Criminal proceedings launched against former Russian defense ministerInvestigators have launched a negligence case against former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov; the estimated damage is 56 million rubles ($1.7 million), the Investigative Committee's official spokesman Vladimir Markin said Thursday.10:24 28.11.2013
Artist faces hooliganism charges after nailing genitals to Red SquareMoscow police has initiated a criminal case on the charges of hooliganism against performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who attracted international attention after nailing his scrotum to the cobblestones in Moscow’s Red Square.10:29 15.11.2013
Moscow court dismisses appeal over Sergei Magnitsky posthumous indictmentThe Moscow City Court has dismissed an appeal over termination of posthumous action against Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky who died in 2009 in pretrial detention being accused of a tax fraud.11:46 21.10.2013
Criminal case against Navalny brothers lawful – courtThe Moscow City Court on Monday turned down the motion to dismiss a criminal case against opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg, over fraud and embezzlement from the Yves Rocher company.15:52 14.10.2013
County prosecutors go after Boston Bombing suspect in MIT officer’s deathProsecutors from the US state of Massachusetts’ Middlesex County received a warrant that would enable them to arraign Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the murder of MIT police officer Sean Collier.19:49 07.10.2013
Kazakhstan pays $23,000 to compensate families of 13 massacred border guardsThe Kazakh government has paid out 3.5 millon tenge (approximately $23,000) to the families of border guards killed in a May 2012 massacre.13:09 03.10.2013
Two plead not guilty to broad-daylight murder of British soldier Lee RigbyTwo men pleaded not guilty Friday to having murdered British soldier Lee Rigby.16:23 27.09.2013
Politkovskaya murder trial postponed until October 1The Moscow City Court has adjourned the Anna Politkovskaya murder case hearing until October 1, RAPSI reported from the courtroom on Wednesday.12:38 25.09.2013
Man faces 2 years in jail for defrauding Russian judgesA criminal case has been opened against a man residing in Russia’s Perm region who attempted to pressure local judges.16:14 17.09.2013
Dispute over Kant culminates in a shooting in RussiaA spirited debate about the work of German idealist Immanuel Kant took a violent turn when a man in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don shot his philosophical adversary in the head with a traumatic pistol.18:20 16.09.2013
Russian lawyer asks investigators to initiate case against ObamaAttorney Alexander Zorin asked the Russian Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case against President of The United States Barack Obama.14:16 10.09.2013
Russian billionaire Suleyman Kerimov may face criminal charges in BelarusRussian billionaire and Uralkali shareholder Suleyman Kerimov may face criminal charges in Belarus.12:42 29.08.2013
Moscow City Court set to hear Putin assassination attempt caseCriminal proceedings against Ilya Pyanzin, who is suspected of plotting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, have been transferred to the Moscow City Court.15:09 23.08.2013
New cases initiated against fugitive ex-head of BTA BankFinancial Police Agency of Kazakhstan has initiated eight new cases against Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank, and other former bank managers, Murat Zhumanbay, financial police spokesman, said at a briefing in Astana on Wednesday.12:36 07.08.2013
Former US Marine gets 24 years for plot to kill federal judgeFormer US Marine Dejvid Mirkovic was sentenced to 24 years in prison Thursday after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill a US federal judge who had previously presided over the conviction of Mirkovic’s co-conspirator in a separate fraud case.15:11 02.08.2013
British American Tobacco's Russia branch accused of massive tax fraudThree criminal cases have been opened by Russian federal investigators against British American Tobacco's (BAT) local branch on charges of tax evasion amounting to upwards of 335 million rubles ($10.7 million).13:17 21.05.2013
Prosecutor throws out Plushenko slander complaint - sourceThe Moscow prosecutor’s office has decided not to pursue a criminal investigation against a television commentator Evgeny Plushenko claims slandered him earlier this year.11:17 21.05.2013
Son of late Chechen separatist leader Dudayev stands trial in LithuaniaDegi Dudayev, the youngest son of former Chechen separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, charged with participation in a criminal group, forgery and storage of false passports appeared in a court in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas.12:00 07.05.2013
Belgorod shooter refuses to give testimony until trialSergei Pomazun, 31, who is suspected of shooting six people dead and injuring a policeman in the city of Belgorod in southern Russia, has refused to give testimony, his lawyer Viktor Yeremeyev told RIA Novosti.10:52 07.05.2013
Criminal case opened into Femen's German protestA criminal case was launched into a topless protest by the Femen group in the German city of Hanover, targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.09:55 09.04.2013