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Probe into case over illegal entry into dwelling against Navalny’s ally completed

Investigation into criminal case over forcible violation of inviolability of dwelling against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Alexey Navalny, has been completed.

14:30 20.02.2021

Appeal over investigators’ actions as to incident with Navalny to be reviewed

The Novosibirsk Regional Court has ordered reconsideration of an appeal filed by lawyer Vyacheslav Gimadi over alleged inaction of investigator as to the summer incident with Alexey Navalny.

13:55 15.02.2021

Probe into illegal rally participant accused of beating National Guard officer completed

Investigation into Timur Salikhov, a particiant of the illegal rally held in Moscow on January 23, over an assault on an officer of the National Guard has been completed.

16:15 12.02.2021

Probe opened into operation of banned Jehovah’s Witnesses cell in Moscow

A criminal case has been opened over operation in north Moscow of a cell of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization banned in Russia.

11:29 10.02.2021

Navalny’s ally accused of involvement of minors in illegal events faces arrest in absentia

Investigators have filed a motion to arrest Leonid Volkov, an associate of opposition blogger Alexey Navalny, in absentia on charges of inducement of children to participate in unlawful events.

10:57 10.02.2021

Investigators seek house arrest for municipal lawmaker in rally sanitary violations case

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to place Moscow’s municipal lawmaker Konstantin Yankauskas charged with incitement to violation of anti-coronavirus sanitary requirements during unauthorized rallies under house arrest.

12:00 09.02.2021

Ex-construction official gets 13.5 years in prison in Vostochny Cosmodrome graft case

Moscow’s Babushkinsky District Court found ex-deputy chief of the Federal Agency for Special Construction (Spetsstroy) Alexander Mordovets guilty of bribery and abuse of office during the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome and sentenced him to 13.5 year in high-security prison.

11:15 09.02.2021

Resident of Russia’s Komi ordered to prison for murder of judge

A court in Russia’s Republic of Komi has sentenced a 34-year local resident to 8 years in prison for killing a magistrate judge.

16:25 05.02.2021

Navalny’s associate Sobol charged in rally sanitary standards case

The Investigative Committee of Russia has brought charges against Alexey Navalny’s ally Lyubov Sobol as part of a case over violation of sanitary and epidemiological requirements during an unauthorized rally on January 23.

11:06 04.02.2021

Probe into 2000s murder case against ex-Khabarovsk Krai Governor completed

Investigation into ex-Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal charged with masterminding murders in 2004-2005 has been completed.

14:25 03.02.2021

Bashkir Construction Minister arrested on abuse of office charges

Minister for Construction and Architecture of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortastan Ramzil Kucharbayev has been apprehended on charges of abuse of office.

11:09 02.02.2021

Convicted ex-mayor of Vladivostok faces abuse of office trial

Investigation into an abuse of office case against ex-mayor of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev convicted of corruption has been completed.

15:28 01.02.2021

Investigators urge to place Navalny’s spokesperson under house arrest

Investigators have filed a motion seeking to put Kira Yarmysh, the spokesperson for Alexey Navalny, under house arrest until March 23 in a sanitary violation case.

14:46 01.02.2021

Genocide case opened over mass murders of Krasnodar Krai civilians in 1940s

A genocide case has been opened over mass shooting of civilians on Kuban, Krasnodar Krai, by Nazi criminals in 1942-1943.

14:53 27.01.2021

Two suspects in assault on law enforcement officers at illegal Moscow rally arrested

Two alleged participants of an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23 were arrested as part of a case over assault on law enforcement officers.

13:34 26.01.2021

Dutch journalist urges Russia’s Investigative Committee open case against The Insider Chief Editor

Dutch journalist Max van der Werff petitioned Russia’s Investigative Committee to open a criminal case over defamation against The Insider Editor in Chief Roman Dobrokhotov, who, as the journalist alleges, said that he had worked for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff (GRU).

17:53 25.01.2021

Four cases opened in Moscow over force against policemen at illegal January 23 rally

Four criminal cases have been opened in Moscow over the use of force against law enforcement officers during an unauthorized rally held on January 23.

10:48 25.01.2021

Former Ulyanovsk Region official sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement

A court has ordered a former head of the Ulyanovsk Region’s legislative assembly Igor Tikhonov to 5 years in prison for large-scale embezzlement.

11:59 22.01.2021

Probe into 1994 double homicide case against businessman Bykov completed

Investigation into the 1994 double murder case against Krasnoyarsk businessman Anatoly Bykov has been completed.

14:34 21.01.2021

Arrest warrant issued in absentia for two defendants in crime lord murder case

A court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for two men allegedly involved in killing a crime lord Vyacheslav “Yaponchik” Ivankov in July 2009.

15:31 19.01.2021