Investigative Committee

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Top penitentiary official of Russia’s North Ossetia suspected of $50k embezzlement

A criminal case has been opened against a chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate for Republic of North Ossetia on suspicion of embezzling 3 million rubles (about $50,000).

17:54 07.02.2020

Moscow investigator charged with receiving $68,000 bribe

A Moscow investigator has been charged with taking a 4.3-million-ruble bribe ($68,000) for non-bringing of a criminal case defendant to liability.

18:06 06.02.2020

Assailant of house of Russian Central Election Commission head ordered to forced treatment

A court ordered the native of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Karabalayev, who had committed assault related to robbery against the house of Chair of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission Ella Pamfilova, to undergo compulsory treatment.

10:54 05.02.2020

Woman who put child in driving seat released on travel restrictions

A court in Moscow released a woman, who had put her son in a car’s driving seat, on travel restrictions.

15:48 04.02.2020

Probe opened into beating journalist in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area

Investigation has been initiated over battering a journalist in Surgut, a city in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

14:48 03.02.2020

Investigators seek for arrest of tycoon Mints in absentia on embezzlement charges

Russian investigators have petitioned to arrest businessman Boris Mints and two his sons in absentia. The motion will be heard on January 31.

17:27 30.01.2020

Regional senior penitentiary official suspected of abuse of office

Probe has been opened into a deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, who had allegedly used convicts as labour in the interests of business.

12:32 30.01.2020

Investigators seek to detain ex-policemen accused of abuse of power against Golunov

Investigators filed a motion with the Basmanny District Court of Moscow seeking to put five ex-police officers, who had been earlier arrested in a case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, in detention.

10:51 30.01.2020

Probe into Moscow student involved in illegal rally case completed

Investigators have completed a probe into the Moscow Aviation Institute student Andrey Barshay, who had allegedly given a National Guard officer a poke in the back during an unauthorized summer rally on July 27, 2019.

17:27 29.01.2020

Russian prosecutors push for rarer placing of criminal defendants in detention

Russian prosecutors believe that investigators ask courts to detain defendants in minor and medium gravity criminal cases far too frequently, a statement released on the official website of the Prosecutor General’s Office reads.

16:19 29.01.2020

Five suspects in abuse of power against journalist Golunov arrested in Moscow

Five suspects in a case over abuse of authority during the arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov have been apprehended in Moscow.

11:23 29.01.2020

Man giving up sons at Moscow airport surrenders to law enforcement

A resident of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai, who had given two his sons up at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, turned himself in one of the Investigative Committee’s units.

12:58 28.01.2020

Investigators demand forced treatment for man accused of murder of boy in kindergarten

Investigators have asked court to send a resident of the Nenets Autonomous Area's Naryan-Mar, who stands charged with killing a 6-year boy in a local kindergarten, to compulsory medical treatment.

11:48 23.01.2020

Two men charged with police investigator murder go on trial

Two defendants in a case over the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, will stand trial.

11:25 22.01.2020

Ex-CEO of Russia’s open-air museum gets 5-year suspended term for $50k embezzlement

Ex-CEO of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum Preserve Igor Konyshev has received a 5-year suspended sentence for embezzlement of about 3 million rubles ($50,000).

16:36 21.01.2020

Russia’s Far East resident gets suspended term for creating Jehovah's Witnesses cell

A court in Russia’s Far East Primorsky Region has given a local resident a 5-year suspended sentence for establishing a chapter of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses.

12:52 21.01.2020

Putin proposes Investigative Committee’s official for Russian Prosecutor General

President Vladimir Putin has offered a deputy chief of the Russian Investigative Committee Igor Krasnov as a candidate for the post of Prosecutor General.

14:12 20.01.2020

Man accused of financing international terrorism faces trial in Russia

The Second West District Military Court will consider a criminal case against Islam Otemov, who has allegedly transferred money to a member of the Islamic State terrorist organization banned in Russia.

12:31 20.01.2020

Probe into police investigator murder case completed

Investigators have completed their probe into the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina.

12:21 16.01.2020

Case opened over killing of bailiff in Russia's regional court

A criminal case was opened on Thursday over shooting in a magistrate court in Novokuznetsk, a city in Russia’s Kemerovo Region, resulted in the death of a bailiff.

11:37 16.01.2020