Russia’s Security Service suspends probe into scientist charged with treasonThe Federal Security Service (FSB) has suspended a preliminary investigation of the case of Viktor Kudryavtsev, a scientist of the Central Research Institute for Engineering Technology (TsNIImash) charged with treason; his travel restrictions have been lifted.11:01 24.08.2020
Ukraine’s attempt to kidnap Russian national suppressed – Federal Security ServiceThe Federal Security Service of Russia has suppressed an illegal action of Ukrainian intelligence bodies to kidnap and forcedly transfer of a Russian citizen, who is one of the leaders of the Donbass people’s volunteer army, to Ukraine.11:56 20.08.2020
Black Sea Fleet serviceman detained on treason allegationsA serviceman of Black Sea Navy Fleet has been put in detention on suspicion of treason. He has been arrested in Sevastopol.11:25 30.07.2020
Russia’s security service officers to be banned from professional secret breakingThe State Duma passed a bill prohibiting officers and veterans of the Federal Security Service (FSB) from breaking so-called professional secrets in the second and third readings on Tuesday.16:51 21.07.2020
Ex-FSB officer gets suspended sentence for official secrets leakA former employee of the Federal Security Service’s regional directorate Anna Solovyeva has received a 3-year suspended sentence for leaking official secrets.10:27 10.07.2020
Emissary of St. Petersburg cell of terrorist organization jailed for 6 yearsEmissary of a so-called sleeper cell of the international terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations banned in Russia Bekzod Karimov has received 6 years in a high-security prison in St. Petersburg.09:38 10.07.2020
Former newspaper journalist detained until September in treason caseMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court detained advisor of the Roscosmos state corporation’s CEO and ex-journalist of Kommersant newspaper Ivan Safronov until September 6 as part of a treason case.00:04 08.07.2020
FSB accuses arrested ex-journalist of transmitting top-secret data to NATO spy agenciesAdvisor of the Roscosmos state corporation’s CEO and ex-journalist of Kommersant newspaper Ivan Safronov is accused of collection and transfer of data constituting a state secret to an intelligence agency of one of the NATO states.14:00 07.07.2020
Ex-FSB officers charged with $2 mln embezzlement and robbery go on trialEx-officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) charged with assault related to robbery and embezzlement of 136 million rubles (about $2 million) will stand trial in the Moscow District Military Court.11:19 29.05.2020
Russian man faces trial for alleged bribing security officerA court in Russia’s city of Omsk will consider a criminal case against a local resident, who has allegedly given a 200,000-ruble ($2,800) bribe to a Federal Security Serice (FSB) officer.14:46 20.05.2020
Detention of Russian security colonel accused of graft, fraud extended for monthThe Moscow Garrison Military Court on Thursday extended detention of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin in a case over taking bribes and fraud until April 24.13:52 19.03.2020
Russian prosecutors block overseas website sending false terrorist reportsThe Prosecutor General’s Office along with the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor have restricted access to information resources of the overseas online resource Startmail.com where from false terrorist reports had been sent.13:43 23.01.2020
Two men detained on charges of plotting New Year terrorist attack in St. PetersburgTwo Russian citizens charged with plotting a New Year terrorist attack in St. Petersburg have been placed in detention.11:37 31.12.2019
Cars, flat of Zakharchenko corruption case defendant not to be forfeited to state - courtThe Moscow City Court on Friday ruled not to forfeit to the state two foreign cars and a Moscow flat belonging to ex-Federal Security Service’s (FSB) employee Dmitry Senin, a defendant in a corruption case of ex-colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko.14:18 27.12.2019
Russian President puts restrictions on ex-security employees’ departure abroadRussian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a bill on temporary restriction on departure of leaving the country of ex-employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) into law.15:52 16.12.2019
Russian Supreme Court upholds 9-year jail term of ex-security service major for murderThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a 9-year prison sentence given to ex-major of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Pavel Sterlyagov for murder under the influence of alcohol.17:24 05.12.2019
State Duma adopts bill on restriction on ex-FSB employees’ departure abroadThe State Duma passed a bill on temporary restriction on departure of leaving the country of ex-employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the third and final reading on Thursday.16:18 05.12.2019
Russia’s security officers arrest seven alleged drug pushersSeven alleged employees of one of the largest illegal online drug sale stores have been arrested with 440 kilos of narcotic substances.11:47 13.11.2019
FSB colonel charged with bribery kept over $50 mln in parents’ flat – prosecutorsThe Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery kept over $50 million and 16 million rubles (over $250,000) in the apartment of his parents, a representative of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said during the Friday hearing in Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court.15:53 08.11.2019
Prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets of accused FSB colonel’s family adjourned againMoscow’s Golovinsky District Court on Friday adjourned a prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets worth over 6.3 billion rubles (over $85 million) from relatives of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin charged with bribery until November 1.11:57 25.10.2019