House arrest of Golunov drug planting case approver extended until DecemberMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday extended house arrest of ex-police officer Denis Konovalov, who had confessed in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov, until December 7.11:31 04.09.2020
Investigators urge to prolong detention of four defendants in Golunov drug planting caseInvestigators have lodged a motion seeking to extend detention of four former police officers accused in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov until December 7.17:53 02.09.2020
Alleged hacker put in detention over illegal access to private information, extortionA court has ordered a resident of Rostov-on-Don suspected of extortion and illegal access to information of a private company be put in detention.10:35 31.08.2020
Moscow attorney fined $4,000 for giving bribe to police officerA court in Russia’s town of Vladimir has fined Moscow attorney Sergey Zhugan 300,000 rubles ($4,000) for giving a bribe to a police officer.17:54 27.08.2020
Police carry out pre-investigation probe over hospitalization of NavalnyInvestigators of the Siberian Federal District’ transport police conduct a pre-investigation check over hospitalization of Alexey Navalny in Omsk on August 20.13:13 27.08.2020
Man who assaulted policeman during ID check gets 7-year jail term – Investigative CommitteeThe Moscow City Court has sentenced native of Kirgizstan Makhmudzhan Matmusayev to 7 years in a maximum security penal colony for attempt on his neighbor’s life and assault on a police officer.14:11 25.08.2020
Industrial chemicals found in body of Alexey Navalny – policeIndustrial chemicals were found in the body of Alexey Navalnny during the analysis of wipe samples fron his clothes, hands, nails and hair.17:28 21.08.2020
Investigators severe new case over drug planting on journalist GolunovRussia’s Investigative Committee has severed a case against unidentified individuals allegedly involved in the drug planting on journalist Ivan Golunov from other defendants.10:53 17.08.2020
Ex-Prosecutor General’s Office employee fined $2,000 for violent use against policemanMoscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Tuesday found ex-deputy chief of the security support department of the Prosecutor General’s Office Igor Mylnikov of use of force against a police officer and fined him 150,000 rubles ($2,000).16:26 11.08.2020
Investigation into ex-policemen involved in Golunov case completedThe Investigative Committee of Russia has completed investigation into five former police officers accused in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov.15:01 07.08.2020
Former police officers receive prison terms for criminal case fabricationA court in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod has sentenced five ex-policemen of the Republic of Tatarstan to prison terms ranging from 5 to 12 years for initiation of illegal prosecution of four persons with the use of force against them.16:27 30.07.2020
US student sentenced to 9-year jail for resistance to Moscow policeMoscow’s Golovinsky District Court on Thursday sentenced American student Trevor Reed to 9 years in penal colony for using violence against police14:04 30.07.2020
Man accused of knife attack on Moscow’s St. Nicholas congregation faces trialInvestigation into Efim Efimov charged with a knife attack on congregation of the Saint Nicholas church in central Moscow has been completed.15:30 29.07.2020
Ex-anticorruption police officer gets 4 years for abuse of powerThe Moscow City Court has sentenced a former official of the Interior Ministry’s Anticorruption Directorate Sergey Uryadov to 4 years in jail for abuse of power.16:47 24.07.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman turns to UN over police attack on Russian journalists in U.S.Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova stood up for the rights of Russian journalists after they had been attacked by the police in Portland, U.S.A. The Ombudsman applied to UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet and President of the International Federation of Journalists Younes M'Jahed.12:39 23.07.2020
Public member proposes to create Internet law enforcement to fight illegal contentThe First Deputy Chairman of the Civic Chamber’s Commission for Examination of Legislative Initiatives Artem Kiryanov proposed creation of Internet prosecutor’s office and Internet police to fight illegal web content during a round table conference on Monday.13:38 20.07.2020
Moscow police official put under house arrest on fraud allegationsA chief of the department on the online drug threat fight of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate has been placed under house arrest on fraud allegations.14:38 17.07.2020
Police complete probe into actor Efremov accused of fatal road traffic accidentInvestigation into a fatal road traffic accident case against actor Mikhail Efremov has been completed,.10:09 07.07.2020
Another $47k recovered from organizers of illegal Moscow rally in favor of policeOrganizers of the illegal opposition rally of July 27, 2019, including Alexey Navalny and Ilya Yashin, on Friday were jointly ordered to pay another 3.3 million rubles ($47,000) to the Moscow Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry.12:01 03.07.2020
Opposition figures ordered to pay over $65k to Moscow police over illegal rallyMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Friday recovered over 4.6 million rubles (over $65,000) jointly from organizers of the unauthorized opposition rally held on August 3, 2019, Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov, in favor of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry.10:56 03.07.2020