Probe launched into mass shooting in Russia’s Perm university
The Investigative Committee’s Main Investigations Directorate will conduct probe into a shooting attack in the Perm State University that led to the death of eight people on Monday.
Head of Russian Investigative Committee puts check of voting breach reports under control
Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin on Monday ordered chiefs of investigative departments to conduct check of all reports of election violations the body had received from the Interior Ministry.
Russian investigators open case over inducement to single voting days riots
A criminal case has been opened over online inducing citizens to take part in mass riots on the single voting days.
Official of Russian aviation agency to go on trial for faulty registration of aircraft
An official of civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia will go on trial for alleged negligence while registering an aircraft.
Businessman Bykov found guilty of 1994 double murder organization
Jurors have found Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov guilty of masterminding double homicide in 1994.
Several minors suspected of war memorial desecration in Crimea - investigators
Crimean investigators have initiated probe into several minors suspected of desecration of the memorial complex of the lost during the Civil war in 1917-1922 in Sevastopol.
Member of terrorist cell operating in colony in Russia’s Kalmykia gets 5.5 years in jail
A military court has sentenced Robert Emirgamzayev, a member of a terrorist organization operating for more than 6 years in a penal colony in Russia’s Kalmykia, to 5.5 years in jail.
Former Far Eastern customs official gets 12 years in jail for taking bribes
A court has sentenced the former first deputy of the Far Eastern Directorate of the Federal Customs Service Sergey Fedorov to 12 years in prison for taking bribes in the amount of more than 34 million rubles.
Alleged leader of Crimean cell of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses put in detention
A court in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday placed alleged organizer of the Yalta cell of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia as extremist, in detention.
Investigators seek to detain Northwestern tax service official suspected of graft
Investigators on Monday filed a motion to put acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo suspected of bribery in detention.
Tax official arrested in Moscow on bribery allegations
Acting chief Northwestern Tax Directorate’s anti-corruption department of Russia’s Federal Tax Service Maxim Rozsypalo has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of graft.
Navalny accused of creating NGO infringing on citizens' personality and rights
The Russian Investigative Committee has charged Alexey Navalny with creating a non-profit organization that infringes upon the personality and rights of citizens.
New criminal case opened of Navalny’s allies Zhdanov and Volkov
Investigators have launched a new criminal case against Ivan Zhdanov, ex-director of the foundation founded by Alexey Navalny, and another blogger’s ally Leonid Volkov, over alleged funding of an extremist organization.
Investigators seek to detain ex-chair of Krasnodar court charged with fraud attempt
Investigators seek to place a former chairman of the Oktyabrsky District Court in Krasnodar Gennady Bairak charged with attempted fraud and abuse of power in detention.
Investigators launch case over road accident involving Russians in Turkey
The Investigative Committee for the Russian Samara Region has opened a criminal case over the deaths of three Russian tourists in a road accident that occurred in Turkish Antalya.
Russian investigators open case against brigade commander of Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a case against commander of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Oleg Goncharuk, and other military personnel of this unit.
Two men accused of Nazi criminal photo publication on Immortal Regiment site face trial
Investigators have completed probe into two residents of the Irkutsk Region accused of publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the Immortal Regiment website.
Russia’s Federal Chamber of Lawyers urges investigators to address attacks on lawyers
The Federal Chamber of Lawyers has turned to Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin in connection with the attacks on lawyers in Khakassia and the Khabarovsk Krai.
Owner of Moscow Region hospice gets over 6 years in penal colony in fatal fire case
An owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk on Monday received 6 years and 5 months in penal colony in a case over the fire that had led to the death of 12 patients.
Man ordered to community service for publishing Hitler photo on Immortal Regiment site
Andrey Akimov residing in Russia’s Orenburg Region has received 1-year community service for publishing the image of Adolf Hitler on the Immortal Regiment website.