Investigators seek to detain three investigations officials on abuse of office chargesThe Investigative Committee has filed a motion with Moscow’s Basmanny District Court seeking to place three senior investigations official in detention until June 1. Two deputy chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s Investigations Department Alexander Biryukov and Alexander Krakovsky as well as senior investigator for especially important cases Alexander Bryantsev are charged with abuse of power.11:35 03.04.2020
Russian citizen fined for fake coronavirus news distributionA court has fined a resident of Magnitogorsk, a city in the Chelyabinsk Region, 30,000 rubles (about $400) for distributing fake information on the coronavirus situation.10:21 01.04.2020
Detention of four ex-policemen involved in Golunov case extended until early JuneMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended detetion of four former police officers charged in a case over planting drugs on journalist Ivan Golunov for a little over 2 months.16:15 26.03.2020
House arrest of ex-Moscow policeman extended till June as part of journalist Golunov caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended house arrest of ex-police officer Denis Konovalov, a defendant in a criminal case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, until June 7.12:40 19.03.2020
Prosecution seeks up to 14 years in jail for Tatarstan policemen in torture caseProsecutors have demanded high security prison terms ranging from 10 to 14 years for ex-police officers of the Niznekamsk District of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan involved in a case over torture of detainees.16:16 18.03.2020
Russia’s Interior Ministry to pay $20,000 to mother of police torture victimThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia on Thursday ordered the Interior Ministry to pay Lemka Doliyeva, whose son had died after being beaten by police officers, 1.5 million rubles (about $20,000) in compensation.17:52 12.03.2020
Ex-policeman controlling arrest of Golunov to stay in detention until late MarchThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal against detention of ex-chief of a Moscow drug police district department Igor Lyakhovets charged in a case over abuse of power during apprehension of journalist Ivan Golunov until late March.15:41 11.03.2020
Searches conducted at police office over journalist Golunov caseInvestigators have conducted searches at police department of the West administrative district of Moscow in connection with a case over drugs planted to journalist Ivan Golunov.15:57 06.03.2020
Former regional police official sentenced to 5 years for waste of nearly $3 mlnEx-chief of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for the Kamchatka Krai Alexander Sidorenko has received 5 years behind bars for wastage of budget funds worth over 200 million rubles (about $3 million).13:18 28.02.2020
Russian Interior Ministry joined to Moscow police claim against opposition figuresMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Thursday ordered that the Russian Interior Ministry be joined as a third party to a 6-million-ruble (over $90,000) lawsuit filed by the Moscow police directorate against organizers of the summer August 3 rally Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov.15:24 27.02.2020
Defendant in Golunov case admits guilt, testifies against superior officerEx-policeman Denis Konovalov, a defendant in a criminal case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, has admitted guilt and made a statement incriminating his superior officer.18:19 19.02.2020
Prosecutors ask court to sentence alleged killer of Moscow metro policeman to 18 yearsProsecution on Thursday demanded an 18-year high security prison sentence for Nurlan Muratov, a defendant in the case over killing a police officer at a Moscow metro station.14:09 06.02.2020
Father of killed Moscow metro police officer demands $32k from alleged murdererFather of Andrey Raisky, a police officer killed in a Moscow metro in September 2018, has filed a 2-million-ruble claim ($32,000) against defendant Nurlan Muratov.13:45 06.02.2020
Jurors find defendant in Moscow metro policeman murder case guiltyJurors have issued a guilty verdict against a former employee of Rot Front confectionery Nurlan Muratov charged with killing a police officer at a Moscow metro station.00:07 05.02.2020
Alleged murderer of Moscow police officer denies guiltNurlan Muratov, who stands charged with killing a police officer at a Moscow metro station, disassociated himself from committing the crime during a court hearing on Monday.17:34 03.02.2020
Two human rights advocates join Moscow police public councilMembers of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Andrey Babushkin and Igor Borisov have joined the Public Council of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate for 2020 – 2023.16:09 03.02.2020
All five defendants in case over abuse of office against journalist Golunov detainedAll five ex-police officers involved in a case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, have been placed in detention for two months, until March 29.00:01 31.01.2020
Two ex-police officers accused of abuse of office against journalist Golunov detainedDenis Konovalov and Roman Feofanov, two ex-police officers, who had been earlier arrested in a case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, on Thursday were ordered to be detained until March 29, RAPSI reported from the Basmanny District Court of Moscow.16:14 30.01.2020
Investigators seek to detain ex-policemen accused of abuse of power against GolunovInvestigators filed a motion with the Basmanny District Court of Moscow seeking to put five ex-police officers, who had been earlier arrested in a case over abuse of power against journalist Ivan Golunov, in detention.10:51 30.01.2020
Five suspects in abuse of power against journalist Golunov arrested in MoscowFive suspects in a case over abuse of authority during the arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov have been apprehended in Moscow.11:23 29.01.2020