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Former head of Rostec subsidiary suspected of $10 million fraud

17:03 30/04/2014 Police 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.

Spanish police arrest banana-throwing fan after Alves humiliation

16:28 30/04/2014 Police 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.

Breivik interrogation transcript disappears from police station

15:21 25/04/2014 The 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.

Russian police hunt for school test answers leakers

14:33 25/04/2014 Police 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.

Arrested Ukrainian riot police chief suspected of ordering shootings

11:16 23/04/2014 The 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.

Criminal case launched over Ukraine Communist party HQ arson

17:46 10/04/2014 The 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.

US man who thought corpse was April Fools’ joke not to face charges

15:18 04/04/2014 A 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.

Kiev riot police detained over protest shootings

12:39 03/04/2014 The 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.

Ukraine’s parliament moves for immediate disarmament of militias

12:31 01/04/2014 Ukrainian 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.

Moscow bankers allegedly launder $730 mln through coin dealers

15:49 31/03/2014 The police have arrested members of an international crime group that allegedly laundered some 26 billion rubles ($730 million), the Interior Ministry reported Monday.

FBI agent shot Tsarnaev associate amid fear of impalement - prosecutor

18:17 26/03/2014 The fatal shooting by an FBI agent of Ibragim Todashev during an interrogation connected with the Boston Marathon bombing investigation was justified on the bases of self-defense and defense of another person, a Florida prosecutor concluded in documents released Tuesday.

Individuals with criminal record allowed to seek police employment in Russia

13:02 26/03/2014 Russia’s Constitutional Court posted a resolution on its website Wednesday reading that certain individuals with a criminal record can seek police employment.

Immigration police could be established in Russia by 2016 - report

10:54 26/03/2014 The Federal Migration Service is working on an immigration-control bill that is expected to take effect by 2016, Kommersant reports Wednesday. According to the newspaper, the new legislation will grant the agency police authority.

Russian hacker family allegedly steals $58,000 from US bank

12:28 12/03/2014 The police detained suspected hackers in Russia who are believed to have stolen about $58,000 from client accounts of a US bank, the Russian Interior Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

US military contractor detained in Kyrgyzstan

18:15 11/03/2014 An employee of the US Air Force was placed in detention for a month by a Kyrgyz court after having allegedly assaulted a desk officer at the local police station, an official spokesperson for the Bishkek police told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Russian police to provide jobs to Ukrainian officers

10:55 03/03/2014 The Russian police authority is ready to provide jobs to Ukrainian police officers, the Russian Interior Ministry reported Monday. Earlier, the Moscow Department of the Russian Interior Ministry reported that the Moscow police is considering forming a squadron of former Berkut officers and provide them with dormitory accommodation.

Crimean police clear Simferopol after pro-Russian takeover

15:15 27/02/2014 The police have cautioned people in Simferopol, where the self-defense forces of the Russian-speaking population are holding the government and parliament buildings of the Crimea, against visiting the city center, Olga Kondrashova, head of the Interior Ministry’s Crimean department, told RIA Novosti.

Russian police nab two for ‘fishing’ money out of ATMs

14:45 25/02/2014 Two suspects were detained by the police in the Moscow region town of Ivanovo for ‘fishing’ money out of an ATM in a major mall, regional police reports on Tuesday.

Russian billionaire’s estranged wife detained in Cyprus over alleged ring theft

11:10 25/02/2014 Yelena Rybolovleva, the estranged wife of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, will be questioned in Cyprus within 24 hours to determine the need to keep her in custody.

Radical protesters break truce, open fire on police in Kiev

12:40 21/02/2014 Prosecutors have opened fire on police in down town Kiev, thus breaking the truce, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service announced reported on Friday.

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