Man accused of knife attack on Moscow’s St. Nicholas congregation faces trialInvestigation into Efim Efimov charged with a knife attack on congregation of the Saint Nicholas church in central Moscow has been completed.15:30 29.07.2020
Ex-anticorruption police officer gets 4 years for abuse of powerThe Moscow City Court has sentenced a former official of the Interior Ministry’s Anticorruption Directorate Sergey Uryadov to 4 years in jail for abuse of power.16:47 24.07.2020
Businessman gets 2 years in penal colony settlement for $630,000 fraudA court in Kemerovo Region has sentenced a businessman to 2 years in penal colony settlement for a 45 million-ruble (over $630,000) fraud.12:09 21.07.2020
Russian man faces trial on charges of throwing Scottish fold kittens out of balconyA 35-year resident of Russia’s Novokuznetsk will go on trial on accusations of throwing two Scottish fold kittens out of a balcony.15:45 17.07.2020
Moscow police official put under house arrest on fraud allegationsA chief of the department on the online drug threat fight of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate has been placed under house arrest on fraud allegations.14:38 17.07.2020
Former police colonel gets 2 years in jail for $270,000 fraudMoscow’s Izmailovsky District Court has passed a 2-year prison sentence on a former Interior Ministry’s colonel Pavel Kurmelev for a 19 million-ruble fraud (about $270,000).14:26 16.07.2020
Police complete probe into actor Efremov accused of fatal road traffic accidentInvestigation into a fatal road traffic accident case against actor Mikhail Efremov has been completed,.10:09 07.07.2020
Opposition figures ordered to pay over $65k to Moscow police over illegal rallyMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Friday recovered over 4.6 million rubles (over $65,000) jointly from organizers of the unauthorized opposition rally held on August 3, 2019, Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov, in favor of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry.10:56 03.07.2020
Resident of town in Russia fined $450 for fake COVID-19 news resulting in mass panicA district court in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia upheld a 30,000-ruble (about $450) fine imposed on a local resident for disseminating a fake news on the coronavirus pandemic, which had caused panic among the population.18:22 22.06.2020
Russian police lieutenant colonel detained on treason allegationsMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court has put a chief of a district department of the Interior Ministry’s Kursk Region Directorate, police lieutenant colonel Dmitry Borzenkov in detention until August 18. Borzenkov is suspected of treason.17:11 22.06.2020
Ex-top official of Krasnoyarsk Krai police gets 5-year suspended term for abuse of officeA former deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s Krasnoyarsk Region Main Directorate Alexander Kuznetsov has been given a 5-year suspended sentence in a case over abuse of power.15:35 22.06.2020
Moscow police clamp down on fraudulent activity of false spiritual healersMoscow police arrested nine fringe psychic mediums, who had received over 5 million rubles from their clients for spell removal rituals15:52 15.06.2020
Famous Russian actor faces up to 12 years in jail for vehiculary manslaughterFamous Russian actor Mikhail Efremov was charged with a traffic offense committed in a drunken state and led to a victim’s death. He could face from 5 to 12 years in a penal colony if convicted.10:54 09.06.2020
Woman in Krasnodar Krai fined $420 for fake about ambulance doctorsA court in the Krasnodar Krai has fined a local woman 30,000 rubles ($420) for distribution of fake information about ambulance doctors.17:17 28.05.2020
Woman fined $200 for fake about death of child from COVID-19 in Russia’s TogliattiA 35-year woman has been fined 15,000 rubles ($200) by a court in Russia’s Togliatti for distributing fake news about a local child allegedly died from coronavirus.15:24 27.05.2020
Moscow court extends detention of two police generals until fallDetention of two deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department, generals of justice Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky, was on Tuesday extended until September 1.14:41 26.05.2020
Russian police report decrease in number of detentions during COVID-19 pandemicAt times of the coronavirus pandemic police investigative bodies are oriented to mostly apply non-custodial restrictive measures against persons suspected and accused of non-serious crimes, the press service of the Presidential Council for Human Rights reports citing acting Deputy Interior Minister Nikolay Patapenya.11:07 07.05.2020
Interior Ministry initiates case over production of counterfeit chocolate barsThe Investigative Directorate of the Odintsovo town district has launched a criminal case over illegal use of a famous Russian brand of chocolate products by a confectionary manufacturer, Irina Volk, the official spokesperson of the Interior Ministry, informs RAPSI on Wednesday.16:51 29.04.2020
Investigations official to stay detained on abuse of office chargesThe Moscow City Court has upheld detention of senior police investigations official Alexander Bryantsev as part of an abuse of office case.15:11 29.04.2020
Moscow Region police warn of QR-code sale fraudThe Moscow Region Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry reminds of the illegality of buying QR-codes to move through Moscow and Moscow Region and warns of the risk to lose money and personal data.14:48 22.04.2020