Swiss prosecutors look into hotel purchase by Russian businessmanThe Federal Prosecutor's Office in Switzerland is looking into Russian businessman Alexander Udodov's purchase of a hotel in canton of Lucerne.15:45 05.04.2012
Night vision devices sold to Interior Ministry overpricedThe Main Military Prosecutor's Office seeks to initiate a criminal case after night viewing devices purchased for the Interior Ministry's troops were overpriced by $237,755.18:00 04.04.2012
Investigation of former Yukos lawyer Pavel Ivlev extended until June 12The authorities have extended the investigation of former Yukos lawyer Pavel Ivlev until June 12. Ivlev has been charged with involvement in money laundering and oil theft together with former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev.16:43 30.03.2012
City manager says he was forced to confess to crimeStavropol City Manager Igor Bestuzhy, who has been charged with attempting to accept a large-scale bribe, told the court today that he was forced to confess to crime. The investigators denied the statement.17:03 28.03.2012
Probe into VEB top manager's activity correctNo violations have been found in the investigation of a high-profile case of the Foreign Economic Bank top manager Anatoly Ballo.10:01 28.03.2012
Prosecutor's office to examine journalist's blogThe Moscow Prosecutor's Office will analyze the statements made in Novaya Gazeta newspaper correspondent Arkady Babchenko's blog after the investigators complete the criminal case on calls for mass riots.16:37 21.03.2012
Investigation of terror act in Minsk metro transparent, LukashenkoBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has stated that the investigation into last year's terror act in the Minsk metro was transparent.16:13 21.03.2012
Interior Ministry requests records in bank official's fraud caseThe Interior Ministry has requested for examination the case materials on Vnesheconombank Deputy Chairman Anatoly Ballo.15:00 20.03.2012
Russia expects UN to adopt resolution on organ trafficking investigation in KosovoRussia and Serbia expect the UN to adopt a resolution to promote the investigation of illicit human organ trade in Kosovo.14:14 16.03.2012
Police to submit investigation on whistleblower to prosecutor's officeThe police will continue to look into whistleblower Alexei Navalny, who was summoned on Wednesday alongside several other activists of the RosPil anti-corruption project.16:03 14.03.2012
Western countries do not answer inquiries - investigative departmentSome Western countries fail to respond to international requests made by the Interior Ministry's investigative department as part of the criminal cases probed in Russia.12:07 11.03.2012
Pre-trial investigation into Boeing 737 crash in Perm extendedA pre-trial investigation into Boeing 737 crash in the city of Perm in 2008 has been prolonged until August.10:00 28.02.2012
Former Bank of Moscow chiefs under new investigation over $225 mln theftInvestigators have opened another case against former Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin and and his deputy Dmitry Akulinin on suspicion of stealing over $225 million.17:19 22.02.2012
Russian citizen arrested in Thailand suspected in cyber fraudRussian citizen Yulia Maximova, who has been arrested by Thai police alongside citizens of Nigeria and Mozambique, is suspected of participating in a cyber fraud resulting in the loss of $700,000.14:57 20.02.2012
Crashed pilots' relatives action against Aviation Comittee turned downA Moscow district court has rejected the lawsuit lodged by the relatives of the two Yak-42 pilots who died in the air crash killing the Lokomotiv ice hockey team.17:08 17.02.2012
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
Investigators call first suspect in Kaczynski's deathPolish law enforcement authorities suspect a deputy head of the Government Protection Bureau of negligent organization of a fatal visit of Polish president Lech Kaczynski to Russia in 2010.11:02 06.02.2012
Lanta-Tour agency's management in the centre of turmoilThe Russian Union of Travel Industry believes it is premature to initiate criminal cases against the management of the Lanta-Tour Voyage company.13:41 31.01.2012
Cypriot businessman sues police for interrogation in Bank of Moscow caseHead of Cyprus-based One World company George Philippides, a witness in the Bank of Moscow case, is planning to sue investigators.11:00 31.01.2012
U.S. court gives defendant access to plaintiff's documents in defamation caseA U.S. court has turned down a petition filed by former Russian MP Ashot Yegiazaryan to prohibit the defendant in his defamation lawsuit from inspecting his political asylum application.16:15 13.01.2012