Investigators reduce charges against champion to involuntary homicide - attorneyInvestigators have reduced the charges against martial arts champion Rasul Mirzayev who killed 19-year-old student Ivan Agafonov, Oksana Mikhalkina, the attorney of Agafonov's relatives.16:39 12.01.2012
Bank of Moscow funds embezzlement investigation extended until April 10The Interior Ministry's Investigative Department has extended until April 10 the investigation into funds embezzlement in the Bank of Moscow.10:22 10.01.2012
Police exposes over 2,000 violations in parliamentary electionsPolice has made over 2,000 administrative violation reports during the election campaign to the State Duma.17:20 23.12.2011
U.S. court's consents to disclose petition for asylum has no precedent, attorneysAshot Yegiazaryan's attorneys have said that a U.S. court's decision to provide access to their client's political asylum petition to the defendant in his defamation lawsuit is unprecedented.15:58 14.12.2011
Hermitage fund's report on Magnitsky's death distorted - Interior MinistryThe report published by the Hermitage Capital fund on lawyer Sergei Magnitsky's death is partially false and distorted.16:46 08.12.2011
Magnitsky mother's appeal against investigation dismissedThe court has upheld the decision to separate the criminal case against doctors working at a Moscow pretrial detention center from the death case of Hermitage Capital fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.14:42 08.12.2011
Ukrainian Security Service to investigate cases against TymoshenkoThe Ukrainian Security Service will investigate cases of state funds embezzlement, non-disclosure of foreign currency proceeds and tax evasion opened against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.17:09 07.12.2011
Baturina may appear for interrogation only if formally summoned, lawyerFormer Moscow mayor's wife Yelena Baturina may appear for interrogation over the theft at the Bank of Moscow only after receiving a formal summon from investigators.13:51 07.12.2011
Tymoshenko case of non-disclosing $165 mln nearing completionThe Ukrainian Tax Service's investigators are nearing completion in the investigation of a criminal case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko accused of failure to disclose over $165 million in foreign currency proceeds.09:38 06.12.2011
Lugovoi poisoned at meeting with Litvinenko in 2006 - Investigative CommitteeInvestigators have uncovered that businessman Andrei Lugovoi was poisoned with polonium-210 while communicating with former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in October-November 2006.14:41 30.11.2011
Human Rights Council to establish group to look into Magnitsky caseThe Presidential Council for Human Rights will monitor the investigation into lawyer Sergei Magnitsky's death, council head Mikhail Fedotov said at a news conference on Monday.18:27 28.11.2011
Investigators to probe into illegal import of Nokia products worth $206kDomodedovo airport customs service has submitted to investigators materials of its inquiry into an illegal import of Nokia products worth $206,000.12:44 28.11.2011
LUKOIL top manager involved in fatal car crash not to undergo lie detection testThe Moscow City Court has dismissed an appeal filed against the court refusal to have LUKOIL vice president Anatoly Barkov undergo lie detection test in a high-profile car crash case in Moscow.12:24 28.11.2011
Hermitage Capital fund publishes report on Magnitsky's deathHermitage Capital Management fund has published a 100-page report titled "The Torture and Murder of Sergei Magnitsky and the Cover-up by the Russian Government". It contains documents evidencing that all the government authorities denied Magnitsky's complaints throughout the year while he was in custody and later concealed his complaints and their responsibility for taking his freedom, health and life.10:06 28.11.2011
Investigation into Magnitsky's case extendedThe investigation into the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for Hermitage Capital fund who died two years ago in a Moscow pretrial detention ward, has been extended.10:04 24.11.2011
Prosecution orders to place former Bank of Moscow CEO and deputy on wanted listThe Prosecutor General's Office asked Interpol Russia to place former Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin and his deputy Dmitry Akulinin on the international wanted list.13:54 23.11.2011
Appeal against investigator in Bank of Moscow case to be heard on November 23The court will hear on November 23 a lawsuit filed by former Bank of Moscow Vice President Dmitry Akulinin against his case investigator.14:13 22.11.2011
Luzhkov's attorney refutes information on retaining foreign counselMedia reports that former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov plans to retain foreign counsel for representation in the Bank of Moscow case are "filthy lies," his attorney Henry Reznik told the Russian Legal Information agency (RAPSI) on Thursday.16:30 17.11.2011
Former Moscow mayor came in for interrogation in Bank of Moscow caseFormer Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov came to the Interior Ministry's investigative department on Tuesday to be interrogated over an embezzlements in a major bank.11:24 15.11.2011
Four criminal cases against former Ukrainian Prime Minister resumedThe Ukrainian tax police resumed the investigation into four criminal cases against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.13:41 07.11.2011