Police officers accused of selling driver's licensesInvestigators have opened a criminal case into abuse of power against four police officers accused of issuing driver’s licenses for cash in Moscow.16:47 11.04.2013
Case against popular journalist, socialite for insulting policeman closedThe case opened last year against Russian journalist and socialite Bozhena Rynska for insulting a police officer has been closed. The police have concluded that her actions did not pose any danger to society.12:32 04.04.2013
Conclusion over Russian adoptee's death inconsistent - Foreign MinistryRussia's Foreign Ministry said there were inconsistencies in the investigation documents on Maxim Kuzmin death. On March 1, the Texas authorities announced that based on the autopsy results the boy's death was not criminal.12:07 04.04.2013
Dutch police wrap up investigation into Russian activist's deathThe Dutch police have completed the investigation into Russian national Alexander Dolmatov's death in the Netherlands. Alexander Dolmatov, a member of the Other Russia unregistered party, was involved in the case of the Bolotnaya Square rally in Moscow in May 2012. When the police began to arrest suspects in the case, he fled from Russia and sought political asylum in the Netherlands.14:37 29.03.2013
Siberian man digs 60-meter tunnel, steals 30 tons of crudeAn entrepreneur in southwest Siberia dug a 60-meter-long tunnel and siphoned off some 30 tons of crude oil from a local pipeline, a police spokesman said Wednesday.12:35 27.03.2013
Inquiry into Berezovsky's death to start on Thursday - policeThe body of self-exiled Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky was officially identified on Tuesday by one of the deceased's relatives, Thames Valley police said. An official inquiry into the death of 67-year-old Russian national will start in the UK on Thursday.10:28 27.03.2013
Moscow teacher exposed friend to radiation to render him immortalThe police in Moscow have arrested a teacher at a Moscow college who stored radioactive substances in his home and exposed his friend to radiation to render him immortal.16:36 25.03.2013
Egyptian police arrests Muammar Ghaddafi's cousinEgyptian special police have arrested a cousin of the late Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi, local media reported on Tuesday.18:32 19.03.2013
Police warns against attempts to influence the Bolshoi acid attack investigationThe Moscow police have called on the parties involved in the case of the attack against Bolshoi Theater Artistic Director Sergei Filin not to make conjectures because they could influence the course of investigation.10:22 15.03.2013
Police bust drug dealers working with corrupt copA police anti-narcotics squad in the central Russian city of Kostroma has detained a criminal gang engaged in wholesale drugs dealing with the connivance of a local law-enforcement office.15:42 14.03.2013
Police suggests authorizing private security to search and arrest criminalsThe police has proposed granting private security guards with the unrestricted right to search and detain public order violators and criminals, says Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoi.15:14 14.03.2013
State security police will not guard commercial propertyThe ministry's security police will stop guarding commercial property in the near future, First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoi said on Thursday. They will only guard energy facilities and other vital facilities stipulated by a government ruling.13:31 14.03.2013
Three suspects confess over Bolshoi acid attackThree suspects detained by Moscow police over the acid attack on the Bolshoi Theater’s artistic director Sergei Filin, including the organizer, have signed statements admitting their part in the crime.15:46 06.03.2013
Bolshoi acid attack suspect detainedPolice in Moscow have detained a suspect over a horrific acid attack on the Bolshoi Theater’s artistic director.10:45 05.03.2013
Russian police arrest 90 at organized crime gatheringsPolice in Moscow have detained some 90 people at two meetings of alleged criminal gangs, including one so-called "coronation" of an organized crime boss.11:46 19.02.2013
Putin calls on police to prevent extremismPolitical competition is essential for the country's development, but no incident of extremism should go unpunished, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.18:02 08.02.2013
Putin: Social security packages to increase for police officersThe government will allocate an additional 3.3 billion rubles ($109.8 million) to increase the social security packages of police officers, President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting at the Interior Ministry on Friday.17:17 08.02.2013
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
Russian police to buy 7,000 stun gunsRussia’s Interior Ministry is planning to buy over 6,800 stun guns in 2013 for the police, the ministry said on Tuesday.16:19 29.01.2013
Estonian policemen fined for poor knowledge of official languageThe Estonian Language Inspectorate (Keeleinspektsioon) has fined 67 policemen in northeastern Estonia, an area which has a large Russian speaking community, for poor knowledge of the official language.14:53 29.01.2013