Magnitsky's case hearing stalls over formalityThe Prosecutor General's Office cannot file a new criminal case against Hermitage Capital fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky and the fund's head William Browder for procedural reasons, says Alexander Antipov, the attorney of one of the defendants.14:38 04.12.2012
Russian court prevents U.S. citizens from adopting a deaf childThe Voronezh Region Court has refused to grant U.S. citizens the right to adopt a 1.5-year-old deaf boy because both of the applicants are also deaf.18:00 03.12.2012
Number of Russians ignoring alimony payments growsThe number of criminal cases related to alimony evasion pending at the Federal Bailiff Service, exceeded 71,000 in 2011, up from 61,000 in 2010.19:36 29.11.2012
Prosecutor General's Office greenlights the Magnitsky indictmentThe Prosecutor General's Office has approved the indictment in the tax-evasion case against Sergei Magnitsky, who died at the investigative isolation ward three years ago.10:40 29.11.2012
Siberian resident fined for selling goods with Nazi symbolsFollowing an expert assessment, an Irkutsk court has fined an entrepreneur who sold shirts and cups with Nazi symbols, the Prosecutor General's Office has reported on Friday.15:21 23.11.2012
Khodorkovsky business partner claims Constitutional Court rulings violatedPlaton Lebedev has requested that the Constitutional Court and the upper house of parliament probe the Prosecutor General Office's failure to adhere to the Constitutional Court's rulings, according to a spokesperson for Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.14:47 13.11.2012
Traces of explosives found at Smolensk plane crash site - reportPolish experts have found traces of explosives amid the wreckage of the plane that crashed on April 10, 2010 in the Russian city of Smolensk, killing then-President Lech Kaczinski.17:11 30.10.2012
Case of planned terrorist attack on Red Square submitted to courtIlyas Saidov, an alleged member of a terrorist group, will be brought to court on several serious charges including planning a terrorist attack on Red Square in 2010.13:19 30.10.2012
Prosecutors request compulsory treatment for Bolotnaya Square riots suspectThe Prosecutor General's Office has submitted a criminal case against Bolotnaya Square riots suspect Mikhail Kosenko to the courts.11:27 19.10.2012
Investigators to look into opposition council election fees theftA criminal case has been opened over the alleged theft of funds from people who paid money to take part in the elections to the Opposition Coordinating Council.13:19 18.10.2012
Arrests connected to illegal gambling ring declared illegalThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office has found the arrests of Ivan Nazarov and two other individuals suspected of involvement in an underground gambling business in the Moscow Oblast illegal, Kommersant daily reported on Friday.11:59 05.10.2012
Some 42,000 addicts stripped of drivers' licenses since 2010Courts in Russia have invalidated about 42,000 driver licenses issued to alcohol- and drug-addicted individuals as of 2010.13:51 01.10.2012
MP requests examination into Pussy Riot attorney's alleged raid activitiesUnited Russia deputy Vladimir Burmatov has requested that the Prosecutor General's Office find out whether Pussy Riot attorney Violetta Volkova has taken part in any corporate raids.12:46 27.09.2012
'Innocence of Muslims' might be recognized as extremist in RussiaThe Prosecutor General's Office has prepared a lawsuit to recognize as extremist the film titled, "Innocence of Muslims," which has resulted in Islamic protests all over the world.18:15 17.09.2012
HP employees accused of 7.5 mln Euro bribeGermany's Saxony Chief Prosecutor's Office has charged three former Hewlett-Packard (HP) employees of corruption: a Finn, an American, and a German. They allegedly offered a 7.5 million Euro bribe nine years ago while entering into a contract with the Prosecutor General's Office in Russia.16:52 14.09.2012
Russia to seize assets of oligarchs Berezovsky and PatarkatsishviliThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office has requested that the UK seize the assets of Boris Berezovsky, as well as those of Badri Patarkatsishvili's family, according to a deputy inquire made available to RIA Novosti.15:39 12.09.2012
Prosecutorial disclosure appeal launched by Magnitsky's mother dismissedOn Tuesday, the Moscow District Simonovsky Court dismissed Sergei Magnitsky's mother's appeal of the Prosecutor General's Office's refusal to disclose the names of prosecutors who supervised the investigation of her son's case.10:32 12.09.2012
Communist lawmaker slams police beating chargesCommunist Party State Duma Deputy Vladimir Bessonov, who is suspected of having beaten a police officer during an opposition rally in Rostov-on-Don, has submitted an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office to invalidate the case initiated against him, he said at a news conference on Tuesday.17:43 04.09.2012
Air industry trade union strikes in Moscow prohibited by courtThe court prohibited a trade union at the state-owned ATM Corporation from holding strikes due to security issues, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Thursday.15:11 16.08.2012
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister releasedThe Kiev Court of Appeals commuted the sentence of former Ukrainian Defense Minister, Valery Ivashchenko, and released him.10:10 15.08.2012