State Duma member requests inquiry into Navalny’s weapon purchaseRussian State Duma lawmaker has filed a parliamentary request to Head of the Investigative Committee for an inquiry into anti-corruption blogger and opposition activist Alexei Navalny’s purchase of a firing weapon, United Russia Press Service reported.16:32 21.04.2014
Criminal charges brought against Russian aerospace chiefThe Central Federal District Investigative Department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Vitaly Lopota, President of Energia Space Corporation, flagship company of the Russian Space Agency for manned programs, Izvestia reported Tuesday.11:29 16.04.2014
Austria investigates money laundering case against UkrainiansThe Vienna prosecutor’s office is investigating several Ukrainians, some of them with close ties to the country’s former government, on suspicion of money laundering, Reuters writes, citing statements made by the Austrian law enforcement agencies.16:48 15.04.2014
Boy’s head found in home of newly released Pakistani cannibal brothersA boy’s head was discovered Monday in the home of two Pakistani brothers that were recently released after serving out two-year prison sentences for cannibalism, Pakistani news outlet The Express Tribune reported.12:54 15.04.2014
US attempts to muddle investigation of Maxim Kuzmin’s death – officialAmerican counterparts of Russian investigators probing into the case of adoptee Maxim Kuzmin’s death tried to confuse the investigation, official spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said. Maxim Kuzmin died at the age of 3 while playing in the backyard of his Texas (U.S.) home on January 21, 2013.11:18 15.04.2014
ACLU sues FBI for records on fatal shooting of Tsarnaev associateSeeking clarity on the fatal shooting of Ibragim Todashev during an interrogation connected with the Boston Marathon bombing, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a complaint Thursday requesting records from the FBI and US prosecutors.17:58 11.04.2014
Criminal case launched over Ukraine Communist party HQ arsonThe Ukrainian police have launched a criminal investigation in connection with an act of arson carried out against the Ukraine’s Communist party offices in Kiev, Deputy Interior Minister Sergei Yarovoi said at a press briefing on Thursday.17:46 10.04.2014
Moldova requests extradition of Russian banker from UKThe Moldovan Prosecutor General’s office has sent a request to the UK to extradite a wealthy Russian businessman, German Gorbuntsov, on two charges of fraud and suspicion of organizing a contract murder.10:54 07.04.2014
US Senate Committee votes to declassify parts of CIA interrogation reportThe US Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to declassify portions of a groundbreaking five-year study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) controversial post-9/11 interrogation program, Committee Chairperson Dianne Feinstein announced in a statement.16:48 04.04.2014
Kiev riot police detained over protest shootingsThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday reported that 12 members of the Berkut riot police battalion have been detained on suspicion of their roles in the live-ammo shootings that occurred during the Kiev protests in February.12:39 03.04.2014
Cheese factory faces criminal charges for employees bathing in milkLocal prosecutors are probing an Omsk cheese factory after plant employees posted online a photo of themselves bathing in milk, the Omsk Prosecutor General’s Office announced Tuesday.17:20 01.04.2014
Attorney tried to steal major Russian retailer founder's inheritanceMoscow-based attorney, Yelena Panova, has been arrested for fraud after filing a claim that the son of a Tula Region woman she represented has rights in the Yevgeny Mylnikov inheritance distribution ruling, Kommersant reported Friday. Yevgeny Mylnikov was a founder of then major Sedmoi Kontinent grocery store chain and died in 2012.13:28 21.03.2014
Probe into fatal FBI shooting of Todashev to be released March 25 – reportThe results of an investigation into the FBI shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, who was killed during an interrogation connected with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, will be announced next Tuesday.12:38 21.03.2014
UN has enough evidence for Syrian war crime indictments – reportUN investigators said Tuesday that evidence of war crimes in Syria is strong enough at this point to substantiate indictments, Reuters reported. A list of suspected war criminals including individuals on both sides of the conflict was reportedly expanded.16:37 19.03.2014
Ukrainian protest leaders fought alongside Chechen militants – Russian officialMembers of the UNA-UNSO party, including leaders of the recent Ukrainian protests Oleg Tyagnibok and Dmitry Yarosh, are under investigation for participating in armed conflict in Chechnya, official spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Friday.17:58 14.03.2014
Ukraine seeks arrest of former Interior Ministry officialsUkraine’s former Deputy Interior Minister Viktor Ratushniak, and ex-commander of Interior Ministry forces Stanislac Shuliak, have been put on a wanted list, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Friday.13:40 14.03.2014
Ukrainian governor suspected of separatism placed under house arrestA Kiev court has ruled to place former governor of Kharkiv Region in Ukraine Mikhail Dobkin suspected of promoting secessionism under house arrest, the Ukrainian Public Television reported.10:44 12.03.2014
Ukrainian governor detained on suspicion of separatismFormer governor of Kharkiv Region in Ukraine Mikhail Dobkin was detained in Kiev on Monday , he is accused of promoting secessionism, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office reports.10:41 11.03.2014
Two alleged planners of terror attack in Moscow to stay in detentionMoscow's Lefortovsky District Court has extended the detention of Yulai Davletbayev, who allegedly masterminded a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow last May, and his accomplice Robert Amerkhanov, the court's press office told RAPSI on Wednesday.16:22 05.03.2014
Ukrainian authorities order to detain admiral defecting to CrimeaUkrainian Prosecutor General’s Office ordered the detainment of rear-admiral Denis Berezovsky, former commander of the Ukrainian Navy, UNN agency reports on Wednesday quoting acting Prosecutor General Oleg Makhnytskiy.10:45 05.03.2014