Preliminary investigation into new case against Browder complete - lawyerPreliminary investigation into separate criminal case against Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder has been completed.11:50 21.02.2017
Blogger who was catching pokemons in Orthodox church appeals his detention in ECHRVideoblogger Ruslan Sokolovsky who was catching pokemons in a Yekaterinburg church via Pokemon Go app has appealed his detention in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).10:50 20.02.2017
Victims demand $745,000 from alleged organizer of 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisisVictims in the case over hostage taking at the Dubrovka theater in southeast Moscow in 2002 that left 130 dead have demanded 43 million rubles (about $745,000) from Khasan Zakayev, an alleged mastermind of the terrorist attack.16:52 15.02.2017
Ex-Russian MP charged with large scale fraud - reportRussia’s Investigative Committee charged former communist lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, who had allegedly fled to Ukraine, with large scale fraud in absentia.10:56 15.02.2017
Probe opened into alleged embezzlement at Gazprom Neft - reportInvestigation has been opened into the alleged embezzlement of 2 billion rubles ($33.6 million) from Gazprom Neft oil company.10:50 09.02.2017
Nine suspects arrested in criminal case against large hacker groupRussian authorities arrested nine suspects in relation to a criminal case against large group of hackers from seventeen regions of the country who had allegedly stolen over one billion rubles ($17 million).10:56 08.02.2017
Russian prison doctors suspected of causing inmate’s death by negligenceHead Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg has launched a criminal case against medical professionals of a prison where inmate suffering of cancer has died.14:30 07.02.2017
Ex- Russian MP Ponomaryov seeks to drop embezzlement charges against himFormer State Duma lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov has filed a request with the Investigative Committee demanding to drop charges brought against him in the Skolkovo Foundation embezzlement case.14:24 01.02.2017
Investigation into Russian Komi Republic’s ex-head Gaizer completedInvestigation into Vyacheslav Gaizer, former head of Russia’s Komi Republic who stands charged with fraud and organized crime related violations, has been completed.17:33 27.01.2017
Ex-judge charged with corruption flees Russia with his familyFormer judge in the Sverdlovsk Region, Maxim Vinogradov, who is suspected of taking 6 million rubles ($101,000) for acquittal in a criminal case, has fled the country with his family.10:37 26.01.2017
Kaspersky Lab’s senior manager detained in Moscow – reportSenior manager of Kaspersky Lab, Ruslan Stoyanov, heading the corporation cybercrime investigations department, has been put in detention.10:52 25.01.2017
Case against alleged accountant of shadowy bankers who gained $5.5 mln reaches courtAn approved indictment against Ekaterina Bunakova who, investigators believe, has operated as an accountant for an organized criminal group of shadowy bankers illegally gaining over 322 million rubles (nearly $5.5 million), is to reach court in the nearest future.18:12 24.01.2017
Russian judge suspected of taking $168,000 in bribesChairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has launched a criminal case against Judge of the Leninsky District Court in the city of Stavropol Inna Popova on suspicion of taking a 10 million-ruble bribe (about $168,000).11:45 23.01.2017
Probe opened into Russian nationals allegedly associated with Ukrainian nationalistsThe Russian Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases against five Russian nationals on suspicion of their association with Right Sector, a far-right Ukrainian nationalist group banned in Russia.10:48 23.01.2017
High-ranking investigator to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling to extend detention for the First Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow Directorate, General Denis Nikandrov, who stands charged with taking a large-scale bribe.13:48 19.01.2017
High-ranking investigator’s appeal against detention set for January 19The Moscow City Court has set January 19 as the date for hearing an appeal filed by the First Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow Directorate, General Denis Nikandrov, who stands charged with taking a large-scale bribe, against extension of his detention.18:14 10.01.2017
Russian court detains regional official charged with bribery, embezzlementA court in Khakassia detained Vladimir Byzov, chief of the Administration of the republic’s head charged with bribery and implication in embezzling 195 million rubles ($3.2 mln), until late February.10:39 30.12.2016
Investigation launched into brutal bear killing in SiberiaInvestigation has been launched into brutal killing of a bear in Yakutia, Siberia.13:48 28.12.2016
Over 90 persons recognized as victims in TU-154 plane crashOver 90 persons were acknowledged as victims in a criminal case launched after the crash of TU-154 military plane over the Black Sea.11:40 28.12.2016
High-ranking investigator appeals against extension of his detentionThe First Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee’s Moscow Directorate, General Denis Nikandrov, who stands charged with taking a large-scale bribe, has filed an appeal against extension of his detention.17:31 27.12.2016