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Famed Russian investigator-turned-TV lawyer found dead

12:41 15/07/2013 Russian investigators said Monday they were looking into the death of a TV host and former investigator who helped inquire into the abortive coup against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991.

UK will not hold public inquiry into Litvinenko's death

15:24 12/07/2013 The UK government has decided not to hold a public inquiry into the death of former Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, Coroner Sir Robert Owen said on Friday.

Saakashvili's party accused of receiving illegal $3 million donation

15:23 04/07/2013 Georgia's State Audit Service has reported that the pro-presidential party, the United National Movement, received an illegal donation of 5.2 million lari ($3.2 million).

Opposition Russian mayor detained in $1.4 mln bribe probe

14:07 03/07/2013 Russian investigators have detained a mayor accused of taking bribes and launched a criminal case against him, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, less than a year after he scored a rare landslide victory over the ruling United Russia party.

Russian pilot to be tried for crash landing in Czech Republic

16:57 27/06/2013 The investigators and prosecutors have sent to the court the case against Major Sergei Koryagin, a military pilot whose plane crash landed in the Czech Republic in May 2012.

IRS employees squandered budget funds on wine, stuffed animals - report

10:56 26/06/2013 An inspection of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) showed that its employees used their government credit cards to buy wine, stuffed animals, and online pornography, according to a report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration.

Bank of Scotland official suspected of another fraud

14:02 25/06/2013 The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that they suspect Vsevolod Glukhovtsev, a vice president and head of security at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Russian subsidiary, of involvement in another fraud.

Former Constitutional Court judge to be questioned in YUKOS case

10:22 25/06/2013 Tamara Morshchakova, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and former Constitutional Court judge, told RAPSI that she has been summoned to the Investigative Committee in the YUKOS case.

Russian intra-governmental group to investigate data leaks to US intelligence agencies

18:22 19/06/2013 The Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, will establish a working group to investigate data leaks to US intelligence agencies by the end of the week.

Inquiry at Moscow remand center after imprisoned Makhachkala mayor attempts suicide

11:55 18/06/2013 An internal investigation is underway at the Lefortovo remand center in Moscow after former Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov, who was being detained there, attempted suicide.

Covert CIA officer sues agency over war crimes investigation

13:38 14/06/2013 A senior covert paramilitary officer for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) filed a claim against his employer Wednesday seeking to compel the agency’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to complete a war crimes investigation presently pending against the claimant.

Makhachkala Mayor may lose office over murder plot accusations

10:58 14/06/2013 Investigators have asked the court to strip Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov of his official position as he faces accusations of having ordered the murder of investigator Arsen Gadzhibekov.

France Telecom-Orange CEO remains in custody in Tapie-Lagarde case

14:55 11/06/2013 The French authorities have extended the detention of France Telecom-Orange CEO Stephane Richard as part of the investigation into the case of former IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

Investigators ask court to extend 'Russian Breivik's' detention

17:19 07/06/2013 Investigators plan to ask the court next week to extend the detention of Dmitry Vinogradov, who shot six people in his office dead last November.

US Boston Bombing investigators return to Russia

16:53 07/06/2013 An American team investigating the Boston Marathon bombing returned to Russia's southern republic of Dagestan this week to question the suspects’ parents further.

Coroner calls for public inquiry into Litvinenko's death

10:26 06/06/2013 Sir Robert Owen, the coroner overseeing the investigation into the death of the Russian FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko has urged the British Ministry of Justice to start a public inquiry into his death.

Dagestan mayor appeals arrest for murder

11:31 05/06/2013 Mayor of Makhachkala, Dagestan Said Amirov, who is accused of having ordered the killing of a police investigator in 2011, has appealed a decision by Moscow's Basmanny District Court to detain him, his attorney Mark Kruter told RAPSI on Wednesday.

Three held over suspected homophobic murder in Russia's Far East

12:21 03/06/2013 Investigators in Russia’s Far East have launched a criminal case against three men suspected of the homophobic killing of an airport manager, officials said on Monday.

Georgian president suspected of spending budget funds on Botox

15:07 31/05/2013 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may be summoned to the prosecutor's office for questioning about the suspected use of budget funds for Botox injections.

Police investigate illegal export of nearly $900 million - report

11:32 31/05/2013 The Russian Regional Development Bank (RRDB), which is controlled by the country's largest oil producer Rosneft, is suspected of illegally exporting nearly $900 million, Vedomosti daily reports on Friday.

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