Prosecutors to control investigation into Moscow serial poisoningMoscow’s prosecutors will take the investigation into a criminal case over serial poisoning and robbing people in the city center under control.16:46 25.06.2019
Tourist attraction construction in Baikal ecological zone nixed by courtA court in the city of Ulan Ude has nixed construction of tourist facilities in the water conservation zone of river Kika located in the central ecological zone of Lake Baikal.10:57 19.06.2019
Russian woman gets 13 years in prison for drug traffickingA court in St. Petersburg has sentenced local resident Natalya Solovyeva to 13 years behind bars for smuggling drugs and attempt to illegally sell them.15:11 14.06.2019
Three defendants in Interior Ministry sanatoria embezzlement case to go on trialMoscow’s Tushinsky District Court will hear a criminal case against two former police officers and a contractor CEO, who are charged with embezzlement of more than 67 million rubles ($1 million) allocated for the reconstruction of the Interior Ministry’s sanatoria.12:19 28.05.2019
Bill on education requirements for would-be prosecutors reaches State DumaA bill specifying education attainment requirements for prosecutors’ office candidates has been submitted to Russia’s State Duma.17:22 22.05.2019
Lawsuit against Pobeda airline’s weapon transportation ban set for AprilMoscow’s Sherbinsky District Court will consider a lawsuit filed by the Moscow transregional transport prosecutor's office against Pobeda air carrier over weapon carriage regulations on April 12.14:58 25.03.2019
Water bottling plant construction at Russia’s Lake Baikal judicially suspendedA court has suspended the construction of a drink water bottling plant at Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Region until violations revealed during checks are remedied.13:33 15.03.2019
High-ranking Bashkiria's prosecutor to stay detained on corruption chargesThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision to place First Deputy Prosecutor of Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan Oleg Gorbunov charged with taking bribes in detention.13:00 12.11.2018
European prosecutors complied with 78 Russia’s requests in 2018 – officialEU countries complied with 78 requests lodged by Russian prosecutors during this year.17:46 23.10.2018
Poland extradites false healer charged with fraud to RussiaAuthorities of Poland have extradited false healer Alla Narushevichene, who is charged with large-scale fraud, to Russia.15:49 16.04.2018
Russian ex-investigator sentenced to 8 years for taking $50,000 bribeThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow has sentenced former senior investigator for particularly important cases, Alexander Sorokin, to 8 years in a high security penal colony for receiving $50,000 bribe.11:59 27.09.2017
President Putin signs law on blacklist of corrupt officialsRussian president Vladimir Putin has signed a law establishing registry for officials and employees of law enforcement agencies fired for corruption crimes.10:45 03.07.2017
Prosecutors to verify protection of endangered wild life in RussiaRussia’s Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has ordered the agency’s territorial offices to verify the implementation of the instructions to bolster protection of endangered wild life President Vladimir Putin gave to state bodies.12:52 11.05.2017
Prosecutors report 11% crime rate drop in Moscow in 2016Crime rate in Moscow has dropped by 11% in 2016, for the first time in recent years.16:04 16.02.2017
Russian ex-forester receives 5-year suspended sentence for illegal pine cuttingA court in the Chelyabinsk region has given a 5-year suspended sentence to former forester Aleksey Loginov for illegal felling of pines valued at 34.5 million rubles ($573,000).11:14 30.12.2016
Russian rights group seeks ECHR compensations be recovered from culpritsSergey Petryakov, the head of a human rights advocacy group “Zona Prava” (Law Zone), has asked Russia’s Prosecutor General to seek monetary redress in the amounts of compensations set by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from the officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) directly responsible for failures to provide convicts with medical care.16:19 07.12.2016
Yanukovych summoned for questioning as suspect in shooting of protestors in 2014Former Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych has been summoned to the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office for questioning on December 5 as a suspect in the case over using fire arms against protesters in Kiev in late 2013 and early 2014.18:05 28.11.2016
Criminal case on embezzlement at Russian Admiralteysky bank forwarded to courtA criminal case against Musa Israilov who stands charged with illegal banking activity and large scale embezzlement from Russia’s Admiralteysky bank, has been sent to the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow.18:28 17.11.2016
Bill on disclosing crime statistics on the Internet to be reviewed in SeptemberThe State Duma will review a bill proposing to disclose crime statistics, gathered by the Prosecutor General’s Office, on the Internet, in September.13:22 09.08.2016
Four administrative cases opened in relation to animal deaths in Moscow shelterThe Moscow Prosecutor’s Office has initiated four administrative proceedings against animal shelter “EKO Veshnyzki”, a unit of EKO animal charity, and its head Vera Petrosyan.11:55 16.05.2016