FSB claims to have “neutralized” warlord Doku UmarovRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has ”neutralized” the activities of Doku Umarov, leader of the Imarat Caucasus terrorist organization, FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov said Tuesday during a session held by the intergovernmental National Antiterrorist Committee.12:11 08.04.2014
Two alleged planners of terror attack in Moscow to stay in detentionMoscow's Lefortovsky District Court has extended the detention of Yulai Davletbayev, who allegedly masterminded a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow last May, and his accomplice Robert Amerkhanov, the court's press office told RAPSI on Wednesday.16:22 05.03.2014
Police detain Pussy Riot members at SochiNadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, members of punk group Pussy Riot, were detained by police on Tuesday in the Russian Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.15:04 18.02.2014
Federal Security Service gets the power to investigate cybercrimePresident Vladimir Putin has given the Federal Security Service (FSB) the power to investigate cybercrime, reads a document published on the Kremlin portal of legal information.11:34 23.12.2013
Russians accused of leaking ‘dual use’ technologyTwo Russians have been accused of leaking documents containing information about secret “dual use” technology from a Siberian plant to a foreigner, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday.10:56 12.12.2013
Police detains 14 suspected Islamists, explosives in MoscowA team of federal and local law enforcement authorities detained alleged members of the extremist Islamist sect Takfir wal-Hijra cell, along with large amounts of weapons and explosives.16:41 27.11.2013
Russian postal official wasted $90k of budget funds on Ponzi schemeAn employee of Russia's postal service Pochta Rossii joined a notorious MMM-2011 Ponzi scheme and transferred 3 million rubles (93,000) of federal budget funds to buy virtual stock, Federal Security Service reported on Wednesday.11:21 23.10.2013
FSB pushes for maximum control of the Internet – reportRussian Federal Security Service (FSB) strives for maximum information control on the internet, but the joint legislation with the telecommunications regulator may prove unconstitutional, Kommersant daily writes on Monday citing a letter from Vimpelcom.10:23 21.10.2013
Russian government calls for FSB to tackle cyber crimeThe Russian government has submitted amendments to state lawmakers that would give the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) the authority to investigate and fight hacker attacks.16:30 17.10.2013
Russian authorities uncover Gibraltar coal smuggling ringPolice, Federal Security Service and customs officials uncovered an illegal coal smuggling operation, with Gibraltar at the receiving end, Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.15:58 15.10.2013
The fate of Greenpeace activists to be decided once seized ship docks in MurmanskA decision on whether there will be any legal repercussions for Greenpeace activists that endeavored to board a Russian oil rig will be made after their ship - the Arctic Sunrise - arrives in Murmansk, a Federal Security Service (FSB) representative told RIA Novosti Friday11:30 20.09.2013
Seven detained in alleged Gazprom shareholder fraudSeven men have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of having embezzled Gazprom shares in the amount of 500 million rubles (upwards of $15.4 million).17:11 17.09.2013
Extremist literature withdrawn from two Russian mosquesThe Federal Security Service (FSB) has withdrawn extremist literature from the mosques in Russia's Bashkortostan, the spokesperson of the regional department of the Federal Security Service told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.14:07 17.09.2013
Explosives found in Russia's Dagestan after rebel leader held - officialsRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has discovered a large cache of homemade explosives in the capital of Russia's troubled North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said Tuesday.15:10 30.07.2013
US citizen and Chechen partner sentenced to prison for $4.35 mln extortionA court in Russia's Bashkortostan has sentenced a US citizen and his Chechen partner to various terms in prison for extorting an Ufa widow's inheritance worth $4.35 million.12:19 05.07.2013
Russian farm fined over cancer-causing vegetablesThe management of a state farm in Russia has been fined more than 11 million rubles ($330,000) for using banned hazardous pesticides to grow vegetables that it then labeled as organically grown, the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.15:43 04.07.2013
Next hearing in Litvinenko inquest scheduled for July 12The next hearing in the inquest of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko’s death is scheduled for July 12 and may partly focus on the upcoming public inquiry, Litvinenko’s widow Marina said on Thursday.18:15 20.06.2013
Former FSB director thinks UK special services could tap Medvedev's phonesFormer FSB Director Nikolai Kovalyov, currently a member of the State Duma Security Committee, believes that foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 could have their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted.14:31 17.06.2013
Russian senate to discuss fingerprinting new arrivals without visasThe upper house of parliament plans to discuss with security agencies and the police the idea of fingerprinting new arrivals, Ruslan Gattarov, the co-author of the initiative and the chairman of the Federation Council's ad hoc commission on information society, told journalists on Tuesday.16:41 11.06.2013
Alleged planner of terror attack in Moscow detained by FSBThe Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained Yulai Davletbayev, who allegedly masterminded a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow last month13:19 06.06.2013