Police torture victim granted $2,100 in TatarstanThe Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan has ordered the Interior Ministry to pay a victim in a Dalny police station torture case 150,000 rubles ($2,100) in compensation.13:48 24.08.2015
Lithuanian court acquits former riot police officers implicated in 1991 clashesA Vilnius court has acquitted Boleslav Makutynovich and Vladimir Razvodov, former officers of riot police special unit, who were suspected of committing crimes during clashes in 1991 after Lithuania declared independence from the USSR.14:36 04.06.2015
Russian police arrest alleged hackers for $226,000 theft from bank clientsPolice in St. Petersburg have arrested two alleged hackers on suspicion of stealing some 12 million rubles (about $226,000) from bank accounts in 50 Russian regions.12:57 02.06.2015
Top managers, executives of Trust Bank suspected of embezzling $253 millionMoscow police have launched a 13 billion ruble ($252.8 million) embezzlement probe linked to mid-sized lender Trust Bank.17:51 24.04.2015
Witness claims Tsarnaev present at scene of policeman murder - reportA witness in the criminal case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev over Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 told the court that he saw the accused at the scene of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Officer murder.12:12 12.03.2015
Moscow police open department focusing on CCTV footage analysisThe Moscow police have opened a special department to investigate crimes using CCTV footage from the Safe City system.14:34 25.02.2015
Russian police raid flat of Navalny associate over alleged theft of paintingPolice searched on Thursday the flat of the parents of Nikita Kulachenkov, member of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Fund.11:36 12.02.2015
Russian police arrest 31 members of Hizb ut-Tahrir terror cellPolice in Russian Respublic of Bashkortostan have arrested 31 members of the international organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is designated as a terrorist organization and prohibited in Russia.12:05 05.02.2015
Four Ukrainian riot police commanders placed under house arrestThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office accused four commanders of a special police department, Berkut, of involvement in a violent dispersion of a protest in central Kiev on November 30, 2013. All four are currently under house arrest.13:29 28.01.2015
Five Russians detained in France on suspicion of planning terrorist attackFive Russian nationals were arrested in France on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, says French prosecutor Yvon Calvet.17:10 20.01.2015
Over 30 arrested on mafia related charges in ItalyItalian police have arrested 31 people in Rome on suspicion of links with the ‛Ndrangheta mafia-style organization based in Calabria. Firearms and about 600 kg of cocaine and hashish were confiscated.14:11 20.01.2015
Council of Europe unveils torture report focusing on 2014 unrest in UkraineThe Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture uncovered violations of human rights and abuse of protesters detained by the Ukrainian police during the 2014 Maidan protests.13:05 13.01.2015
Investigation into Moscow school shooting faltersInvestigation into a rampage at a Moscow high school in February that left two dead falters as no ballistics analysis was made due to procedural error, a lawyer representing victims, Igor Trunov, told RAPSI on Friday.11:23 19.12.2014
Russian police suspend investigation into attack on Pussy Riot memberPolice in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod have suspended an investigation of an attack on Maria Alyokhina, member of the infamous feminist punk group Pussy Riot.12:58 15.12.2014
Post-prison supervision proposed for child molesters in RussiaAnton Belyakov, a member of the upper house of Russia’s parliament, has submitted a bill to the State Duma that introduces post-prison supervision for child molesters.10:24 15.12.2014
ECHR judgment in Jehova’s Witnesses case against Russia becomes finalOn Tuesday, The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has confirmed that the Russian authorities violated the rights of a group of Moscow Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2006, according to the court’s records.17:35 18.11.2014
Estonian police officer charged with espionage to remain in Russian detentionMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Friday extended for two months the detention of an Estonian citizen and officer of the Estonian security agency, KAPO, Eston Kohver, the court’s press office told RAPSI.11:51 31.10.2014
Khodorkovsky and Navalny to award victims of police misconductFormer Chief Executive Officer of now-defunct Yukos oil giant Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Wednesday on Twitter that he is going to pay up to 100,000 rubles (about $2,350) to victims of police misconduct along with opposition whistleblower Alexei Navalny.17:08 29.10.2014
Moscow police investigating massive iPhone 6 fraudPolice are inspecting a hand-set retailer whose staff is suspected of having defrauded dozens of clients, RIA Novosti learned at the Interior Ministry’s department for Moscow on Tuesday.16:06 28.10.2014
Searches held at Ukrainian companies that broadcast Russian TV channelsUkrainian police have searched the offices of companies that broadcast Russian TV channels, seized their accounts and confiscated their digital media, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement.15:33 24.10.2014