Moscow police mulls ban on second hand mobile phone trade
■ MOSCOW (MN) - The Interior Ministry's directorate for the Moscow city wants to ban the sales of second hand mobile phones, deputy head of the directorate Ivan Glukhov told reporters on Wednesday. Acording to the official, police register a great number of attacks on underage children who are being robbed of their mobile phones. He added that often these attacks are committed by underage criminals and victims rarely turn to the police.
"We must take urgent measures, like ban the sales of secondhand mobile phones or do something to make the traders sell the phones with documents only," the police officer said.
Russian scam artist sentenced in NYC to prison
■ NEW YORK (AP) - A Russian has been sentenced in New York to prison for stealing more than $1 million from victims chosen from the Forbes 400 list of wealthy Americans.
Igor Klopov was sentenced Wednesday 3 1/2 to 10 1/2 years for grand larceny and identity theft. The 25-year-old admitted he ran an Internet ring that prosecutors say was based in his Moscow home and targeted rich U.S. citizens.
Prosecutors say his targets included Texas billionaire Charles J. Wyly Jr. Klopov was accused of ordering a checkbook for Wyly's bank account.
The former Moscow University student pleaded guilty in February. He told a Manhattan judge he intended "to do everything in my power to make restitution."
Russian Newsweek warned for "insulting" Muslims
■ MOSCOW (AP) - Moscow prosecutors say they have warned the Russian-language edition of the Newsweek magazine for allegedly insulting Muslims.
The Moscow Prosecutor's Office says the magazine published two stories that could be "insulting or humiliating" to Muslims. It said Tuesday on article also included one of the 2005 Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
The magazine published the stories on Muslims in the European Union in late October. It could not be immediately reached for comment.
Under President Vladimir Putin and his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, Russian news organizations have come under increasing official pressure. If prosecutors' warnings are ignored, publications can be fined or threatened with closure.
