Investigation

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FBI orders Florida examiners not to release Todashev autopsy – report

A medical examiner’s office in Florida claims to have been ordered by the FBI to refrain from releasing an autopsy report on the death of Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed in May during an FBI interview connected with the pending Boston Marathon bombing investigation, Boston Globe reported Tuesday.

14:46 17.07.2013

Famed Russian investigator-turned-TV lawyer found dead

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.

12:41 15.07.2013

UK will not hold public inquiry into Litvinenko's death

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.

15:24 12.07.2013

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

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).

15:23 04.07.2013

Opposition Russian mayor detained in $1.4 mln bribe probe

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.

14:07 03.07.2013

Russian pilot to be tried for crash landing in Czech Republic

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.

16:57 27.06.2013

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

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.

10:56 26.06.2013

Bank of Scotland official suspected of another fraud

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.

14:02 25.06.2013

Former Constitutional Court judge to be questioned in YUKOS case

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.

10:22 25.06.2013

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

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.

18:22 19.06.2013

Inquiry at Moscow remand center after imprisoned Makhachkala mayor attempts suicide

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.

11:55 18.06.2013

Covert CIA officer sues agency over war crimes investigation

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.

13:38 14.06.2013

Makhachkala Mayor may lose office over murder plot accusations

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.

10:58 14.06.2013

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

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.

14:55 11.06.2013

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

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.

17:19 07.06.2013

US Boston Bombing investigators return to Russia

An American team investigating the Boston Marathon bombing returned to Russia's southern republic of Dagestan this week to question the suspects’ parents further.

16:53 07.06.2013

Coroner calls for public inquiry into Litvinenko's death

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.

10:26 06.06.2013

Dagestan mayor appeals arrest for murder

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.

11:31 05.06.2013

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

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.

12:21 03.06.2013

Georgian president suspected of spending budget funds on Botox

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may be summoned to the prosecutor's office for questioning about the suspected use of budget funds for Botox injections.

15:07 31.05.2013