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
Over 3,000 people punished for drinking on flights and in airports in 2013Over 3,000 people have been punished for drinking on board airplanes and in airports in Russia since the start of 2013, says Yury Gruzdev, official representative of the Interior Ministry's transport department.11:18 12.03.2013
Hermitage Capital slams charges against Magnitsky boss BrowderHermitage Capital on Thursday dismissed the Russian Interior Ministry's new charges against its head William Browder as "absurd" and "hysterical."15:42 08.03.2013
Police look into meteor shower relief expensesThe police are reviewing whether the funds allocated to repair damage caused by a meteor shower in the Chelyabinsk region were spent legally.15:02 07.03.2013
Leading soloist detained over acid attack on Bolshoi directorBolshoi Ballet leading soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko and two others have been detained in connection with the recent acid attack against Artistic Director Sergei Filin.10:28 06.03.2013
Police discover $492 mln payment machine scam in MoscowThe police have exposed a criminal group which operated a network of non-licensed payment machines in Moscow's central district.12:47 01.03.2013
Police carry out searches in space firm fraud casePolice have conducted searches as part of an investigation into alleged fraud at a satellite communications company, the Interior Ministry's Moscow branch said on Friday, but did not give further details.17:36 22.02.2013
Executive suspected of $64 mln bank theft refuses pretrial agreementYevgeny Rogachyov, former chief of corporate business of Master Bank, who is suspected of cashing out 2 billion rubles ($64 million), told RAPSI on Friday that he had not made a pretrial agreement with the investigation.13:02 15.02.2013
Interior Ministry seeks to restrict alcohol sales in airportsAirlines should be allowed to seize alcohol purchased by passengers in airport duty-free zones, Yury Gruzdev, the deputy head of the Interior Ministry's Transport Bureau, said on Friday.17:43 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
Over 90 websites shut down in 2013 for distributing child pornOver 90 websites registered in Russia have been closed in 2013 for containing child pornography, Tatyana Shishova of the Interpol National Central Bureau at the Interior Ministry said at an Internet security conference.16:21 04.02.2013
Number of drug related crimes in Moscow region up by 15%Over 8,500 drug related crimes were registered in the Moscow Region last year, a 15% increase on the 2011 statistics, says Head of the Interior Ministry Department for the Moscow Region Nikolai Golovkin.13:46 04.02.2013
Ukrainian ex-police general gets life for beheading journalistThe Pechersky District Court in Kiev has sentenced the former Ukrainian Interior Ministry general Alexei Pukach to life imprisonment for strangling and decapitating opposition journalist Georgy Gongadze.17:51 29.01.2013
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
New case opened against defense fraud case suspectA commercial bribery case has been opened against Yekaterina Smetanova, a suspect in the high-profile corruption scandal around the Russian Defense Ministry.13:14 29.01.2013
Witnesses to Bolshoi artistic director acid attack will be polygraphedPolice plan to use a polygraph when interrogating witnesses in investigating the acid attack on Bolshoi Theater artistic director Sergei Filin.14:33 28.01.2013
Conman posing as Russian general defrauds foreign businessmen of $600,000A jobless Russian posing as a general has defrauded foreign businessmen of around US$ 600,000. The man offered to help "resolve" foreigners' problems at high government level.13:12 17.01.2013
Popular online encyclopedia may be shut down over "extremist" contentLaw enforcement agencies seek to block access to two websites after inspecting their content, the Chechen Interior Ministry reported Tuesday. The ministry has established that the Lurkmore and Imam-TV websites contain prohibited content.16:01 15.01.2013
Two high-level bankers charged with accepting bribesYelena Kotova, former board member of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Igor Lebedev, former top manager of a leading Russian bank, are facing charges of attempting to accept bribes.13:40 15.01.2013
Number of state protected witnesses expected to double in 5 yearsThe number of state protected witnesses in Russia is expected grow at least twice in the coming years, while the budget for ensuring their safety will drop by almost 200 million rubles ($6.56 million).16:11 28.12.2012