Turkish national arrested in Russia on suspicion of terrorismThe Volgograd police have arrested a Turkish national who is wanted by Interpol for the alleged financing of terrorism and masterminding terrorist attacks, announced the local department of the Russian Interior Ministry.10:55 17.06.2014
Police probe Marilyn Manson song lyricsA decision to reschedule or cancel the June 29 Marilyn Manson concert in Novosibirsk will be made within a week, Anna Tereshkova told the media Monday. Tereshkova is the head of the Novosibirsk Mayor’s Office Department of Culture, Sport and Youth Policy.17:40 16.06.2014
Police general charged with running a gang to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the detention of Lieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, RIA Novosti reports from the courtroom.15:34 11.06.2014
Police attack couple sentenced to 18 and 12.5 years in prisonThe Moscow City Court on Friday found Magomed and Khalimat Rasulov guilty of attacking the police officers at the Matveyevsky market in Moscow and sentenced them to 18 and 12.5 years respectively, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.15:54 30.05.2014
Scooter shooter fires at business partner in downtown MoscowA man was arrested in Moscow on Thursday for shooting up a Mercedes driver while riding a scooter in downtown Moscow, the Investigative Committee reported on Friday.15:33 30.05.2014
Alleged Stradivarius violin found in burglar hideout in RussiaThe police have found an alleged Stradivarius violin during a search of a suspected burglars’ flat in Tver, a city north of Moscow. Interpol is searching for the violin’s owner, the Russian Interior Ministry announced on its website on Wednesday.13:38 28.05.2014
Leader of Central Asian terrorist group arrested near MoscowThe police have arrested a member of the banned terrorist organization, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who was recruiting Central Asians in the Moscow Region.11:32 28.05.2014
Russian police to apologize for wrongful arrestThe Interior Ministry is drafting a regulation under which the police would be obliged to issue an apology to those who are arrested by mistake, ministry spokesman Andrei Pilipchuk told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.14:23 21.05.2014
Police general charged with running a gang pleads not guiltyLieutenant General Denis Sugrobov, former head of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department at the Interior Ministry, has pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him, attorney Georgi Antonov told RAPSI on Friday.13:41 16.05.2014
Russia nominates first delegate for Interpol Executive CommitteeRussian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev announced that Russia has nominated Major General Alexander Prokopchuk, Head of the Interpol National Central Bureau of the Russian Interior Ministry, for the Interpol Executive Committee.16:44 14.05.2014
Former head of Rostec subsidiary suspected of $10 million fraudPolice have detained former head of a subsidiary of the Rostec Corporation on suspicion of embezzling 350 million rubles ($9.8 million), the Interior Ministry reports on Wednesday.17:03 30.04.2014
Spanish police arrest banana-throwing fan after Alves humiliationPolice have arrested a fan who threw a banana at Brazilian Dani Alves, a full-back for FC Barcelona, in a game against Villarreal on Sunday, El Pais writes.16:28 30.04.2014
Breivik interrogation transcript disappears from police stationThe transcript of one of the longest and most emotional interrogations of Anders Breivik, a terrorist sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing 77 people in July 2011, has mysteriously disappeared from a locked office in an Oslo police station, the Norwegian media report Friday.15:21 25.04.2014
Russian police hunt for school test answers leakersPolice is on the hunt for the individuals that are leaking the answers to the standardized school test in the upcoming Unified State Exam, according to the statement released by the Interior Ministry on Friday.14:33 25.04.2014
Arrested Ukrainian riot police chief suspected of ordering shootingsThe Court of Appeal has amended the pre-trial holding conditions for Dmitry Sadovnik, chief of the Berkut special police force, from house arrest to detention, on suspicion of organizing the shooting of protesters on Maidan Square last February, the UNIAN agency reported Tuesday.11:16 23.04.2014
Criminal case launched over Ukraine Communist party HQ arsonThe Ukrainian police have launched a criminal investigation in connection with an act of arson carried out against the Ukraine’s Communist party offices in Kiev, Deputy Interior Minister Sergei Yarovoi said at a press briefing on Thursday.17:46 10.04.2014
US man who thought corpse was April Fools’ joke not to face chargesA Florida retirement-home worker who tossed a dead body into a dumpster after mistaking it for an April Fools’ Trick is not expected to face criminal charges, The Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday citing local police sources.15:18 04.04.2014
Kiev riot police detained over protest shootingsThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Thursday reported that 12 members of the Berkut riot police battalion have been detained on suspicion of their roles in the live-ammo shootings that occurred during the Kiev protests in February.12:39 03.04.2014
Ukraine’s parliament moves for immediate disarmament of militiasUkrainian Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday adopted a resolution for the immediate disarmament of all illegal militias. The resolution was approved by 256 lawmakers with 220 passing minimum required.12:31 01.04.2014
Moscow bankers allegedly launder $730 mln through coin dealersThe police have arrested members of an international crime group that allegedly laundered some 26 billion rubles ($730 million), the Interior Ministry reported Monday.15:49 31.03.2014