Investigative Committee opens case over Ukrainian attack on Russian checkpointA criminal case has been opened in Russia following a Ukrainian attack on the Novoshakhtinsk customs checkpoint in the Rostov Region, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Friday.13:18 04.07.2014
Navalny appeals warrant for apartment searchThursday, opposition activist Alexei Navalny’s attorney, Vadim Kobzev, filed an appeal against the Basmanny District Court of Moscow that issued a warrant to search Navalny’s apartment, Kobzev told RAPSI.16:34 03.07.2014
Russia considers 2,700 people the victims of developments in UkraineThe number of aggrieved persons under the criminal case opened in Russia on the developments in Ukraine has reached 2,700, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Wednesday.14:33 02.07.2014
Russian investigators open case following death of Channel One cameraman in UkraineThe Investigative Committee opened a case on murder and the use of prohibited weapons of war following the death of a Russian cameraman in Ukraine, committee’s spokesperson Vladimir Markin announced.11:16 30.06.2014
Russian investigators seek warrant to arrest Ukrainian officialsRussia’s Investigative Committee has requested a court warrant for the arrest of Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky and plans to file for the arrest of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Thursday.15:23 26.06.2014
Tax and investigative agencies coordinate amendments on tax crimesRussia’s Federal Tax Service and the Investigative Committee have worked together on amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code that would allow investigators to open cases without Federal Tax Service authorization, Vedomosti newspaper writes on Friday.11:47 20.06.2014
Navalny’s apartment searched, painting confiscatedThe Investigative Committee and the Federal Security Service (FSB) searched the apartment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday morning, confiscating a painting presented to him by supporters, lawyer Vadim Kobzev told RIA Novosti.11:01 20.06.2014
Investigation into banker Gitelson’s fraud case finishedRussia’s Investigative Committee has finished its investigation into a 5 billion-ruble fraud case against Alexander Gitelson, former owner of the Bank of East European Finance Corporation (EEFC Bank, St. Petersburg) and former board chairman of Inkasbank, said the committee’s official spokesman, Vladimir Markin.17:44 19.06.2014
Russia opens criminal case against top Ukrainian officials Avakov and KolomoiskyRussia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Wednesday.12:49 18.06.2014
Russia to investigate journalist's death in UkraineAn investigation was opened into the murder of Vesti correspondent Igor Kornelyuk near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the Investigative Committee spokesman, Vladimir Markin, said on Tuesday.10:28 18.06.2014
Ex Russian Interior Ministry general kills himself amidst corruption scandalBoris Kolesnikov, former deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s Chief Anti-Corruption Directorate, jumped out the window of the Investigative Committee building, his lawyer, Georgy Antonov, told RAPSI.16:14 16.06.2014
Russia to investigate the capture of TV journalists in UkraineRussia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on the capture of Zvezda TV network journalists Andrei Sushenkov and Anton Malyshev in Ukraine, said the official committee spokesman, Vladimir Markin.17:00 11.06.2014
Russia’s chief investigator says they will find and punish Ukrainian war criminalsThose who are guilty of committing military crimes in eastern Ukraine will be punished even if they hide “at the bottom of the ocean,” Investigative Committee head Sergei Bastrykin said on Wednesday.12:17 11.06.2014
Investigative Committee charges Navalny supporter with fraudA member of the Moscow legislature, Konstantin Yankauskas, has been charged with large-scale fraud. Investigators have filed a motion to place him under house arrest, lawyer Sergei Panchenko told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.11:50 11.06.2014
Russia releases seized Artic Sunrise Greenpeace vesselRussia’s Investigative Committee removed the seizure of Greenpeace vessel – the Arctic Sunrise – spent docked there following the participation of its crewmembers in an Arctic drilling protest, according to the Greenpeace website.16:20 06.06.2014
Russian billionaire Gleb Fetisov to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld a previous court decision to extend the detention of former Russian senator and billionaire banker Gleb Fetisov, who is suspected of embezzlement from his bank, until August 22, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.12:45 30.05.2014
Totalitarian sects posing as NGOs threaten international community - officialTotalitarian sects posing as NGOs may threaten the international community, said Vladimir Markin, Spokesman for the Investigative Committee of Russia.17:39 29.05.2014
Alleged Russian child molester to be extradited from the USAn alleged child molester who attacked girls in the entrance halls of residential buildings will be extradited from New York to Moscow on Thursday, an investigation official told RIA Novosti.10:56 29.05.2014
Navalny’s supporters suspected of embezzling mayoral election fundsSearches are underway in the residences of lawmaker Konstantin Yankauskas and businessmen Nikolai Lyaskin and Vladimir Ashurkov, who financed Alexei Navalny’s campaign during last year’s Moscow mayoral election, the Investigative Committee spokesman said.12:22 23.05.2014
Investigative Committee to probe attack on RT journalist in UkraineThe Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on attempted murder following an incident with an RT journalist in Mariupol, Ukraine.14:11 13.05.2014