preparing to launch airstrikes against IS from Syria base, say unnamed sources.
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Rebel demand follows forced closure of aid programs in Donetsk.
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Observers noticed the man making the symbol in the grass shortly before he mowed the rest of the lawn, making it disappear.
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Police were hunting suspects involved in weekend attacks in western city of Aktobe.
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The all-women team has become popular for spearheading a probe into former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s wiretapping scandal
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Turkish media outlets have released contradictory details about the suicide bombers.
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The government only lets communication companies operate in country if willing to provide nearly unlimited data to authorities, says report.
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This article examines the main issues in regard to the right to a fair trial in criminal matters. Particularly it provides an overview of the Court case-law involving Bulgaria. This concerns the right to an independent and impartial tribunal established by law; the court's jurisdiction and access to court in criminal matters; right to a public hearing and a public pronouncement of judgement; the right to a fair trial within a reasonable time, the presumption of innocence and the basic rights of the defense of anyone who has been charged.
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Problems of criminal defense of rights of minors under criminal legislation of Russian Federation are analyzed in the article. Criminal responsibility for retail sail to minor spirits with administrative pre-judition and excess criminal responsibility for sexual crimes against minors are criticized in article. Notions of implicating of minors to commit crime (art. 150 CC), to commit asocial acts (art. 151 CC), to incline of minors to consume drugs or psychotropic substances and there analogs (art. 230 CC) are researched.
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The changings of current criminal legislation of Russian Federation on economic crimes and judicial practice are analyzed in the article. The rules of qualification of common and special norms on fraud and retroactive effect of the law on fraud are suggested. Notion of little theft is offered. The attempt of Supreme Court of Russian Federation on notion of complicity on group of persons with primary collusion in view changing of Plenum of Supreme Court of Russian Federation 2010 year is analyzed. Excess of Criminal Code of RF is researched.
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This article analyzes the concepts, systems and design criteria of the Special Part of the criminal law of foreign countries. According to the author, especially of the foreign criminal law, as its structural element is a set of (system) institutions and norms that define the concept and features of specific crimes and establish penalties for committing them. Features of the part of the foreign criminal law is derived from two of the subfamily-tems: 1) codified (main), provided by the Criminal Code; 2) Necoda-tified (auxiliary) provided a multiplicity of other formal sources (special criminal laws or regulations other industry sector, and in some cases and case law). Criteria for the construction of the Special Part of the foreign criminal law are determined on the basis of community facilities criminal attacks and their importance in the hierarchy of social values, officially adopted in a given society and the state. In terms of content, especially of the criminal law of various foreign countries, on the one hand, has the versatility and unity in the main - in the terms of common crimes, which form its “core”. On the other hand, it differs quite pronounced invariance, ie, specificity in the amount of criminalization, the degree of differentiation of criminal responsibility and the level of penalty for their actions. The algorithm of the Special Part of the foreign criminal law at the present stage is modeled as follows: in the framework of its codification in general prevails under decodification, criminalization - under decriminalization, penalization - under decriminalization. Currently, gradually changing the concept (ideology) of the Special Part of the Criminal Law, the border - line, which is manifested primarily in changing the vector of values of criminal law protection: (from the state - for the individual). In addition, the continued process of convergence of different criminal legal systems (primarily European and Anglo-American).
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Criminal acts closely associated with electronic payments, such as credit or debit cards, are becoming prevalent in our present-day society. The use of such payments can be easily compromised by unscrupulous individuals seeking materialistic benefits obtained through illegal conducts. In the article, the author examines the history behind the establishment of the credit and debit cards in the US and the world, as well as the reasons behind their increasing popularity as methods of payment. The article further describes the constant efforts that are being put in place in order to secure personal information, in addition to observing the methods taken to prevent criminal acts that compromise these electronic tenders. Special attention is devoted to the distinct practices that police and governments employ to catch individuals who are involved in such criminal activities.
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The present article discusses issues related to the frequent terrorist attacks on cultural- historical heritage. These facts are really alarming due to the fact that at the heart of terrorism, the crisis of values stands. This requires a change of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of an Armed Conflict as well as the introduction of a new organizational model for the management of activities related to the conservation, preservation and protection of the world cultural heritage, depending on the impact and interaction of many internal and external factors.
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