Billions embezzled from GLONASS center construction project - FSBThe Federal Security Service has revealed that billions of rubles have been embezzled from the construction of the GLONASS center in Korolyov, a town outside Moscow.11:31 30.05.2013
Dozens of Russians have trained in Middle East terror campsDozens of Russians have been trained as terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan alongside the militants recently killed in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, city in the Moscow Region.15:43 22.05.2013
Federal Security Service prevents terrorist attack in MoscowSecurity agents have killed two terrorists who were planning an attack in Moscow, and arrested a third, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reports.11:46 21.05.2013
Former "Russian spy" willing to testify on Litvinenko's death – reportAn individual referred to as a “US-based former Russian spy” and a key witness in the investigation of the 2006 death by polonium-210 poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko has expressed willingness to provide evidence during a public inquiry.13:37 20.05.2013
CIA officer was nabbed by Russian he sought to recruit - FSBThe alleged CIA operative who was attempting to recruit a Russian security services officer was detained by that officer himself.17:48 16.05.2013
Alleged CIA officer detained for espionage to leave RussiaAlleged CIA officer Ryan Fogle, who worked undercover at the US Embassy in Russia and was detained by the Federal Security Service on Tuesday, will leave Russia in a few days.10:48 16.05.2013
CIA officer apprehended in Moscow - FSBRussian counterintelligence officials detained an alleged US spy who had been working under the cover for the US Embassy in Moscow, the Federal Security Service's (FSB) Public Relations Center told journalists Tuesday.15:44 14.05.2013
Security agents can now be stationed in foreign countries on a permanent basisThe State Duma has adopted a presidential bill in the second and third readings which authorizes the Federal Security Service to station its employees in other countries on a permanent basis.11:54 24.04.2013
Ex-CEO of major Russian gun manufacturer charged with $1 mln fraudThe former CEO of small-arms manufacturer Izhevsk Mechanical Works (Izhmash) has been charged with a 35 million-ruble ($1.1 million) fraud, Moscow police said on Thursday, in the latest of a string of corruption scandals to hit the Russian defense industry.11:11 11.04.2013
FSB chief slams ‘insufficient’ counterterror effortRussia’s state security chief on Tuesday criticized regional efforts to fight terrorism as “insufficient and often perfunctory.”13:34 09.04.2013
Bear paws seized at Chinese-Russian borderRussian border guards in the Far East seized five kilograms of bear paws which poachers tried to transport to China, a Federal Security Service (FSB) branch reported on Tuesday.12:50 09.04.2013
Siberian FSB detained girl for fund raising over $32 k for terroristsA girl who called for staging terrorist attacks and collected over 1 million rubles ($32,510) to help convicted terrorists has been detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) department for the Krasnoyarsk Territory and arrested by a court decision.12:33 26.03.2013
Russian intelligence is free to tap Skype sans court orderMajor cyber security and IT market players revealed that Russian security services are able to tap Skype conversations. The technology was provided by Microsoft after its acquisition of Skype in 2011.14:30 14.03.2013
Rumors that foreign intelligence financed Russian protests unsubstantiatedRussia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has not found any evidence that foreign intelligence services financed the protest rallies in Russia last year, Kommersant reported Tuesday, citing opposition leader Alexei Navalny.13:05 15.01.2013
Siberian FSB launches case against hacker who blocked Putin's websiteCriminal proceedings have been launched against Siberian hacker on charges of having committed cyber attacks aimed at Russian President Vladimir Putin's website.11:24 14.01.2013
FSB breaks up illegal arms trafficking operationTwo businessmen from Bryansk, Russia and Mogilev, Belarus, who organized a supply chain of modern service pistols from Europe will spend three and four years in prison respectively.14:56 13.12.2012
Hearings into Litvinenko case in London to form parameters of main inquiryThe two-day preliminary hearings aimed at finally forming the final parameters of the inquiry into the death of FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko start in London today.12:48 13.12.2012
Religious leader's assassins detained in DagestanThe organizers of the assassination of religious leader sheikh Said Afandi, which also claimed the lives of six others, have been detained, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported on Tuesday.12:21 12.12.2012
Russian special services averted 92 terrorist attacks in 2012The special services have averted 92 acts of terrorism and stopped the activities of a number of criminal leaders since early this year.15:12 11.12.2012
Ex-FSB officer detained for fraud was Berezovsky's trusteeFormer Federal Security Service's (FSB) officer Andrey Ponkin, who has been detained in Moscow on suspicion of major fraud, has long been fallen oligarch Boris Berezovsky's trustee.17:33 28.11.2012