Russian citizen accused of murder of child in kindergarten found insaneA resident of Naryan-Mar, a city in Russia’s Nenets Autonomous Area, who stands charged with killing a 6-year boy in a local kindergarten, has been found insane.12:01 15.01.2020
Pilot, businessman convicted of organizing illegal parachute jumping activitiesA court in the Leningrad Region has given a pilot and a businessman a 3-year suspended sentence each for organizing illegal parachute jumping.16:59 09.01.2020
Probe into former officials of Amur Region prison keeping notorious convict completedInvestigation into ex-officials of an Amur Region’s penal colony where a notorious gang member Vyacheslav Tsepovyaz is serving sentence for involvement in mass murder has been completed.11:46 09.01.2020
Three former Russian policemen sentenced to jail in rape trialThree former police officers from Ufa, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Bashkiria, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 6 to 7 years for raping their colleague.14:47 26.12.2019
Russian investigation into U.S. investor Calvey completedThe Investigation Committee of Russia has completed probe into Baring Vostok investment company's founder, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with the 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement.10:49 24.12.2019
Moscow court to consider extension of history professor’s detention in student murder caseInvestigators seek to extend detention of Oleg Sokolov, the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko.12:49 23.12.2019
Destructive cult leader gets 16 years in Russian prison for grave crimesMitradevananda Paramahamsa, the founder of the destructive cult sect Kaula Dharma, has been sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony for committing several grave crimes.15:45 17.12.2019
Fraud probe completed into Moscow Region district ex-headInvestigation into ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports Monday.11:31 16.12.2019
Ex-police officer accused of hooliganism for beating 81-year old manA former road police officer, who had beaten an 81-year old man, was charged with hooliganism.18:08 12.12.2019
Ex-regional penitentiary official ordered to 3.5-year jail for briberyThe former deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Rostov Region Main Directorate (FSIN) Sergey Ralnikov has been sentenced to 3.5 years in high-security prison for taking bribes.17:44 12.12.2019
Ex-chief of Russian Transport Ministry’s structure gets 5 years for embezzlementVladimir Nikolayev, ex-head of Volga-Balt Administration, the federal government institution under the Russian Ministry of Transport, has been sentenced to 5 years behind bars for embezzlement of 40 million rubles (over $630,000) allocated from the federal budget for bottom deepening.14:09 12.12.2019
Russian regional lawyer arrested on suspicion of fraud attemptA lawyer from a bar association of the Irkutsk Region has been arrested on suspicion of attempted large-scale fraud.12:46 12.12.2019
Four Jehovah's Witnesses followers face trial in Russia on extremism chargesFour residents of Russia’s Orenburg Region will go on trial on charges of creating, financing and participating in an extremist organization.17:39 11.12.2019
Probe into attack on house of Russian Central Electoral Commission chair completedInvestigation into the native of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Karabalayev, who stands charged with assault related to robbery against the house of Chair of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission Ella Pamfilova, has been completed.11:55 11.12.2019
Ukrainian ex-minister accused of calls for terrorism to be tried in Russia in absentiaA court will consider in absentia a case against ex-defense minister of Ukraine Anatoly Gritsenko, who had called through media to blast Russian trains and cars.10:43 11.12.2019
Ex-commercial court judge sentenced to 8 years for bribetakingJudge emeritus of the Sverdlovsk Regional Commercial Court OIeg Gavryushin has received 8 years in a high-security prison for receiving a bribe.11:52 10.12.2019
Former Altai anti-corruption official gets 4 years for taking over $200k in bribesEx-chief of the anti-corruption department of the Interior Ministry’s Altai Krai Main Directorate Vadim Nadvotsky has been sentenced to 4 years in penal colony for receiving a 12.9 million-ruble bribe (over $200,000).13:44 09.12.2019
Riots case against volunteer of unregistered Moscow Duma candidate closedA case against Sergey Fomin, a defendant in the 27 July Moscow riots case, has been dropped.15:31 06.12.2019
Former Ukrainian MP wanted in Russian embassy attack caseRussian investigators have put ex-lawmaker of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Igor Mosiychuk on a wanted list on allegations of his involvement in attack against Russian embassy in Kiev in March 2016.14:36 03.12.2019
Former regional agriculture minister sentenced to 4 years for fraudEx-food and agriculture minister of Russia’s Republic of Tyva Yury Tyt-ool has received 4 years behind bars for fraud.Additionally, the man has been fined 100,000 rubles ($1,500).11:43 29.11.2019