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Four alleged members of terrorist cell arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region

Four alleged members of a terrorist group have been arrested in Russia’s Astrakhan region.

11:50 22.07.2022

Three Russian police generals detained in abuse of authority case

Three Russian police generals, including an assistant to the Interior Minister, have been detained until September 5 on abuse of authority charges related to misappropriating a fund based in Saint Petersburg.

10:34 07.07.2022

Sentence upheld against man guilty of beating police officer at illegal Moscow rally

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld sentence given to Eugeny Yesenov, Russia’s national born in the Republic of Kalmykia, for beating a policeman at the illegal rally held in central Moscow on January 23.

12:56 14.10.2021

Interior Ministry to detect abettors for illegal actions after State Duma elections

Police will detect and arrest persons allegedly involved in instigation to take part in illegal actions in Moscow on Setember 20 and 25 after the State Duma elections.

15:01 29.09.2021

Crime rate decreases in Russia in 2021 - police

The number of crimes in total has decreased by 0.8% in Russia since the start of the year.

15:47 27.09.2021

Suspect in attack on police department in Voronezh region apprehended

Law enforcement officers have detained a resident of a village in the Voronezh Region, Viktor Mirsky, on suspicion of killing a family and attacking a police department in the town of Liski.

15:18 17.09.2021

Prosecutor seeks 6 years in jail for defendant in case over fight with police at Moscow rally

A prosecutor on Wednesday demanded 6 years in penal colony for Mikail Markhiyev (Said-Mukhamad Dzhumayev), an alleged participant of a fight with police during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23.

17:27 18.08.2021

Number of crimes committed by foreigners in Russia ups by 5% - police official

The number of crimes committed by foreign nationals increased by 5% in Russia, First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy announced Thursday.

15:44 05.08.2021

Former Kamchatka police chief arrested on suspicion of abuse of power – Interior Minister

Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev on Tuesday reported arrest of the former head of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for Kamchatka Region Mikhail Kiselev on abuse of office allegations.

11:16 03.08.2021

Brother of football player Kokorin fined $55 for resistance to police

Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Wednesday fined Kirill Kokorin, the younger brother of football player Alexander Kokorin, 4,000 rubles ($55) for failure to fulfill the order of police.

14:11 30.06.2021

American student’s 9-year sentence for resistance to Moscow police upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld sentence given to a student from the United States Trevor Reed jailed for 9 years for using violence against Moscow police officers.

17:52 28.06.2021

Number of electric scooter related collisions rises in Russia - police

Electric scooter related collisions are on the increase in Russia this year.

15:19 17.06.2021

Golunov seeks trial for instignator of crime against him

Journalist Ivan Golunov believes an instignator of the crime against him will be brought to liability.

15:07 28.05.2021

Five ex-policemen ordered to imprisonment for planting drugs on journalist Golunov

The Moscow City Court on Friday convicted ex-police officers charged with planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 5 to 12 years.

14:12 28.05.2021

Two ex-policemen receive long prison terms for planning terror attack

The Second Western District Military Court on Tuesday sentenced two ex-police officers of the Krasnodar Directorate of the Interior Ministry Maxim Kotomanov and Dmitry Krasilnikov to 17 and 14 years in high-security penal colony respectively for planning to send letters with poisonous substances to diplomatic missions.

13:06 25.05.2021

Prosecutors seek 16 and 18 years behind bars for ex-policemen for planning terror attack

Public prosecutors have moved to sentence former police officers of the Krasnodar Directorate of the Interior Ministry Maxim Kotomanov and Dmitry Krasilnikov to 16 and 18 years in a maximum security penal colony charged with planning to send letters with poisonous substances to diplomatic missions.

17:37 24.05.2021

Detention of two police generals extended until mid-June

The Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention two former deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department, generals of justice Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky, until June 15.

15:53 24.05.2021

Russian man gets 4 years for beating police officer at illegal winter rally in Moscow

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Thursday sentenced Eugeny Yesenov, Russia’s national born in the Republic of Kalmykia, to 4 years in penal colony for beating a policeman at the illegal rally held in central Moscow on January 23.

16:22 20.05.2021

One of alleged Kazan school assailants arrested - police

Law enforcement officers arrested one of the alleged assailants who attacked a school in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, on Tuesday.

11:40 11.05.2021

Sentencing of ex-policemen accused of planting drugs on journalist Golunov set for May 28

15:39 30.04.2021