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Charges brought against defendants in Ingushetia’s anti-extremism official murder case

Charges have been brought against 12 defendants in a case over murder of the chief of Ingushetia Republic’s Centre for Combating Extremism of the Interior Ministry Ibragim Eldzharkiyev.

14:34 14.08.2020

Embezzlement probe into ex-minister Abyzov completed

Investigartion into ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov and his alleged accomplices charged with embezzlement has been completed.

11:12 14.08.2020

Ex-mayor of Russia’s Orenburg sentenced to 4.5 years in jail for corruption

A court of Russia’s Orenburg has passed a 4.5-year high-security penal colony sentence on the former city mayor Yevgeny Arapov for corruption crimes.

12:26 13.08.2020

Investigative Committee to check circumstances of arrest of Russians in Belarus

Russia’s Investigative Committee is checking circumstances of the arrest of 33 Russian nationals in Belarus.

16:24 07.08.2020

Two Vladikavkaz investigators detained in bribery case

Two Vladikavkaz investigative officials have been put in detention on suspicion of receiving a bribe from an attorney.

15:08 05.08.2020

One more case opened over Nazi photo on Immortal Regiment website

Investigation was launched into a 28-year resident of Russia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), who had allegedly published a photo of Adolf Hitler on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.

13:03 04.08.2020

Russia’s Investigative Committee reports half-year results

Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, shared information on the results of his department this year. He spoke about the most high-profile and significant investigations of recent times, about urgent problems and their solution by the investigating authorities.

10:27 03.08.2020

Investigators open rally regulations violation case against Moscow’s municipal lawmaker

A criminal case over repeated violations of rally holding regulations has been opened against Moscow’s municipal lawmaker Yulia Galyamina.

16:29 31.07.2020

Probe launched into Russian woman over repeated Constitution amendments voting

Investigation was opened against citizen of Russia and Israel Yulia Ilyinskaya, who had allegedly three times voted on the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

16:42 30.07.2020

Russian Investigative Committee to establish ecological and epidemiological crimes unit

Chairman of Russia's Investigative Committee Alexander Basrykin has decided to create a unit specializing on probes into crimes committed in the sphere of ecology and epidemiology.

12:10 30.07.2020

New charges brought against ex-head of Komi Republic Gaizer – Investigative Committee

Russia’s Investigative Committee has presented its final version of office abuse charges brought against ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, who had been earlier found guilty of fraud, money laundering and corruption.

18:46 28.07.2020

Russian restaurateur Beloivan put on federal wanted list in new tax evasion case

Russia’s Investigative Committee has put the Tavern Taras Bulba restaurant chain owner Yury Beloivan on the federal wanted list in yet another criminal case, where he stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 57 million rubles (about $800,000).

12:38 28.07.2020

Charges brought against defendants in illegal Moscow casino case

Ten people have been charged with illegal organization of a gambling house in Moscow.

12:23 23.07.2020

Navalny charged with slander of Great Patriotic War veteran

Investigators have brought slander charges against Alexey Navalny over the blogger’s statements about veteran of the Great Patriotic War Ignat Artemenko.

10:27 23.07.2020

Suspect in murder of elderly teacher of cinematography institute arrested in Moscow

A woman suspected of killing a honoured 90-year old instructor of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography has been arrested in Moscow.

09:18 23.07.2020

Russia’s regional judge jailed for 7 years in $11K bribery case

A court in Russia’s Barnaul has sentenced a judge of the regional Commercial Court Vladislav Kolesnikov to 7 years in high-security prison for receiving a 800,000-ruble bribe (over $11,000).

14:28 21.07.2020

Businessman gets 2 years in penal colony settlement for $630,000 fraud

A court in Kemerovo Region has sentenced a businessman to 2 years in penal colony settlement for a 45 million-ruble (over $630,000) fraud.

12:09 21.07.2020

Admin of Telegram channel to be released from detention

Investigators will overturn detention of the Police Ombudsman Telegram channel’s admin Igor Khudyakov in a porno peddling case.

16:22 20.07.2020

Moscow police official put under house arrest on fraud allegations

A chief of the department on the online drug threat fight of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate has been placed under house arrest on fraud allegations.

14:38 17.07.2020

Two officers of Moscow detention center taken into custody in $70,000 bribery case

Two officers of Moscow city detention center Matrosskaya Tishina have been taken into custody on charges of taking bribes from detainees totaling to 5 million rubles (about $70,000) for supplying them with prohibited articles.

12:06 17.07.2020