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Criminal cases opened over rehabilitation of Nazism at Immortal Regiment event

Investigative authorities have opened criminal cases over rehabilitation of Nazism after finding out that photographs of Nazi criminals were published on websites of the Immortal Regiment movement.

16:14 14.05.2020

Murderer of Moscow investigator to undergo compulsory treatment - court

The Moscow City Court on Wednesday found unemployed St. Petersburg resident Sergey Grigoryev guilty of killing a Moscow investigator Vladislav Kapustin and ordered the defendant to undergo compulsory mental treatment.

14:58 13.05.2020

Owner of burnt Moscow Region hospice put in detention

An owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk where fire had killed 11elderly patients was placed in detention upon a court order.

10:53 13.05.2020

Owner of Moscow Region hospice pleads guilty in deadly fire case

An owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk pleaded guilty and repented as part of a case over the fire that had led to the death of 11 patients.

13:10 12.05.2020

Former high-ranking investigator Lamonov released on parole

Russia’s former high-ranking investigator Alexander Lamonov convicted in a 32 million-ruble ($430,000 at the current exchange rate) bribery case has been released on parole.

12:58 06.05.2020

Fraud probe into Russian supercomputer designer completed

Investigation into T-Platform supercomputer developer’s CEO and shareholder Vsevolod Opanasenko and ex-chief of the Interior Ministry’s communications directorate Alexander Aleksandrov has been completed.

14:00 29.04.2020

Pranker wanted on suspicion of aborting online school lessons in St. Petersburg

A pranker suspected of aborting online school lessons in St. Petersburg has been put on a wanted list.

10:53 23.04.2020

Investigators open cases over violence against police at unlawful Vladikavkaz rally

The North Ossetia republican directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases over violence against police officers and Russian National Guard at an unauthorized rally in the town of Vladikavkaz.

17:04 22.04.2020

Russia’s investigators to check if pranks on teachers constitute crimes

Russia’s Investigative Committee is to monitor distant learning videos demonstrating records of humiliation and so called pranks with respect to teachers.

12:32 20.04.2020

Two more cases launched over riots in Irkutsk Region penal colony

Two new cases have been opened over riots in a penal colony situated in the Irkutsk Region.

14:01 17.04.2020

Probe into 2019 deadly plane fire at Moscow airport completed

Investigation into aircraft captain Denis Yevdokimov over the deadly fire on board a passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport that had killed 41 people was completed.

14:26 15.04.2020

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

Urals resident charged with assault on Russian center in Kiev in absentia

A resident of Yekaterinburg, Ural, Yury Izotov has been charged in absentia with assault on the Russian center of science and culture in Kiev.

13:25 10.04.2020

Investigative Committee recovers $850k from its ex-officers convicted of embezzlement

The Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to recover over 64 million rubles ($850,000) from ex-officers of Russia’s Investigative Committee and other defendants in a case over embezzlement concerning procurement of materials and equipment for repairs of the Committee’s buildings.

17:16 08.04.2020

Attorneys seek to release father of ex-senator from detention due to coronavirus

Defense lawyers have filed a motion seeking to release Raul Arashukov, CEO of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz and father of ex-senator Rauf Arashukov, from detention.

14:59 06.04.2020

Regional high-ranking official suspected of receiving bribes

A criminal case has been opened against vice-governor of the Kirov Region Andrey Plitko suspected of receiving bribes.

18:24 03.04.2020

Self-isolation extended for female employees of Russian Investigative Committee

Female employees of the Russian Investigative Committee will stay home as part of the self-isolation regime until April 30, upon the order of the authority’s Chairman Alexander Bastrykin.

16:16 03.04.2020

Investigators seek to detain three investigations officials on abuse of office charges

The Investigative Committee has filed a motion with Moscow’s Basmanny District Court seeking to place three senior investigations official in detention until June 1. Two deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky as well as senior investigator for especially important cases Alexander Bryantsev are charged with abuse of power.

11:35 03.04.2020

Wanted ex-judge arrested on bribery allegations

A wanted ex-magistrate judge, who had allegedly took bribes for delivering rulings declaring rightsof ownership of property units, was arrested in Russia’s Saratov region.

10:43 03.04.2020

Ex-head of Saratov Region town sentenced to 9 years for corruption

A former head of the Saratov Region’s town of Engels Dmitry Lobanov has received 9 years in a high security penal colony for receiving a property bribe.

17:37 01.04.2020