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Investigators launch case over fatal school shooting in Russia’s Tatarstan

Investigators launched probe into the shooting attack in a school bulding in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, on Tuesday.

12:34 11.05.2021

Investigators complete probe into Chelyabinsk Region officials accused of abuse of office

Investigation into criminal cases against Mayor of Troitsk, a town in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region, Alexander Vinogradov and his deputy, who stand charged with abuse of office, has been completed.

14:40 28.04.2021

Moscow resident put in detention on terrorism funding allegations

A court has detained a Moscow resident charged with funding the Islamic State, the international terrorist organization banned in Russia.

12:31 28.04.2021

Ex-police officer, former attorney sentenced to jail for fraud

A court in the Moscow Region has sentenced a former drug control department chief of the Mytishchi Directorate of the Interior Ministry and a former attorney to 2.5 years in penal colony each for fraud.

10:56 28.04.2021

Defendant in 2009 crime lord murder case sentenced to 14 years behind bars

Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court on Friday sentenced Kakha Gazzayev, a defendant in the case over the killing of crime lord Vyacheslav “Yaponchik” Ivankov in July 2009, to 14 years in high-security prison.

15:33 23.04.2021

Case over $157,000 bribe launched against two Moscow investigators

The Main Investigative Department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over receipt of a bribe in the amount of 12 million rubles (about $157,000 at the current exchange rate) by the head and deputy head of the investigative department of the Interior Ministry in the Solntsevo district of Moscow.

10:51 23.04.2021

One more illegal rally participant sentenced to jail for assault on policeman

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Thursday sentenced a participant of the illegal January 23 rally Stanislav Akhmedov to 2 years in penal colony for attack against a police officer.

12:04 22.04.2021

Russian Investigative Committee registers falsification complaints of forensic study in Cherkalin case

Russia’s Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office have registered applications concerning falsification of the examination in a case of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin.

18:57 21.04.2021

Investigator’s refusal to open case over nationalist Martsinkevich’s death deemed illegal

The Chelyabinsk Regional Court invalidated an investigator’s refusal to open a case over the death of the leader of the Restruct nationalist movement Maxim Martsinkevich, who was found dead in a Chelyabinsk detention center in the fall of 2020.

17:40 19.04.2021

Moscow Economic Policy Department's official charged with $65K bribery - investigators

Deputy chief of the Moscow Economic Policy Department Leonid Kostroma and two other persons stand charged with taking over 5 million rubles (over $65,000) in bribes.

17:01 16.04.2021

Businessman and ex-lawmaker to stand trial in fraud attempt case

A court in Moscow will consider a fraud attempt case against entrepreneur Zurab Pliyev and ex-deputy of the lower house of Russia’s parliament Denis Volchek.

10:54 07.04.2021

Investigators seek detention of Russia’s industry official in abuse of office case

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to put the director of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Metallurgy and Building Materials Department Pavel Servatinsky in detention until June 1.

16:57 02.04.2021

Ex-judge from Russia’s Penza gets 8 years in prison for bribetaking

The Penza Regional Court has sentenced a former magistrate judge to 8 years in high-security prison for receiving 200,000 rubles ($2,600) in bribes.

15:20 02.04.2021

Investigators complete probe into official of Rosrezerv Agency over $45M embezzlement

The Russian Investigative Committee has completed the investigation of a criminal case against deputy head of the Federal Agency for State Reserves (Rosrezerv) Alexander Kiryukhin and other persons accused of embezzling more than 3.4 billion rubles (about $45 million) in the framework of state procurement.

13:45 02.04.2021

Investigators open new case against Mayor of town of Maikop

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a new criminal case against head of town of Maikop municipal district in the Republic of Adygea Andrey Getmanov.

11:09 02.04.2021

Russia’s industry official arrested in Moscow on abuse of office allegations

The director of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Metallurgy and Building Materials Department Pavel Servatinsky has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of abuse of office.

15:49 01.04.2021

Investigation into Arashukov case completed

Investigators have completed probe into a criminal case against Raul Arashukov, ex-advisor of a CEO of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz and his son, ex-senator Rauf Arashukov.

11:23 31.03.2021

Investigators complete fraud probe into former Novgorod vice-governor

Investigation into the fomer vice-governor of the Novgorod Region Victor Nechayev charged with large-scale fraud has been completed.

10:50 31.03.2021

Ex-member of notorious Basayev gang gets 14 years for infringement on servicemen life

A former member of Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab’s gang living in Russia’s Stavropol Territory Mavlimberdi Akbulatov has received 14 years in high-security colony for infringement on the military personnel’s life.

10:39 30.03.2021

Nazism rehabilitarion case launched against ex-professor of Russian academy

A criminal case over the Nazism rehabilitation has been opened against a former professor of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Vladimir Matveyev.

12:00 26.03.2021