Bill on private military companies submitted to Russian parliament - reportA Just Russia party member Gennady Nosovko has submitted a bill on private military companies to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma.12:57 23.10.2014
Eight alleged terrorists arrested in Tatarstan – Federal Security ServiceEight alleged leaders of the regional branch of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami were arrested in Tatarstan on Tuesday, the local department of the Federal Security Service reports.16:16 14.10.2014
Russian border security bill reaches State DumaA bill aimed at enhancing Russian border security has been submitted to the lower house of parliament, or the State Duma.10:46 10.10.2014
Alleged mastermind of terror attack in Moscow to stay in detentionThe Moscow City Court has extended until December 6 the detention of Yulai Davletbayev, who allegedly masterminded a terrorist attack which was foiled in Moscow in May 2013, the court’s press office told RAPSI on Wednesday.13:18 09.10.2014
Weapons smugglers caught in Russia with firearms from EU and UkraineRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a group of smugglers who delivered firearms from the EU and Ukraine to Russia, the FSB Public Relations Center announced on Wednesday.16:40 24.09.2014
Russia's top anti-corruption official files defamation suitDenis Sugrobov, former head of the Interior Ministry’s Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department who was charged with abuse of power, has filed a defamation suit against RBC Daily.11:29 23.09.2014
Russian court will not hear Estonian ‘spy’ defense motionAn Estonian citizen and officer of the Estonian security agency, KAPO, Eston Kohver, declined the services of a lawyer, after which the Lefortovsky District Court ceased consideration of his defense’s statements, a court spokesperson told RAPSI Wednesday.17:22 17.09.2014
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds sentence in Gutenberg Bible theft caseMilitary panel of Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld on Thursday the sentence against three former officers of Federal Security Service (FSB) over the theft of a rare 15th-century Bible from the Moscow State University.17:34 04.09.2014
Russian investigators won't take part in British inquiry into Litvinenko deathThe Russian Investigative Committee will not take part in the public hearings over the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian Federal Security Service agent.11:38 03.09.2014
Russia to enhance its border securityThe Russian government reported Tuesday that a legislative commission has approved a bill aimed at enhancing border security.10:34 02.09.2014
Police general charged with running a gang to remain in detention until FebruaryMoscow’s Basmanny District Court extended until February 14 the detention of Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.16:44 11.08.2014
Court rules that Russian police general’s death was non-criminalThe Basmanny District Court in Moscow said it had not found evidence of incitement to suicide in the death of the former deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s Main Anti-Corruption Directorate, Boris Kolesnikov, court press secretary Anna Fadeyeva told RIA Novosti on Friday.14:51 01.08.2014
Litvinenko’s widow not sure how long public inquiry will takeMarina Litvinenko, widow of ex-FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko who died in 2006 in London, and her lawyer, Elena Tsirlina, do not know how long a public inquiry into Litvinenko’ death will take but hope it will reveal the circumstances of his death and identify those responsible, RIA Novosti reports.16:46 31.07.2014
Ukrainian film director suspected of terrorism to remain detained until OctoberThe Lefortovsky Court in Moscow on Monday extended the arrest of Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who was detained in Crimea, until October 11, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.15:08 07.07.2014
Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic extremist cell organizers held in St. PetersburgThe Kirovsky District Court in St. Petersburg on Wednesday authorized the detainment of three Russian citizens and one Kyrgyzstan national. They can be held until August 7 and are suspected of organizing a Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami group, which is a radical Islamic political movement, RAPSI reports from court.10:52 26.06.2014
Navalny’s apartment searched, painting confiscatedThe Investigative Committee and the Federal Security Service (FSB) searched the apartment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday morning, confiscating a painting presented to him by supporters, lawyer Vadim Kobzev told RIA Novosti.11:01 20.06.2014
Russian security services eliminate 130 terrorists, prevent 6 attacks in 2014So far this year, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has eliminated 130 terrorists, including 21 group leaders, and prevented six terrorist attacks, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said at a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee on Tuesday.11:37 10.06.2014
Ex-FSB officers sentenced for Gutenberg Bible theftThe Moscow District Military Court on Thursday convicted three former Federal Security Service's (FSB) officers for stealing the Gutenberg Bible, a rare 15th century book, from the Moscow State University, the court told RAPSI.14:36 05.06.2014
FSB detains Right Sector militants plotting attacks in CrimeaThe Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested four members of the Right Sector ultra-nationalist group who were plotting attacks in Simferopol, Yalta and Sevastopol, the FSB external relations center said on Friday.11:36 30.05.2014
Criminal charges brought against Russian aerospace chiefThe Central Federal District Investigative Department of the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Vitaly Lopota, President of Energia Space Corporation, flagship company of the Russian Space Agency for manned programs, Izvestia reported Tuesday.11:29 16.04.2014