Case opened over killing Sever Battalion deputy commander and his wife in ChechnyaLaw enforcement authorities have opened a criminal case on the murder of Deputy Commander of the Sever (North) Battalion Musa Ayubov and his wife in Chechnya.16:01 28.08.2015
Investigation into Total CEO’s plane crash completedThe investigation into the crash of Total CEO Christophe de Margerie’s plane has been completed.15:05 28.08.2015
Russia seeks seizure of Moscow Region ex-official Kuznetsov’s assets abroadThe Russian Investigative Committee has sent requests to Switzerland, France, Cyprus and the US on freezing bank accounts and seizing the real property of the former Moscow Region finance minister Alexei Kuznetsov and that of his accomplices.17:10 21.08.2015
Russian banker suspected of embezzling $52 million arrested in absentiaA court in St. Petersburg has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Oleg Shigayev, former president of Baltiyskiy Bank, suspected of embezzling over 3 billion rubles ($52 million).10:35 27.07.2015
Russian authorities drop charges against ex-official from Magnitsky list - reportThe Russian Investigative Committee dropped charges against Olga Tsymai, a former employee of the Federal Tax Service, who had been put on the so-called Magnitsky list, Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday, citing Tsymai’s lawyer Alexander Perezhogin.12:38 24.07.2015
Ex-Russian official Kuznetsov suspected of embezzling over $246 million - reportAlexei Kuznetsov, the former Moscow Region finance minister, is suspected of embezzling over 14 billion rubles ($246.3mn) with accomplices, Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, citing Investigative Committee official Alexander Filin.10:36 20.07.2015
Investigators seek to extend house arrest of RCS Energia ex-chiefInvestigators have filed a motion seeking to extend until November 14 the house arrest of Vitaly Lopota, former chief of Energia Rocket and Space Corporation, who stands charged with abuse of power.15:37 06.07.2015
Russian investigators release Ural Invest accounts in Bashneft caseRussia’s Investigative Committee has unfrozen the accounts of Ural Invest, a company owned by former Bashneft owner Ural Rakhimov, that were previously seized within the criminal case on the alleged theft of Bashneft stock.14:12 06.07.2015
Alleged Russian recruiter for Ukraine’s Right Sector to go on trialThe case of an alleged Russian recruiter for Right Sector, a Ukrainian extremist organization, has been sent to court.12:01 06.07.2015
Khodorkovsky suspected of contracting murder of Nefteyugansk mayorMikhail Khodorkovsky could be summoned for questioning in relation to the murder of the Nefteyugansk mayor.15:10 30.06.2015
Russian lawmaker Ponomaryov indicted in Skolkovo embezzlement caseThe Russian Investigative Committee has brought official charges against State Duma member Ilya Ponomaryov in the Skolkovo Foundation embezzlement case.13:01 24.06.2015
Ex-Pension Fund official gets 10 years in jail for taking bribe from banker GitelsonThe former head of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Pension Fund office, Natalya Grishkevich, has been sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 950,000 rubles ($17,500) for taking a bribe from East-European Finance Corporation (EEFC bank) ex-director Alexander Gitelson.16:58 16.06.2015
Russia brings new charges against tycoon PugachevNew charges have been brought against tycoon Sergei Pugachev over more than 64 billion rubles ($1.2 billion) in loans provided by Mezhprombank to companies under his control, spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, told journalists on Friday.14:37 05.06.2015
Russian investigators disclose key witness to MH17 crash in DonbasRussia’s Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday that Yevgeny Agapov, former Ukrainian Air Force mechanic, is a key witness to MH17 crash in Donbas last July.14:51 03.06.2015
Investigation against Russia’s top anti-corruption official completed - lawyerPretrial investigation into the case against Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Interior Ministry’s Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department who was charged with abuse of power, has been completed.11:46 14.05.2015
Russian investigators say no reason to doubt North Caucasus warlord's guiltThere is sufficient evidence justifying the suspicion that Ali Taziyev, also known as “Magas,” who was sentenced to life is linked to a number of other crimes, including attacks on police officers.16:35 12.05.2015
16-year-old Russian teenager suspected of 'glorification of Nazism'A criminal case has been opened against a 16-year-old from the Astrakhan Region in southern Russia who allegedly placed comments on the social media expressing approval of the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939.14:37 12.05.2015
Russia’s top investigator Bastrykin stands for supremacy of domestic lawAlexander Bastrykin, chairman of the Investigative Committee, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily in an interview that primacy should be granted to domestic law over international law.15:38 28.04.2015
Ex-Ukrainian pilot Savchenko officially charged with complicity in murderEx-Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko detained in Russia has been officially charged with complicity in the murder of two Russian journalists, Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said on Friday.16:43 24.04.2015
Vostochny Cosmodrome contractor's head charged with fraudIgor Nesterenko, General Director of the Pacific Bridge Building Company, a contractor in the Vostochny Cosmodrome project, has been charged with wage arrears and fraud.16:34 23.04.2015