Mikheil Saakashvili charged with abuse of power in absentiaEx-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has been charged with excessive use of power in relation to a case that involves the dispersion of an opposition rally and the raid of television broadcaster Imedi, Newsgeorgia reports citing attorney Otar Kakhidze.12:29 29.07.2014
Criminal case opened against Georgian ex-president SaakashviliA criminal case has been opened against former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who failed to show up for questioning as a witness to the Georgian chief prosecutor’s office.14:56 28.07.2014
Ukraine opens case against Russian defense minister and oligarchUkraine’s Interior Ministry has initiated criminal proceedings against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the 39-year-old founder of equity investment group Marshall Capital, Konstantin Malofeyev.10:40 23.07.2014
Gang members charged with illegally cashing $1.1 billion to remain jailed - reportThe Moscow City Court has extended the detention of the criminal group members charged with illegally cashing around 36 billion rubles ($1.1 billion), Kommersant newspaper reported Thursday.11:02 03.07.2014
Aeroflot proposes 10 year imprisonment for in-flight brawlsRussia’s largest air carrier Aeroflot has proposed that in-flight brawls be considered a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a company representative told RIA Novosti.16:07 01.07.2014
Spanish king’s sister charged with money laundering - reportJudge Jose Castro has charged Infanta Cristina, sister of Spain’s newly enthroned King Felipe VI, with crimes against the state treasury and money laundering, El Mundo reports Wednesday.15:33 25.06.2014
Tax and investigative agencies coordinate amendments on tax crimesRussia’s Federal Tax Service and the Investigative Committee have worked together on amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code that would allow investigators to open cases without Federal Tax Service authorization, Vedomosti newspaper writes on Friday.11:47 20.06.2014
Russia opens criminal case against top Ukrainian officials Avakov and KolomoiskyRussia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Wednesday.12:49 18.06.2014
Number of economic crimes in Russia decreases by 20% - officialThe number of economic crimes has fallen by 20% after the adoption of a federal law which restricts powers of law enforcement authorities, business ombudsman Boris Titov told President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Sunday.12:14 26.05.2014
Russian lawmaker moves for criminalizing child porn posessionYelena Mizulina, Head of the State Duma Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues, is advocating a law that would criminalize the posession of child pornography.16:55 21.04.2014
Russian investigators in Crimea tackle Ukrainian caseloadInvestigator in Crimea now under Russian jurisdiction will complete the review of cases investigated by the Ukrainian operatives until the end of April, according to the statement made by the Investigative Committee’s official spokesman Vladimir Markin on Thursday.14:37 17.04.2014
Case dropped against self-mutilating Russian artistCriminal case against performance artis Pyotr Pavlensky who attracted international attention after nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones in Moscow's Red Square has been dropped due to lack of criminal action, his attorney told RAPSI on Wednesday.11:51 16.04.2014
Russia launches criminal case against another Ukrainian nationalist leaderRussian investigators have initiated a terrorism case against the leader of one of the Ukrainian nationalist organizations Dmitry Korchinsky, official Spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Friday.13:55 21.03.2014
Citing “shield of innocence” judge nixes anonymous jury in Abu Hamza trialAnonymity and other forms of jury protection requested by prosecutors would run counter to the principle that all criminal defendants are shrouded by a “shield of innocence” prior to conviction, a US court held Wednesday in the case against terror suspect Mostafa Kamal Mostafa (Abu Hamza).13:21 13.03.2014
Russian investigators launch criminal case against Ukrainian far-right leaderRussian investigators have initiated a terrorism case against the leader of ultra-nationalist, far-right Ukrainian movement “Right Sector” Dmitry Yarosh, official Spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told reporters Monday.12:47 03.03.2014
Yanukovich faces fresh charges - reportViktor Yanukovich, who fled his country in the aftermath of deadly riots, has been charged with attempting to overturn the constitutional order.11:00 03.03.2014
Criminal charges against freed ex-PM Tymoshenko droppedA judge of the Kievsky District Court of Kharkiv has dropped criminal charges against former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the case concerning financial abuse within the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), Tymoshenko's party Batkivshchyna reported Friday.15:04 28.02.2014
Corruption cases rate rose 30% in a year – Investigative CommitteeThe number of corruption cases opened by the Investigative Committee in 2013 grew 30%, Chief Investigator Alkesandr Bastrykyn told journalists on Thursday.10:43 27.02.2014
Ukraine moves for ICC investigation of “crimes against humanity”The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution requesting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) conduct an independent investigation into the “crimes against humanity” allegedly committed in Ukraine.15:59 25.02.2014