Italian ex-security chief sentenced to 10 years for imam kidnappingA Milan appeals court has sentenced Niccolo Pollari, former chief of Italy's SISMI military intelligence agency, to 10 years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping of an imam.18:13 12.02.2013
Russian engineer exchanged for Syrian rebels returns homeRussian national Viktor Gorelov, who was abducted in Syria last December and exchanged for Syrian rebels, returned to his home city of Novokuznetsk in Siberia.12:13 11.02.2013
Child rescued, abductor killed in strange US hostage dramaA child was rescued and the Vietnam veteran suspected of kidnapping him and holding him in an underground bunker for more than a week in Alabama was killed Monday when police took action to end a bizarre hostage crisis that became a focal point of US media coverage.09:59 05.02.2013
Russians captured in Syria exchanged for rebelsThe two Russians who were kidnapped in Syria in mid December 2012 have been exchanged for Syrian rebels, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.14:07 04.02.2013
Criminal punishment for ritual bride abduction toughened in KyrgyzstanPresident of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev has signed amendments to the criminal code into law that toughen the punishment for forcing women into marriage.12:19 28.01.2013
ECHR orders Russia to pay 18,500 to family of kidnapped ChechenThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia must pay 18,500 to the family of Tamerlan Suleimanov, who was kidnapped in Chechnya in 2011, reads the court statement on its website.12:17 23.01.2013
Refusal to initiate case over activist's kidnapping appealedLeonid Razvozzhayev's attorney has appealed the Investigative Committee's refusal to open a criminal case over claims of the oppositionist's kidnapping.15:00 14.01.2013
Suspects in Kaspersky kidnap case refuse to plead guiltyThe suspects in the high-profile case of the kidnapping of businessman Yevgeny Kaspersky's son have refused to plead guilty.17:07 25.12.2012
Probe launched over Russian opposition activist's kidnapping claimsUkrainian investigators will probe claims by opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev that he was kidnapped while seeking asylum in Kiev. While in Kiev, Razvozzhayev applied for political asylum with the UNHCR. He mysteriously disappeared after leaving the UNHCR office, and ended up in the custody of the Russian police.17:15 20.12.2012
Russian embassy in Syria confirms kidnapping of two Russian nationalsThe Russian embassy in Damascus has confirmed that two Russian nationals and an Italian have been kidnapped in Syria.12:03 18.12.2012
Two suspects in Kaspersky's son kidnapping plead partially guiltyTwo individuals accused of kidnapping the son of entrepreneur Yevgeny Kaspersky have pleaded partially guilty, the Moscow Khoroshevsky District Court, which began considering the criminal case on Tuesday.11:00 12.12.2012
Kaspersky kidnapping case submitted to Moscow courtThe case on the kidnapping of a son of Kapersky Lab CEO Yevgeny Kaspersky has been submitted to the Moscow Khoroshevsky District Court.19:28 27.11.2012
Suspect in Kaspersky kidnapping case disputes arrestThe Moscow City Court will hear on Monday Sergei Gromov's appeal against his arrest in the case of the kidnapping of software mogul Yevgeny Kaspersky's son.17:57 22.11.2012
Ukrainian police not to initiate case on kidnapping of Russian activistThe Kiev district police department has refused to initiate a criminal case on the alleged kidnapping of Russian oppositionist Leonid Razvozzhayev in Kiev. He is charged with organizing public unrest in Russia.10:18 15.11.2012
Alleged organizer of Kaspersky kidnapping left in custodyThe Moscow City Court has turned down the appeal against the arrest of Nikolay Savelyev, who allegedly organized the kidnapping of businessman Yevgeny Kaspersky's son.17:39 14.11.2012
Razvozzhayev did not ask Ukraine for asylum, officialsOpposition figure Leonid Razvozzhayev, who is suspected of organizing mass riots in Moscow, did not ask the Ukrainian authorities to grant him asylum, Mykola Kovalchuk, the chairman of the Ukrainian State Migration Service, told journalists on Wednesday.15:55 14.11.2012
Investigation wraps in case on kidnapping of Kapersky Lab CEO's sonThe investigation of the kidnapping of Kapersky Lab CEO Yevgeny Kaspersky's son has closed, says Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin.11:25 13.11.2012
Ukrainian ombudsman looks into Razvozzhayev's kidnapping statementThe office of a Ukrainian human rights ombudsman is looking into the alleged kidnapping of Russian opposition figure Leonid Razvozzhayev in Ukraine, Ukrainian Parliamentary Human Rights Ombudsman Valeria Lutkovskaya said on Monday.17:02 12.11.2012
Arrest of suspect in Kaspersky's son kidnapping extendedThe Moscow City Court extended the arrest of Nikolay Savelyev, one of the alleged organizers of the kidnapping of the son of businessman and prominent software developer Yevgeny Kaspersky.14:23 07.11.2012
ECHR to consider alleged police kidnapping in IngushetiaThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has initiated proceedings in a challenge launched by Oleg Orlov, head of renowned human rights organization Memorial, and three REN TV channel journalists against law enforcement officers who allegedly kidnapped them in 2007.14:55 30.10.2012