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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.

14:38 16.08.2021

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.

17:40 11.08.2021

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.

12:01 10.08.2021

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.

17:54 06.08.2021

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.

16:38 06.08.2021

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.

12:04 05.08.2021

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.

11:16 05.08.2021

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.

12:21 04.08.2021

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.

14:01 02.08.2021

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.

15:47 30.07.2021

Russian man rehabilitating Nazism fined $1,400

A court in Russia’s Voronezh has fined a 26-year-old man born in the Yaroslavl Region 100,000 rubles ($1,400) for publishing content rehabilitating Nazism on social media.

14:10 28.07.2021

Probe into ex-head of Amur penal colony charged with abuse of office completed

Investigators in the Amur Region have completed probe into the former chief of the local penal colony N3 Alexey Zabluda charged with abuse of power.

13:28 27.07.2021

Tax evasion charges brought against infamous businessman Bykov

Investigators for the Krasnoyarsk Region and Khakassia have charged businessman Anatoly Bykov with tax evasion on a large scale.

17:44 26.07.2021

Prosecuted ex-journalist Safronov questioned in his defense lawyer’s case

Investigators have questioned former journalist Ivan Safronov, who stands charged with treason, as a witness in a criminal case against his attorney Ivan Pavlov.

15:09 26.07.2021

Infamous businessman Bykov indicted on murder-for-hire charges

Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov has been indicted on murder-for-hire charges.

16:47 22.07.2021

Court approves seizure of $670K in assets of businessman charged in murder-for-hire case

A court in the city of Krasnoyarsk approved a request to seize assets of businessman Anatoly Bykov worth over 50 million rubles ($670,000) as part of an investigation into a case of incitement to murder for hire, according to the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee.

11:05 14.07.2021

Convicted of bribery ex-governor Belykh becomes defendant in new case

The investigating authorities have opened a criminal case over abuse of power against ex-governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh.

13:03 06.07.2021

Putin extends Investigative Committee powers in cases involving minors

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on Thursday enacted a bill vesting Russia’s Investigative Committee with extended powers to investigate cases of crimes of medium and lesser severity committed against minors into law.

14:59 01.07.2021

Probe into hitting child by electric scooter in St. Petersburg completed

Investigation into a case against a man who had hit a minor by electric scooter in St. Petersburg was completed.

12:03 28.06.2021

Former judge gets 7 years in jail for graft in Samara Region

Ex-judge of the Volzhsky District Court of the Samara Region Mikhail Burtsev has been sentenced to 7 years in high-security penal colony for taking a bribe.

17:39 25.06.2021