Two women have filed a lawsuit against a maternity home in the Orenburg region, claiming that their daughters were switched at birth there 37 years ago, in an echo of a story in Chelyabinsk that made international headlines last year. Two women have filed a lawsuit against a maternity home in the Orenburg region, claiming that their daughters were switched at birth there 37 years ago, in an echo of a story in Chelyabinsk that made international headlines last...

... News, apparently in an attempt to cause dissension among the opposition ahead of a major rally. Nemtsov, one of the leaders of unregistered liberal party Parnas, said at the time that the News of the World-style leaks were illegal and that he would sue Life News over their publication. On Tuesday, Nemtsov told Interfax that an investigator had called him and said a case had been opened in connection with the illegal tapping and publication of telephone conversations. "I really hope that the...

... said Tuesday that a criminal case had been opened against the pro-Kremlin tabloid, for the illegal tapping and publication of cell phone calls last month in which he derided other members of the opposition. The calls went viral, and Nemtsov vowed to sue Life News over their publication. Khokhlova said Wednesday that the news site had the right to publish the recordings, since they informed the public about the activity of a political leader, an action Khokhlova said was defended by law. "It...

... rubles after the buyback, the company's presentation said. According to current legislation, a company conducting a buyback can't proceed with an offer to one group of investors while excluding others. Kostin didn't rule out that some investors could sue the bank because of the buyback scheme, but he said there is little chance that a court would rule in their favor, RIA-Novosti reported. Meanwhile, investors weren't encouraged by the move, as VTB declined 1.5 percent to close at 6.96 kopeks per share...

.... Nemtsov was furious: The "call girl" turned out to be his companion of three years. "When someone calls my girlfriend 'a prostitute,' to be honest, I want to bash him in the face," he wrote on his LiveJournal blog. He plans to sue the online tabloid for slander. The new smear campaign against opposition leaders hints at the answer to the question most hotly debated these days: Will Putin 2.0 be more liberal than Putin 1.0? People who believe this is true cite the clear signs...