Death of Total CEO: 23-year-old air traffic control trainee chargedRussia's Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday that charges have been brought against air traffic control trainee Svetlana Krivsun, 23, in the criminal case over Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie’s death.16:03 29.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: Russian investigators warn against baseless allegationsRussia’s Investigative Committee warns mass media against baseless allegations concerning the death of Total CEO Cristophe de Margerie, RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.12:20 28.10.2014
Victims of alleged police gang seek over $4,7 mln in damages - reportFive out of more than twenty victims of the criminal gang, allegedly organised by former officers of the Interior Ministry’s Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department, filed claims seeking up to 200 mln rubles ($4,7 mln) in damages.11:24 28.10.2014
Political activist's apartments in Moscow searched under embezzlement caseThe apartment of political activist Maria Gaidar was searched under an embezzlement case at the political party Union of Right Forces, the Investigative Committee announced on Monday.16:05 27.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: snowplow driver was soberFamily of the snowplow driver Vladimir Martynenko involved in the fatal crash which killed Total CEO Christophe de Margerie claims he was sober, lawyer Alexander Karabanov told RAPSI on Tuesday.14:20 21.10.2014
Death of Total CEO: drunken driving or traffic controller's mistake?Air traffic control error or a mistake made by a drunken snowplow driver may have led to a deadly plane crash that killed CEO of the French oil company Total Christophe de Margerie at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, Russia's Investigative Committee statement released on Tuesday reads.10:47 21.10.2014
Another opposition politician to be interrogated in painting theft caseOn October 20, Russia’s Investigative Committee plans to interrogate Boris Nemtsov over the theft of a painting by an artist from Vladimir, attorney Vadim Prokhorov told RAPSI.16:02 17.10.2014
Self-mutilating artist Pavlensky avoids psychiatric evaluation for third timeA court in St. Petersburg dismissed for the third time an application filed by the Investigative Committee seeking to examine eccentric performer Pyotr Pavlensky’s mental health.14:10 17.10.2014
Russian authorities seize assets of fugitive ex-finance minister of Moscow RegionInvestigators in St. Petersburg have seized assets worth millions of rubles owned by former finance minister of the Moscow Region Alexei Kuznetsov and his wife Zhanna Bullock.16:09 15.10.2014
Russian commercial law bars Investigative Committee from suing AFK SistemaA third-party claim seeking about $4.7 billion from AFK Sistema in Bashneft case was filed by Russia's Investigative Committee in violation of Commercial Procedure Code and was dismissed, an explanatory statement issued Monday by the Moscow Commercial Court reads.12:13 13.10.2014
Performance artist Pavlensky evades mental treatmentThe Investigative Committee has withdrawn its motion on a mental examination for Pyotr Pavlensky who performed some eccentric stunts, his lawyer Dmitry Dinze told RAPSI on Friday.16:04 10.10.2014
Third-party claim filed by investigators in Bashneft case dismissedMoscow Commercial Court has speedily dismissed on Thursday, a third-party claim filed by Russia's Investigative Committee in Bashneft case seeking over 189 billion rubles (about $4.7 billion) from AFK Sistema’s structures.12:13 09.10.2014
Muscovite suspected of fighting in Azov Battalion in UkraineRoman Zheleznov, a Russian national with a criminal record, is suspected of fighting in Ukraine as a mercenary in the Azov Battalion, Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin announced on Tuesday.14:53 07.10.2014
Investigative Committee proposes harsher sentences for child abuseRussia’s Investigative Committee has proposed increasing the sentences for child abuse if the offender is a relative, TASS reports on Monday.16:24 06.10.2014
Ex-head of major Russian lottery charged with gamblingPolice in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia have charged an ex-director of Bingo Boom, a chain of companies that offer lottery and betting services, with organizing illegal gambling, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on Monday.13:18 06.10.2014
Russian authorities refuse to resume Magnitsky death probe for fourth timeRussia's Investigative Committee has once again rejected a motion to resume an investigation into the death of Hermitage Capital Fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky filed by his mother.10:55 06.10.2014
Interpol refuses to issue red notice for Ukrainian mogul KolomoiskyInterpol has refused a request filed by Russian authorities to issue red notice, or international wanted person alert, for Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, Alexander Drymanov of Russian Investigative Committee said addressing the issue in the upper house of parliament.12:20 02.10.2014
Russia opens genocide case against top Ukrainian Defense Ministry officialsRussian Investigative Committee has launched criminal proceedings against Ukrainian Defense Minister Vitaliy Heletey, Chief of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko and a number of Army generals for genocide of the Russian-speaking population in southeastern Ukraine.12:15 02.10.2014
Russia closes case against Greenpeace over raid on oil rig in 2013The Russian Investigative Committee has closed a hooliganism case against Greenpeace activists that scaled Gazprom drilling rig in the Pechora Sea in September 2013.13:50 01.10.2014
Ukraine opens criminal cases against Russian investigatorsThe Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has announced on Tuesday that criminal cases were opened against officials of Russian Investigative Committee in response to Moscow’s investigation of crimes allegedly committed in Ukraine's war-torn southeastern regions.11:07 30.09.2014