Federal Security Service pulls the plug on illegal weapons workshopSpecial services have clamped down on illegal firearm production ring in Voronezh; the confiscated arsenal may have been intended for terrorists, the Federal Security Service reports on Monday.12:29 19.11.2012
Police investigate suspected Pussy Riot revenge hackerThe Samara Region Federal Security Service is looking into a Togliatti resident's possible involvement in the hacking of the Khamovnichesky District Court's website in August.17:24 11.09.2012
FSB arrests members of banned terrorist organizationFive active members of a regional division of prohibited terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir were arrested in Chelyabinsk, the Federal Security Service's (FSB) regional department reported on Wednesday.11:52 01.08.2012
Head of jewelry holding seeks return of 1.5 tonnes of gold from FSBAntonina Babosyuk, vice-president of the supervisory board of infamous jewelry holding Altyn, is determined to use court proceedings to get back the 1.5 tonnes which the Federal Security Service had confiscated from the company.11:46 17.07.2012
Federal Security Service stops wiretapping of high-ranking officialsThe Federal Security Service (FSB) has put a stop to the illegal activity of a former security services officer and a private detective who were illegally gathering information on the private lives of high-ranking officials by unlafully wiretapping telephone conversations.13:18 16.07.2012
Tycoon's bank appeals against its $10.8 mln lawsuit dismissalThe Supreme Commercial Court registered the National Reserve Bank's (NRB) appeal to reconsider $10.8 million lawsuit dismissal in compensation for reputation damage from the Federal Security Service.15:35 05.07.2012
Venice Commission slams FSB lawThe Russian law on the Federal Security Service (FSB) has raised concerns at the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional affairs, better known as the Venice Commission.10:25 25.06.2012
Sentence for ex-colonel convicted of spying for US becomes finalThe judgment sentencing retired Russian colonel convicted of spying for US becomes final.16:24 20.06.2012
Russia will not give up U.S. spy for BoutFormer FSB colonel Valery Mikhailov, sentenced to 18 years in prison for giving secret papers to the United States, cannot not be exchanged in return for Viktor Bout, sentenced in the United States for arms trafficking.13:51 07.06.2012
Retired colonel receives 12-year sentence for spying for United StatesThe Moscow City Court has sentenced retired Col. Vladimir Lazar to 12 years in a high-security prison and deprived him of his military rank for spying for the United States.15:12 31.05.2012
Defendant in hacker attack on Aeroflot seeks to prosecute investigatorsFormer head of processing company ChronoPay Pavel Vrublevsky, charged with masterminding a hacker attack on Aeroflot's web site in 2010, demands to prosecute agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB) as well as a police investigator.13:09 19.04.2012
Senator's aide detained on suspicion of $4.5 mln fraudFederal Security Service officers have detained two individuals in an attempt to defraud a businessman of $4.5 million. A criminal case has been opened on fraud charge against the suspects.12:23 15.03.2012
Bank's dispute with the Federal Security Service to reviewed on April 5The Moscow District Federal Commercial Court will hear on April 5 the National Reserve Bank's (NRB) appeal against the dismissal of its lawsuit to recover $11.8 million in reputation damages from the Federal Security Service (FSB).11:50 14.03.2012
Court involves Federal Security Service in airline's bankruptcy caseThe Moscow Commercial Court suspended until April 23 its hearing of the Avianova airline's bankruptcy and involved the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the case.14:24 29.02.2012
Man fined $68k for $680 bribe attemptA court fined an individual two million rubles ($68,000) for a bribe attempt.10:37 27.02.2012
Estonia arrests alleged Russian spyHarju County Court issued on Thursday an arrest warrant for a Security Police officer on suspicion of espionage on behalf of Russia.10:08 24.02.2012
Billionaire-owned bank appeals dismissal of suit against FSBBillionaire Alexander Lebedev's National Reserve Bank (NRB) has appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit against the Federal Security Service (FSB) for $11.7 million in moral damages.13:26 21.02.2012
Stalin's grandson sues Federal Security Service generalA court has accepted Yevgeny Dzhugashvili's lawsuit against head of the FSB Registration and Archives Department Lt. Gen. Vasily Khristoforov to obtain refutation of a statement about his grandfather Joseph Stalin's complicity in the Polish officers execution in Katyn.12:42 17.02.2012
Terror crimes statistics drop in 2011The number of terror crimes fell by over half in 2011, Alexander Bortnikov, the Federal Security Service's (FSB) director and the head of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee said.14:15 15.02.2012
Federal Security Service to verify information about journalist threatsLaw enforcement authorities will verify a newspaper reporter's claim that he was threatened due to an article he planned to publish on police corruption.14:29 13.02.2012