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Four alleged members of terrorist cell arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region

Four alleged members of a terrorist group have been arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

11:50 22.07.2022

Three Russian police generals detained in abuse of authority case

Three Russian police generals, including an assistant to the Interior Minister, have been detained until September 5 on abuse of authority charges related to misappropriating a fund based in Saint Petersburg.

10:34 07.07.2022

Moscow court sentences Major General Melnikov to 7 years in prison for bribery

The Moscow Khamovnichesky District Court has sentenced Major General Alexander Melnikov, a senior officer of the Central Chief Directorate of the Interior Ministry, to 7 years in a strict regime colony in a case over attempted bribery on an especially large scale.

17:35 30.06.2022

Police report decrease in street crime rate in Russia

The total number of crimes committed in public areas downed by 5.4% in Russia as of the first nine months of 2021.

16:05 19.10.2021

Interior Ministry demands detention of vice-president of Russia’s Sberbank

The Interior Ministry of Russia has filed a motion seeking to place vice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova in detention until December 6 as part of a case over large-scale embezzlement.

15:31 07.10.2021

Police to set reasonable term of ban to enter Russia for comic Mirzalizade

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday overturned designation of the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade undesirable for life and ordered the Interior Ministry to set a reasonable term of the entry ban.

17:33 05.10.2021

Vice-president of Russia's Sberbank accused of embezzlement escapes from investigators

Vice-president of Russia's Sberbank Marina Rakova accused of large-scale embezzlement has absconded the investigative authorities.

14:47 01.10.2021

Interior Ministry to detect abettors for illegal actions after State Duma elections

Police will detect and arrest persons allegedly involved in instigation to take part in illegal actions in Moscow on Setember 20 and 25 after the State Duma elections.

15:01 29.09.2021

Crime rate decreases in Russia in 2021 - police

The number of crimes in total has decreased by 0.8% in Russia since the start of the year.

15:47 27.09.2021

Police ruling on undesirability of stand-up comic’s stay in Russia suspended

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Thursday suspended the Interior Ministry’s order designating the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent.

12:48 16.09.2021

Stay of stand-up comic guilty of xenophobic jokes declared undesirable in Russia

Russia’s Interior Ministry has designated the stay in Russia of stand-up comic Idrak Mirzalizade, who had been earlier placed in administrative detention for 10 days for insulting Russian people on account of ethnic descent, undesirable.

14:33 30.08.2021

Two people became victims in scooter related collisions in Moscow in 2021– police

Two people died in the road traffic accidents involving electric scooters in Moscow in the first seven months of 2021, the Interior Ministry’s spokesperson Irina Volk reported Tuesday.

17:39 24.08.2021

Number of street crimes decreases in Russia – police

The street crime rate decreased in Russia in the first six months of 2021.

15:03 20.08.2021

Number of crimes committed by foreigners in Russia ups by 5% - police official

The number of crimes committed by foreign nationals increased by 5% in Russia, First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy announced Thursday.

15:44 05.08.2021

Former Kamchatka police chief arrested on suspicion of abuse of power – Interior Minister

Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev on Tuesday reported arrest of the former head of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for Kamchatka Region Mikhail Kiselev on abuse of office allegations.

11:16 03.08.2021

Interior Ministry bans foreigners who participated in mass fights from entering Russia

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has banned foreign citizens, who had been brought to administrative responsibility for participating in mass fights, from entering the territory of the Russian Federation.

16:16 28.07.2021

Russian government backs People’s Front proposal to create register of homeless people

The Russian Ministries of Labor and of Internal Affairs are to develop criteria by which Russians will be classified as persons of no fixed abode, as well as the procedure for maintaining a register of such persons.

16:25 09.07.2021

Detention centre officers ordered to report detainees’ hospitalization within 24 hours

Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has signed an order obliging employees of temporary detention facilities to notify relatives of first-aid dressing or hospitalization of detainees within 24 hours.

16:20 06.07.2021

Number of online drug crimes up by 2.5 times – Russia’s Interior Ministry

Over the past three years, the number of registered drug crimes committed with the use of modern technologies has increased by 2.5 times, Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has said addressing a meeting of the State Anti-Drug Committee.

15:40 25.06.2021

Number of electric scooter related collisions rises in Russia - police

Electric scooter related collisions are on the increase in Russia this year.

15:19 17.06.2021