Prosecutor demands imprisonment for policemen accused of torturing arrested manA prosecutor has demanded prison terms ranging from 6 to 7 years for three police officers charged with abuse of office by using force against an arrested individual.16:54 09.09.2019
Rights advocates turn to law enforcement over journalists’ arrest at Moscow rallyThe Presidential Council for Human Rights has applied to Russia’s Interior Ministry, National Guard, Investigative Committee and Prosecutor General’s Office over obstructing media activity and arrest of journalists at unauthorized rallies in Moscow.15:44 09.08.2019
Police torture victims awarded $3,000 compensation by courtA court in the Zabaikalsky Krai ordered the Interior Ministry to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) to Victoria Barlybayeva and Anatoly Sokolov, who had suffered from tortures by police.13:48 25.07.2019
Russian lawmakers take strides to facilitate search of missing minorsThe State Duma MPs passed a draft law expediting the search of missing children in a final third reading on Wednesday.14:45 24.07.2019
Two former metro police officers get 6 and 8 years in prison for briberyMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has sentenced ex-chief of a Moscow metro police division Alexander Molokanov to 8 years in high-security prison and a multi-million fine for corruption.18:07 18.07.2019
Bill authorizing police to hand down cautions passes first reading in State DumaA bill authorizing police to hand down official warnings has passed its first reading in the lower house of Russian parliament.17:17 17.07.2019
Fifteen regional police officers charged with taking bribesCorruption charges have been brought against fifteen police officers in Russia’s Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.10:55 09.07.2019
Russian government backs proposal to authorize police to hand down cautionsThe Russian government has supported a bill authorizing police to hand down official warnings.10:54 02.07.2019
Investigation into Kuindzhi painting theft completed - policeInvestigation into the theft of a painting by prominent Russian artist of Greek origin Arkhip Kuindzhi from the Tretyakov Gallery is completed.11:28 28.06.2019
Bill on law enforcement powers in point of drone use reaches State DumaA bill regulating the law enforcement bodies’ power to repress the use of air drones by citizens for unlawful purposes has been submitted to the State Duma.17:55 27.06.2019
State Duma comes out against police initiative on out-of-court driving banThe State Duma lawmakers have opposed the Interior Ministry’s initiative to authorize highway patrolmen to revoke a driver's license without recourse to court.16:10 21.06.2019
Interior Ministry reveals violations committed by police against journalist GolunovInternal affairs division of the Moscow police found violations committed by officers from the city’s Western administrative district department against journalist Ivan Golunov.15:31 21.06.2019
Two generals of Russian police fired on back of journalist Golunov caseRussian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed two generals of police on the back of the recent arrest of Ivan Golunov, a journalist from Meduza news website.13:55 13.06.2019
Journalist arrested in Moscow on suspicion of drug traffickingMoscow police have arrested Ivan Golunov, a journalist from Meduza news website, as part of a drug trafficking case.14:43 07.06.2019
Russian police officers to stand trial on torture allegationsA court in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region will hear a criminal case against police mayor Vadim Baltrushaitis and his former colleague, mayor Mikhail Samoylov, who are accused of torturing arrested persons. Baltrushaitis and Samoylov plead not guilty.13:26 27.05.2019
Ex-police officer’s sentence for taking $100,000 bribe overturnedThe Moscow City Court’s Presidium on Tuesday overturned a 9-year prison sentence given to a former police officer Vadim Shavlokhov for taking $100,000 in bribes and abuse of authority.14:13 21.05.2019
Russian police arrest alleged thief of elk hornsPolice in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan (Bashkiria) have arrested a man suspected of robbing a master selling elk horns souvenirs.17:01 24.04.2019
VKontakte users’ lawsuit over passing personal data to police dismissedFour activists from Tatarstan, who had demanded 100,000 rubles (about $1,600) in compensation each from VKontakte social network for passing their personal data to police, were denied their compensation claim.14:27 23.04.2019
Convict in notorious Tatarstan police torture case seeks paroleEx-police officer Ramil Akhmetzyanov convicted of torturing a detainee to death at a Dalny police station in Tatarstan in 2012 has filed a petition for parole.14:29 12.04.2019
Defendants in police investigator murder case plead guiltyDefendants in a criminal case over the murder of the Interior Ministry Transport Department’s major case investigator, police lieutenant colonel Yevgeniya Shishkina, have pleaded guilty.13:26 27.03.2019