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Investigation into 24 ultra-nationalist Ukrainian battalion members completed in DPR

Investigating authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) have completed a probe into 24 members of the Ukrainian battalion Azov, designated in the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization.

16:40 07.09.2022

Russian investigators open criminal case over death of 5 climbers on mountain Elbrus

The Russian Investigative Committee on Friday initiated a criminal case on the death of five people caused by bad weather when they had attempted to ascent Mount Elbrus.

12:52 24.09.2021

Interior Ministry investigators detained in developer Khudoyan's case freed from custody

The First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction has overturned a lower court decision to detain deputy chief of the Interior Ministry’s Investigative Department Alexander Krakovsky and his colleagues Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Bryantsev charged with abuse of power when investigating the case of developer Albert Khudoyan.

12:59 10.06.2021

State Duma to discuss bill giving investigators right to conduct interviews by videolink

Draft amendments to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure granting investigators the right to interview victims, specialists, experts and witnesses in criminal cases via videoconferencing means has been submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament.

10:58 02.06.2021

Ex-director of undesirable NGO comes under investigation in Russia

A probe has been initiated in the Krasnodar Region into Andrey Pivovarov, a former director of Otkrytaya Rossia (OR), an organization registered in Great Britain and recognized in Russia as undesirable.

14:48 01.06.2021

Bill on length of investigated persons' stay in psychiatric hospitals reaches State Duma

The Government has submitted to the State Duma a bill setting the time frame for which a person in custody is to be temporarily placed in a medical institution that provides psychiatric care.

13:54 22.03.2021

Rules for submitting investigated persons to mental treatment to be codified in Russia

The Government Commission on Legislative Drafting has considered draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which clearly define rules for sending persons under investigation to psychiatric hospitals.

11:35 16.03.2021

Probe into embezzlement case of ex-Ivanovo Region’s Governor Men completed

Investigation into auditor of the Account Chamber and ex-Governor of Russia’s Ivanovo Region Mikhail Men charged with embezzling 700 million rubles (over $9 million) has been completed.

16:50 14.01.2021

Online interrogations to facilitate faster probes – Russia’s Public Business Ombudsman

Online examinations of witnesses and victims may fasten preliminary investigations, as well as shorten times accused persons are kept in pretrial detention centers, Public Business Ombudsman, Co-Chair of Rost political party Alexander Khurudzhi believes.

13:14 10.11.2020

Russian prosecutors send fifth request to Germany as to Navalny hospitalization case

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has for the fifth time requested German competent authorities to present information on the chemical composition of a toxic agent allegedly found in the body of Alexey Navalny.

13:50 06.11.2020

Russian Interior Ministry to ask Germany for permit to Navalny investigative actions

Investigators of Russia’s Interior Ministry will ask their German colleagues for the admission to investigative activities related to an incident with Alexey Navalny.

16:33 11.09.2020

Investigation into ex-policemen involved in Golunov case completed

The Investigative Committee of Russia has completed investigation into five former police officers accused in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov.

15:01 07.08.2020

Investigation into eternal flame barbeque in Kronstadt completed

Probe into a criminal case over barbeque on the eternal flame near the Naval Cathedral in Russia’s port city Kronstadt has been completed.

14:15 08.06.2020

Criminal case opened over COVID-19 outbreak in board and care facility for veterans

A criminal case has been opened over a massive COVID-19 outbreak among employees and residents of a board and care facility for veterans in Russia’s Oryol Region.

17:20 26.05.2020

Human Rights Council expects thorough probe in attack on Immortal Regiment website

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council hopes that investigation of an incident affecting the online Immortal Regiment event and some other websites commemorating heroes of the Great Patriotic War will be swift, thorough and objective one, according to the body’s Chair Valery Fadeyev.

14:59 15.05.2020

Prosecutors demand probe into fake videos about man-made nature of coronavirus

Moscow prosecutors seek to open a criminal case over publishing online videos containing fake information about the man-made nature of coronavirus (COVID-19).

17:23 07.05.2020

Probe opened into mass COVID-19 infection in Leningrad Region migrant hostel

A criminal case over sanitary and epidemiological violations resulted in the coronavirus mass infection has been opened in the Leningrad Region. The probe was launched after coronavirus 35 residents of a local migrant hostel had been tested positive for coronavirus.

10:50 15.04.2020

Investigators complete probe into history professor charged with student murder

Investigation into Oleg Sokolov, the St. Petersburg State University’s history professor, who stands charged with the murder of his postgraduate student Anastasia Yeshchenko, has been completed.

10:59 04.03.2020

Effectiveness of fraud case investigations drops – Russian business ombudsman

Effectiveness of investigations into fraud criminal cases is declining, according to Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov.

10:59 05.09.2019

Titov stands for extending prosecutors’ supervision powers

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has pushed for extending the powers of prosecutors concerning supervision over investigators.

14:43 04.09.2019