Three managers charged with embezzling GLONASS program fundsThree managers have been officially charged with embezzling money allocated for the GLONASS program, Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said Tuesday.16:43 03.09.2013
Urals resident to be tried for posting 'Mein Kampf' and pornography onlineA resident of Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest city, will be tried for publishing Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" on the Internet.16:06 28.08.2013
Russian investigators raid LGBT activist Alekseyev’s apartmentsInvestigators have raided apartments belonging to prominent Russian LGBT activist Nilolai Alexeyev, against whom a criminal case has been launched over his Twitter remarks addressing senior MPs.11:50 27.08.2013
Russian liquor dealer blows up 'informer' – investigatorsA man in southern Russia is under investigation for using a grenade to kill an acquaintance he believed was a police informant, Russia’s investigative committee said Monday.16:32 19.08.2013
Russian captain held for 2 months over fatal boat crashThe captain of a river cruise boat that collided with a barge and sank in Russia on Saturday, killing at least six and injuring 47, will be held in a detention facility for two months over the tragedy, his lawyer said Monday.13:38 19.08.2013
Ex-defense minister Serdyukov evades criminal case - reportThe main military investigation department of Russia's Investigative Committee has rejected the initiation of the criminal case against ousted defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov and former head of the Education department of Defense Ministry Yekaterina Priezzheva.11:10 19.08.2013
Investigators call for measures against opposition leader's lawyersRussia's Investigative Committee has asked the Ministry of Justice to take administrative actions against the lawyers of Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov because of their speaking to journalists, attorney Yuri Volovelsky told RAPSI on Tuesday.12:45 13.08.2013
Russian investigators probe Muslim cleric death threatsA senior Muslim cleric in Russia’s North Caucasus received a letter containing a torn photo of himself apparently shot with a bullet as investigators probe an earlier death threat made against him10:34 13.08.2013
New Khodorkovsky investigation gathering pace - reportDeputies from Russia’s State Duma and senior officials could be questioned by investigators looking into a decade-old case against jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sparking renewed fears that fresh charges against the once powerful businessman are imminent, Vedomosti newspaper reported Thursday.14:42 08.08.2013
Investigators look into Bloodhound Gang's Russian flag desecrationInvestigators are looking into Bloodhound Gang bassist Jared Hasselhoff's desecration of the Russian flag, Russia's Investigative Committee announced Monday.12:52 05.08.2013
Fugitive tycoon Polonsky complains his employees face threatsBusinessman Sergei Polonsky, wanted in Russia on fraud charges, has filed a claim with the Investigative Committee saying employees of his company have been receiving threats.13:38 02.08.2013
Russia is still investigating late oligrach BerezovskyCriminal investigation against businessman Boris Berezovsky is underway, Investigative Committee spokesperson Vladimir Markin said on Tuesday.17:33 30.07.2013
Russian tycoon Polonsky 'not fugitive' claims open letterRussian businessman Sergei Polonsky, wanted in Russia on fraud charges, on Monday published an open letter explaining his absence from Russia and querying the case against him15:42 29.07.2013
Rabbi injured in Dagestan shooting – investigationA rabbi was attacked and seriously wounded by an unidentified shooter in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Thursday, Russia’s top investigative body said.14:03 25.07.2013
New searches made in three Russian cities in May 6 Moscow riots caseRussian investigators have conducted searches in Perm, Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk in last year's riots case, the Investigative Committee reported on Monday.16:53 22.07.2013
Property of Moscow region ex-finance minister suspected of fraud arrestedThe property of Alexei Kuznetsov, the former finance minister of the Moscow Region suspected of major fraud, has been arrested, the Investigative Committee reported on Monday.14:23 08.07.2013
Investigative Committee opens criminal case over Proton rocket crashThe Investigative Committee has launched a probe into the Proton-M rocket crash on its take-off at the Baikonur space center.13:20 04.07.2013
Chechen separatist faces trial after 12 years on the lamInvestigators and prosecutors have filed a case in court in Chechnya against a suspected terrorist who has been wanted for 12 years on suspicion of having killed three Russian soldiers.17:01 28.06.2013
Russian pilot to be tried for crash landing in Czech RepublicThe investigators and prosecutors have sent to the court the case against Major Sergei Koryagin, a military pilot whose plane crash landed in the Czech Republic in May 2012.16:57 27.06.2013
Father sentenced to 16 years for drowning daughter to escape child supportA court in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area has sentenced a father to 16 years in prison for drowning his four-year-old daughter to free himself from having to pay child support.14:28 25.06.2013