Decision to open case against fugitive Russian judge delayed againOn Friday, Russia’s High Qualification Board of Judges was again unable to hear a request from Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin to initiate legal proceedings against Moscow Commercial Court Judge Irina Baranova, RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom.14:55 28.11.2014
Crimea’s major oil and gas supplier short $18.6 mlnThe funds allegedly embezzled from Chernomorneftegaz in Crimea totaled 845.2 mln rubles ($18.6 mn), RIA Novosti reports on Tuesday citing Pavel Tokarev, Head of the Financial Supervision Service of Crimea. Chernomorneftegaz is an oil and gas company that is a significant part of the tax base in Crimea.16:57 25.11.2014
Air traffic controller to remain in pre-trial detention over Total plane crashThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld the detention of Vnukovo air traffic controller Alexander Kruglov charged in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.13:38 24.11.2014
Death of Total CEO: new investigation in France underwayParis Prosecutor’s Office has opened a new investigation into the death of Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie, AFP reports on Tuesday.16:33 18.11.2014
Pretrial investigation of January 1991 clashes ends in LithuaniaThe Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office has completed the pretrial investigation of the January 13, 1991 clashes at the TV center in Vilnius, where 14 people died and over 600 were wounded, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing the press service of the prosecutor’s office.17:17 13.11.2014
Criminal case opened after toxic cloud erupts in MoscowThe police has opened a crimininal case following a massive hydrogen sulfide emission in Moscow, according to the Prosecutor’s Office statement released on Wednesday.14:56 12.11.2014
Gunvor claims to be caught up in political crossfire over alleged investigationSwiss oil trader Gunvor says it has not been notified of an investigation involving its contracts and has denied all reports about inspections by regulatory authorities as unsubstantiated rumor, according to the company statement released on Thursday.14:13 06.11.2014
Russia opens criminal case over Donetsk school shellingRussian authorities have initiated a criminal case after a school was shelled in the battle-torn Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Investigative Committee’s spokesman Vladimir Markin told the press on Thursday.12:24 06.11.2014
Another associate of opposition leader Navalny charged in painting theft caseRussia’s Investigative Committee has brought charges in absentia against Nikita Kulachenkov, an associate of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in a painting theft case, attorney Vasily Kushnir told RAPSI on Wednesday.13:15 05.11.2014
Death of Total CEO: Vnukovo airport engineer chargedInvestigators have brought charges against Vnukovo airport engineer Vladimir Ledenev in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death, official spokesman for the Investigative Committee told journalists on Friday.12:53 31.10.2014
Ukraine opens criminal case over Russian actor's visit to DonetskUkrainian Interior Ministry and Security Service opened a criminal case against Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov, who went to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic on Thursday.12:34 31.10.2014
Russian investigators believe top Ukrainian officials to be guilty of war crimesRussia’s Investigative Committee has compiled a list of high-ranking Ukrainian officials that are guilty of war crimes, Interfax reports on Friday, citing committee representative Alexander Drymanov.13:44 30.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: 23-year-old air traffic control trainee chargedRussia's Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday that charges have been brought against air traffic control trainee Svetlana Krivsun, 23, in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death.16:03 29.10.2014
Moscow police investigating massive iPhone 6 fraudPolice are inspecting a hand-set retailer whose staff is suspected of having defrauded dozens of clients, RIA Novosti learned at the Interior Ministry’s department for Moscow on Tuesday.16:06 28.10.2014
Russia may bring new charges against Ukrainian pilot Savchenko - lawyerUkrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been charged with complicity in the murder of Russian journalists, may also be charged with illegally crossing the border, RIA Novosti announced on Tuesday, citing the pilot’s lawyer Ilya Novikov.15:03 28.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: Russian investigators warn against baseless allegationsRussia’s Investigative Committee warns mass media against baseless allegations concerning the death of Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.12:20 28.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: air traffic controller detainedMoscow's Basmanny District Court has sent in pre-trial detention Alexander Kruglov, air traffic controller of Vnukovo airport, over the plane crash that killed Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie.13:21 24.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: snowplow driver detained, four others arrestedMoscow's Basmanny District Court has sent snowplow driver Vladimir Martynenko, implicated in the Total CEO’s plane crash, in pre-trial detention until December 21.12:15 23.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: experts recover flight dataA commission that is investigating a crash at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, in which the CEO of the French oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie, died, has started recovering data from the plane’s black box recorders, Sergei Zaiko, deputy head of the Interstate Aviation Committee, said on Wednesday.14:08 22.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: drunken driving or traffic controller's mistake?Air traffic control error or a mistake made by a drunken snowplow driver may have led to a deadly plane crash that killed CEO of the French oil company Total Christophe de Margerie at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, Russia's Investigative Committee statement released on Tuesday reads.10:47 21.10.2014