Criminal case may be opened over ex Russian Interior Ministry general’s suicideRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office may open a criminal case over suicide committed by Boris Kolesnikov, former deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s Chief Anti-Corruption Directorate, Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Grin said Wednesday at the Federation Council meeting.16:26 18.06.2014
Ex Russian Interior Ministry general kills himself amidst corruption scandalBoris Kolesnikov, former deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s Chief Anti-Corruption Directorate, jumped out the window of the Investigative Committee building, his lawyer, Georgy Antonov, told RAPSI.16:14 16.06.2014
Police general charged with running a gang to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the detention of Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom.15:34 11.06.2014
Russian police to apologize for wrongful arrestThe Interior Ministry is drafting a regulation under which the police would be obliged to issue an apology to those who are arrested by mistake, ministry spokesman Andrei Pilipchuk told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.14:23 21.05.2014
Master-Bank executives suspected of $18 mln embezzlementThe Deposit Insurance Agency has filed with Russia’s Interior Ministry an application relating to the alleged embezzlement of 657 million rubles ($18 million) by Master-Bank executives.14:06 06.05.2014
Third case opened against former deputy agriculture minister - reportThe Russian Interior Ministry’s Investigative Department has instituted a third criminal case against former Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexey Bazhanov, who is suspected of embezzling 1.125 billion rubles ($31.5 million) from Rosagroleasing.10:51 05.05.2014
Russia pushes for fugitive mogul Polonsky’s extraditionRussia’s Interior Ministry has prepared a new request for the extradition of fugitive real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, who currently resides in Cambodia, according to the ministry’s statement released on Wednesday.11:21 09.04.2014
Moscow bankers allegedly launder $730 mln through coin dealersThe police have arrested members of an international crime group that allegedly laundered some 26 billion rubles ($730 million), the Interior Ministry reported Monday.15:49 31.03.2014
Ukraine looks to ban nationalist Right Sector movementUkrainian law enforcement authorities discussed at an emergency meeting a proposal to ban local nationalist movement Right Sector after its members threatened to storm the parliament.10:32 28.03.2014
Weapons and forged documents seized at Russian ICOCRIM officesThe police searched the regional offices of the International Committee on the Fight Against Terrorism, Organized Crime and Corruption (ICOCRIM) in Russia. They found weapons and forged documents, according to the Interior Ministry's Moscow department.10:34 24.03.2014
Ukraine seeks arrest of former Interior Ministry officialsUkraine’s former Deputy Interior Minister Viktor Ratushniak, and ex-commander of Interior Ministry forces Stanislac Shuliak, have been put on a wanted list, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Friday.13:40 14.03.2014
Ukrainian police reports on the number of weapons stolen by radicals in LvivFirearms, munitions and over a dozen rocket grenade launchers have been stolen from the Interior Troops’ depots in the Lviv Region, a source at the Ukrainian Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti.11:36 14.03.2014
Russian police to provide jobs to Ukrainian officersThe Russian police authority is ready to provide jobs to Ukrainian police officers, the Russian Interior Ministry reported Monday. Earlier, the Moscow Department of the Russian Interior Ministry reported that the Moscow police is considering forming a squadron of former Berkut officers and provide them with dormitory accommodation.10:55 03.03.2014
Radical protesters break truce, open fire on police in KievProsecutors have opened fire on police in down town Kiev, thus breaking the truce, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service announced reported on Friday.12:40 21.02.2014
International search of billionaire ex-senator Pugachev revoked - reportRussia's Interior Ministry and Investigative Committee have annulled an order on international search of Sergei Pugachev, former Russian senator and founder of the bankrupted Mezhprombank, Kommersant newspaper writes on Thursday.11:02 20.02.2014
Over 40 ciminal cases initiated amid escalating clashes in KievUkraine's Interior Ministry has initiated nearly 40 new criminal cases following the violence that escalated in Kiev Tuesday, and reports that 58 persons have been detained.16:28 19.02.2014
Injured, fatalities reported in new clashes in KievAlmost 40 people saught medical attention as a result of a violent clash between protesters and the police in downtown Kiev, a Kiev City Healthcare department spokesperson Natalia Vyshnevskaya told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.18:21 18.02.2014
Ukrainian Interior Ministry denies allegations of missing protestersThe Ukrainian Interior Ministry denies allegations that 60 people have gone missing since the protests in Kiev began, according to a statement released by the ministry Thursday.14:22 13.02.2014
Russian police to purchase $16.4mln worth of breathalyzers - reportThe Interior Ministry has drafted a bill that would allow the police to test pedestrians and passengers, in addition to drivers, for intoxication. To take advantage of the law, the ministry plans to purchase over 11,400 breathalyzers at 572 million rubles ($16.4mln).14:08 11.02.2014
Moscow school hostage crisis leaves two deadThe Russian Interior Ministry has confirmed an incident involving an armed intruder inside Moscow School 263, leaving one policeman and a teacher dead.12:59 03.02.2014