Russian senator arrested on suspicion of murderRussian senator representing Karachay-Cherkess Republic Rauf Arashukov was arrested in the Federation Council on Wednesday on suspicion of implication in several murders.12:09 30.01.2019
Granddaughter of Yukos insolvency officer gets 10.5 years for masterminding murderMoscow’s Koptevsky District Court on Thursday sentenced Maria Rebgun, the granddaughter of a reputable bankruptcy commissioner of Yukos oil company Eduard Rebgun, to 10.5 years in penal colony for murder organization and assault related to robbery.17:45 24.01.2019
Member of notorious Russian gang gets 17 years for murders and other serious crimesA court in Russia’s Vladikavkaz has sentenced Arthur Dzhioyev, an active member of a notorious Russian gang headed by Georgian-born Aslan Gagiyev, to 17 years in high security prison.12:54 24.01.2019
St. Petersburg attorney gets 13 years for murder, fraudThe Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced a local lawyer Alexander Kaidanov to 13 years in prison for murder and large-scale fraud.10:45 24.01.2019
Prosecution appeals against ex-Bolotnaya case defendant’s acquittal of murderProsecutors have filed an appeal against a ruling acquitting ex-defendant of the Bolotnaya Square riot case Richard Sobolev of ethnic murder.15:23 09.01.2019
Organizer behind 1998 murder of Russian lawmaker to stay in prisonOrganizer behind the murder of a former State Duma lawmaker Galina Starovoitova in 1998 Yury Kolchin won’t be released on parole.13:59 25.12.2018
Russian court to review case over attempted escape by GTA gang memberThe Moscow Regional Court will review a criminal case against a member of the infamous GTA gang Khazratkhon Dodokhonov charged with stealing weapons from law enforcement officers, threatening their life and attempted escape during shooting in the court in August 2017.16:39 06.12.2018
Moscow court arrests nine Syrians in absentia in Russian pilot murder caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for nine Syrian citizens allegedly involved in the murder of Oleg Peshkov, a pilot of Russia’s Su-24 bomber killed in Syria.17:44 22.11.2018
Ex-Dagestan official gets 15 years for terrorism financingThe North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced ex-head of Dagestan’s Kizlyar District Andrey Vinogradov to 15 years in high security prison for terrorism financing.13:07 22.11.2018
Ex-funeral services chief gets 11 years as part of Moscow cemetery clashes caseThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday sentenced ex-director of a territorial directorate for the funeral service company Ritual Yury Tchabuyev to 11 years in a case on violent clashes at the city’s Khovansky cemetery involving scores of people.15:21 14.11.2018
Ex-Bolotnaya case defendant acquitted of murderEx-defendant of the Bolotnaya Square riot case Richard Sobolev has been acquitted of murder upon the jury verdict.15:59 26.10.2018
Posthumous mental examination scheduled for Crimea college shooting suspectInvestigators have scheduled several examinations in the case over a deadly attack in Crimea’s Kerch Polytechnic College including a posthumous mental assessment of an alleged shooter.11:48 18.10.2018
Investigators consider deadly explosion in Kerch to be mass murderRussian investigators reclassified a criminal case opened on Wednesday over a deadly attack in the Kerch Polytechnic College from an act of terrorism to mass murder.16:48 17.10.2018
Probe opened into explosion at Crimean collegeA terrorism case was opened on Wednesday after a blast at a college in Kerch, a city in the eastern part of the Crimean peninsula.15:08 17.10.2018
Russian Supreme Court upholds prison sentences for Far Eastern Guerilla gang membersThe Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the prison sentences for five defendants found guilty of widespread killings and robbery as part of the so-called Far Eastern Guerilla gang’s case.13:38 10.10.2018
Ex-MP Voronenkov to be tried posthumously in RussiaA criminal case against deceased ex-communist lawmaker Denis Voronenkov charged with large scale fraud and organizing falsification of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities has been forwarded to court for hearing.17:01 10.09.2018
Alleged murderer of Moscow police officer detained for 2 monthsMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday ordered detention of Nurlan Muratov, who had allegedly killed a police officer at a Moscow metro station, until November 3.14:34 05.09.2018
Investigators demand to put alleged killer of Moscow police officer in detentionInvestigators have filed a motion seeking to detain Nurlan Muratov, who had allegedly murdered a police officer at a Moscow metro station, for 2 months.12:58 05.09.2018
Charges brought against alleged killer of Moscow police officerA suspect in killing a policeman at a Moscow metro station has been charged with infringement on the life of a law enforcement officer.10:59 04.09.2018
Investigation into alleged organizer of Russian penitentiary official’s murder completedInvestigation into ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region directorate Sergey Moiseyenko charged with organizing the murder of his subordinate, Colonel Nikolay Chernov, has been completed.12:59 03.09.2018