Russian thrash metal legend warned against singing extremist songThe Moscow Prosecutor's Office has warned Sergei Troitsky, leader of the Russian thrash metal band Korroziya Metalla, against singing "Beat the demons," a song, included in the federal list of extremist materials.13:38 01.11.2013
Russian official on trial for spiking critical newspaperAn official in Russia’s east Siberia faces trial after he allegedly confiscated the entire edition of a newspaper containing an article critical of the poor state of the roads in his district.13:14 22.08.2013
Prosecutors probe Russian state official over foreign villaProsecutors in central Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region launched a probe in regard to a regional deputy governor on allegations that the state official owns an undeclared property abroad.10:17 02.08.2013
Russian prosecutors allow Left Front opposition movement to resume activityMoscow prosecutors have permitted the Left Front movement, headed by opposition firebrand Sergei Udlatsov, to resume its activity. The Left Front is a far-left political movement encompassing organizations that support socialist development in Russia and the post-Soviet states.12:59 22.07.2013
Former prosecutor involved in casino scandal released from custodyAlexander Ignatenko, former First Deputy Prosecutor of the Moscow Region, has been released from custody after being held on remand in the Lefortovo detention center in Moscow since February.11:42 02.07.2013
NGO complaints about prosecutors' inspections to be considered in JulyIn July the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow will consider several complaints filed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) challenging the rights of prosecutors to conduct inspections, RAPSI reports from the courtroom on Friday.14:47 28.06.2013
Georgian president suspected of spending budget funds on BotoxGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may be summoned to the prosecutor's office for questioning about the suspected use of budget funds for Botox injections.15:07 31.05.2013
Russian schizophrenic stocks up bunker with arms in fear of world warThe Volgograd City Court will consider sending a 24-year-old local resident for mandatory psychiatric treatment after he built a bunker beneath his garage and stocked up on arms in fear of a global armed conflict.12:33 27.05.2013
Prosecutors expose violations in Moscow-City construction projectCity prosecutors have reported multiple violations in the construction and operation of the Moscow City business center project to the Central Administrative Area Prefect and the state company Tsentr-City.17:49 17.05.2013
Pussy Riot’s Alyokhina transferred out of isolationImprisoned Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was moved to a regular cell on Thursday in accordance with a court judgment which invalidated the prison administration's decision to transfer her to isolation.14:44 26.04.2013
Moscow Prosecutor's Office suspends Udaltsov's Left Front activitiesThe Moscow Prosecutor's Office has suspended the activities of the Left Front public movement for three months, the office reported on Monday.17:47 19.04.2013
Russian toddler given HIV-infected blood due to negligenceAn incident in which a toddler was given an HIV-infected blood transfusion was the result of negligence on the part of a St. Petersburg hospital’s staff, prosecutors said when announcing the preliminary results of their investigation on Friday.14:20 19.04.2013
Germany to extradite Swiss citizen suspected of child abuse to RussiaSwiss citizen Rido Marko, suspected of sexually abusing a child from Volgograd, will be extradited from Germany to Russia, the Volgograd Regional Prosecutor's Office reports.11:23 19.04.2013
Egyptian court fire destroys Ghaddafi cousin case materialsA fire at a district court in southern Cairo has destroyed the folders containing various case materials, including the case of Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, the cousin of the late Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi.18:10 04.04.2013
Prosecutors demand privatization of Moscow metro station to be invalidatedThe prosecutor's office has asked Head of the Moscow Department of Land Resources Vladimir Yefimov to file a lawsuit to invalidate the illegal privatization of part of Varshavskaya metro station's hall, the Prosecutor General's Office said.14:26 04.04.2013
Prosecutor says student illegally expelled over hijabProsecutors in Russia’s Siberian region said Wednesday that a local university’s expulsion of a female student for wearing a hijab was unlawful.16:11 03.04.2013
Prosecutors seek to transfer Pussy Riot's Alyokhina to different prisonThe Perm Territorial Prosecutor's Office has asked for Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina to be transferred to a different prison for safety reasons. Alyokhina is serving a two year sentence for hooliganism after taking part in Pussy Riot's "punk prayer" at the Christ the Savior Cathedral.12:43 03.04.2013
Prosecutors say start inspections of new Russian NGOsProsecutors in the central Russian Voronezh Region have started inspections of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as part of an anti-extremism drive, the regional prosecutor’s office has reported.11:04 03.04.2013
France wants Russia to explain recent NGO inspectionsFrance has asked Russia to explain the recent inspections of a number of NGOs in the country, some of which are French, Philippe Lalliot, the spokesperson of the French Foreign Ministry.18:01 27.03.2013
Prosecutors begin audit of Agora human rights groupThe prosecutors of the Vakhitovsky District of Kazan, capital of the republic of Tatarstan, have started investigating the workings of Agora interregional human rights association15:53 27.03.2013