Ukrainian pilot Savchenko files appeal against extension of detentionNadezhda Savchenko, who stands accused of having abetted the killings of two Russian journalists, has challenged the ruling to extend her detention until October 30.14:44 28.08.2014
Ex-Bank of Moscow chiefs arrested in absentiaMoscow's Tverskoy District Court has issued arrest warrants for fugitive Russian bankers Andrei Borodin and Dmitry Akulinin.12:40 28.08.2014
Russian court dismissed $30,000 bail request for Ukrainian pilot SavchenkoA court in the southern city of Voronezh has extended until October 30 the detention of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko stands accused of having abetted the killings of two Russian journalists.17:39 27.08.2014
Judge refuses $15 mln bail request for Russian billionaire Gleb FetisovMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has refused to release former senator and banker Gleb Fetisov on 555-million-rubles ($15.5 million) bail or to place him under house arrest.12:28 20.08.2014
Ousted opposition-minded Russian mayor to remain in detention until OctoberThe Moscow City Court has upheld the detention of ousted Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov accused of bribery.16:37 19.08.2014
Russian national arrested in Thailand for alleged criminal group membershipRussian national Mark Lunev suspected of participating in a criminal group that operated in Russia in the 1990s and the 2000s was arrested in Thailand.12:39 18.08.2014
Influential Armenian businessman Levon Airapetyan to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld the detention of 65-year-old Levon Airapetyan, deemed to be one of the wealthiest Armenian businessmen.16:54 15.08.2014
Russian journalist Stenin arrested in Ukraine for aiding terrorists - officialRussian photo journalist Andrei Stenin was arrested by the Ukrainian security services on suspicion of cooperating with terrorists, Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, said Tuesday in an interview with Radio Baltkom.17:13 12.08.2014
Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic extremist cell organizers to remain detained in St. PetersburgThe Kirovsky District Court in St. Petersburg has extended the detention of six alleged organizers of a Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami group, which is a radical Islamic political movement, until November 7, a representative of the Federal Security Service’s regional department told RAPSI on Thursday.12:01 07.08.2014
Avakov assassination suspect is police officer – Ukrainian Security ServiceUkraine’s security service, SBU, says the man who has been arrested on suspicion of planning to assassinate Interior Minister Arsen Avakov served in a special Kiev police unit, RIA Novosti has announced.12:47 01.08.2014
Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in eastern UzbekistanThe Namangan police in eastern Uzbekistan have arrested members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion for trying to convert local Muslims and for holding secret prayer meetings, a local police officer told RIA Novosti on Friday.11:56 01.08.2014
Moscow teen school shooter to remain detained until OctoberMoscow's Basmanny District Court extended the detention of Sergey Gordeev, the 15-year-old who was detained in February after a shootout and hostage crisis in a Moscow school that left a teacher and a police officer dead, for two months, the court told RAPSI on Thursday.13:22 31.07.2014
No prior notice given to Russia before US cyber fraud arrestUS officials did not provide Russia with information on the activity of the Russian citizen who was charged with cyber fraud before his arrest, according to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s envoy for human rights, democracy and supremacy of law.14:45 24.07.2014
Police arrest ousted President Morsi’s sonEgyptian police have arrested the younger son of ousted President Mohamed Morsi in the central province of Beni Sueif, Turkish news site World Bulletin announced on Friday, citing a security source.15:19 18.07.2014
Court rulings to arrest Ukrainian interior minister and mogul governor come into effectThe attorneys of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky, who have been charged under a criminal case on developments in southeast Ukraine, have not appealed the decisions of the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on their arrest in absentia, the court’s press secretary, Anna Fadeyeva, told RIA Novosti.12:54 18.07.2014
Stockholm court upholds arrest warrant for Wikileaks founderA district court in Stockholm on Wednesday upheld the arrest warrant issued for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2010 on suspicion of rape and sexual harassment in Sweden.11:25 17.07.2014
Athens police arrest fugitive terrorist - reportGreek terrorist Nikos Maziotis, the convicted leader of the Revolutionary Struggle leftist rebel group who has been on the run for two years, was arrested in central Athens Wednesday while trying to rob a jewelry store, Greek media write.17:27 16.07.2014
Second suspect in German spy case remains freeSeveral days after an agent of the German intelligence agency BND was arrested for spying for the US, prosecutors conducted searches in Berlin in connection with a second suspected US spy. Data storage devices have been confiscated during these searches, German federal prosecutor spokesman Markus Koehler told RIA Novosti.10:20 10.07.2014
Moscow court arrests Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov in absentiaThis Wednesday, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of the Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov in absentia, a RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom. The judge upheld a petition by the Russian prosecution.14:59 09.07.2014
Russia concered about detained hacker facing derailed trial like BoutRussian Foreign Ministry is taking all steps to prevent the case of detained Russian national Roman Seleznev from developing along the lines of the capers of Viktor Bout and jailed pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, ministry’s human rights rapporteur Konstanin Dolgov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.11:13 09.07.2014