russian government

Bank of New York Settles $22.5 Billion Russian Lawsuit

NYT > Business  Wed, 09/16/2009 - 08:52

In the settlement of a suit relating to a 1990s money laundering scandal, the Bank of New York Mellon will pay the Russian government’s legal fees of about $14 million.


 

DealBook: Bank of New York to Settle $22.5 Billion Russian Lawsu...

NYT > Business  Wed, 09/16/2009 - 07:08

The Bank of New York Mellon has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the Russian government for $14 million, a senior Russian official said.


 

Russian Government guns for Microsoft over Windows XP

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Sat, 06/06/2009 - 18:00

Isn't it amazing just how attached so many people are to Windows XP given that it is relatively old and relatively insecure?

I will even admit to having a netbook which runs very nicely on XP thank you very much, and have no plans to 'upgrade' this to Vista or Windows 7.

The Russian government, in the shape of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), does not seem to keen on Vista either.

Actually, let me rephrase that, it does not seem too keen on Microsoft forcing people into buying Vista by retiring Windows XP.

Somewhat incredulously, it is investigating Microsoft with a view to filing...