Theatre attack case restricted

A MOSCOW local court has begun hearing an unprecedented compensation claim filed over the October theatre siege by immediately placing tight restrictions to limit the scope of the case.

The presiding judge has rejected requests by the plaintiffs' lawyer to summon government officials to the hearings and have video footage of the siege played in court.

He also rejected the lawyer's request to have the case transferred to a bigger court, but he did grant journalists the right to make audio, though not video, recordings of the hearings.