Criminal cases opened over rehabilitation of Nazism at Immortal Regiment eventInvestigative authorities have opened criminal cases over rehabilitation of Nazism after finding out that photographs of Nazi criminals were published on websites of the Immortal Regiment movement.16:14 14.05.2020
Murderer of Moscow investigator to undergo compulsory treatment - courtThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday found unemployed St. Petersburg resident Sergey Grigoryev guilty of killing a Moscow investigator Vladislav Kapustin and ordered the defendant to undergo compulsory mental treatment.14:58 13.05.2020
Owner of burnt Moscow Region hospice put in detentionAn owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk where fire had killed 11elderly patients was placed in detention upon a court order.10:53 13.05.2020
Owner of Moscow Region hospice pleads guilty in deadly fire caseAn owner of a private hospice in the Moscow Region’s town of Krasnogorsk pleaded guilty and repented as part of a case over the fire that had led to the death of 11 patients.13:10 12.05.2020
Former high-ranking investigator Lamonov released on paroleRussia’s former high-ranking investigator Alexander Lamonov convicted in a 32 million-ruble ($430,000 at the current exchange rate) bribery case has been released on parole.12:58 06.05.2020
Fraud probe into Russian supercomputer designer completedInvestigation into T-Platform supercomputer developer’s CEO and shareholder Vsevolod Opanasenko and ex-chief of the Interior Ministry’s communications directorate Alexander Aleksandrov has been completed.14:00 29.04.2020
Pranker wanted on suspicion of aborting online school lessons in St. PetersburgA pranker suspected of aborting online school lessons in St. Petersburg has been put on a wanted list.10:53 23.04.2020
Investigators open cases over violence against police at unlawful Vladikavkaz rallyThe North Ossetia republican directorate of Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases over violence against police officers and Russian National Guard at an unauthorized rally in the town of Vladikavkaz.17:04 22.04.2020
Russia’s investigators to check if pranks on teachers constitute crimesRussia’s Investigative Committee is to monitor distant learning videos demonstrating records of humiliation and so called pranks with respect to teachers.12:32 20.04.2020
Two more cases launched over riots in Irkutsk Region penal colonyTwo new cases have been opened over riots in a penal colony situated in the Irkutsk Region.14:01 17.04.2020
Probe into 2019 deadly plane fire at Moscow airport completedInvestigation into aircraft captain Denis Yevdokimov over the deadly fire on board a passenger aircraft Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport that had killed 41 people was completed.14:26 15.04.2020
Probe opened into mass COVID-19 infection in Leningrad Region migrant hostelA criminal case over sanitary and epidemiological violations resulted in the coronavirus mass infection has been opened in the Leningrad Region. The probe was launched after coronavirus 35 residents of a local migrant hostel had been tested positive for coronavirus.10:50 15.04.2020
Urals resident charged with assault on Russian center in Kiev in absentiaA resident of Yekaterinburg, Ural, Yury Izotov has been charged in absentia with assault on the Russian center of science and culture in Kiev.13:25 10.04.2020
Investigative Committee recovers $850k from its ex-officers convicted of embezzlementThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to recover over 64 million rubles ($850,000) from ex-officers of Russia’s Investigative Committee and other defendants in a case over embezzlement concerning procurement of materials and equipment for repairs of the Committee’s buildings.17:16 08.04.2020
Attorneys seek to release father of ex-senator from detention due to coronavirusDefense lawyers have filed a motion seeking to release Raul Arashukov, CEO of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz and father of ex-senator Rauf Arashukov, from detention.14:59 06.04.2020
Regional high-ranking official suspected of receiving bribesA criminal case has been opened against vice-governor of the Kirov Region Andrey Plitko suspected of receiving bribes.18:24 03.04.2020
Self-isolation extended for female employees of Russian Investigative CommitteeFemale employees of the Russian Investigative Committee will stay home as part of the self-isolation regime until April 30, upon the order of the authority’s Chairman Alexander Bastrykin.16:16 03.04.2020
Investigators seek to detain three investigations officials on abuse of office chargesThe Investigative Committee has filed a motion with Moscow’s Basmanny District Court seeking to place three senior investigations official in detention until June 1. Two deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky as well as senior investigator for especially important cases Alexander Bryantsev are charged with abuse of power.11:35 03.04.2020
Wanted ex-judge arrested on bribery allegationsA wanted ex-magistrate judge, who had allegedly took bribes for delivering rulings declaring rightsof ownership of property units, was arrested in Russia’s Saratov region.10:43 03.04.2020
Ex-head of Saratov Region town sentenced to 9 years for corruptionA former head of the Saratov Region’s town of Engels Dmitry Lobanov has received 9 years in a high security penal colony for receiving a property bribe.17:37 01.04.2020