Russian internet campaigners seek investigation into nearly 100 porn websitesThe Safe Internet League, which describes itself as the most reputable Russian organization fighting dangerous web content, has filed a request with the Ministry of the Interior seeking an investigation into 96 websites which allegedly contain porn.20:12 29.01.2014
Vietnamese national charged with using slave labor in MoscowA Vietnamese national has been detained and charged on suspicion of using slave labor in Moscow has been officialy charged, the Interior Ministry’s Main Department for Moscow announced on Monday.12:39 27.01.2014
Underground casino chain exposed in Moscow after arrest of police deputy chiefThe Russian Interior Ministry reported this Friday that over ten illegal gambling clubs in various parts of Moscow were uncovered, each making over 100,000 rubles ($3,000) daily.15:59 17.01.2014
Hermitage Capital attempts to discredit Russian investigators - Interior MinistryThe Russian Interior Ministry believes that Hermitage Capital, which employed the late Sergei Magnitsky, is trying to discredit the Russian law enforcement authorities, the ministry announced on Wednesday.11:28 15.01.2014
Russian Interior Ministry denies new Magnitsky claimThe Russian Interior Ministry denied allegations that a new criminal case has been launched against Sergei Magnitsky, the auditor for Hermitage Capital who died in a Moscow detention facility in 2009.11:29 13.01.2014
Fraudsters steal over $2.1 mln from Russian bank accountsPolice have arrested a group of four fraudsters that are believed to have stolen over 70 million rubles from Russian bank accounts, the Russian Interior Ministry announced Monday.11:08 13.01.2014
Missing Kustodiev’s painting returned to Russian museumA painting by Boris Kustodiev that disappeared from a Kostroma museum in the 1990s recently resurfaced at an auction in Moscow. It was returned to the museum on Monday.16:53 30.12.2013
Criminal cases on illegal migration increase 60-fold in Moscow - policeThe number of criminal cases opened in connection with illegal migration in Moscow has risen approximately 60 times compared to last year's figures, the Interior Ministry's press service reported.12:23 05.12.2013
Crimes commited under influence of drugs in Russia has doubled - officialThe number of crimes commited under the influence of drugs in Russia has doubled in the past five years, First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy said Monday during a State Duma round-table discussion.17:00 02.12.2013
Money laundering case opened against former Bank of Moscow executivesInvestigators have initiated money laundering case against former Bank of Moscow President Andrei Borodin and his former first deputy Dmitry Akulinin, Russia's Interior Ministry announced on Monday.16:51 11.11.2013
Serbia to extradite nationalist detained in Moscow judge's murder investigationSerbia is planning to extradite Russian national Ilya Goryachev, suspected of involvement in a Russian extremist movement, on Friday, Russia's Interior Ministry reported.13:34 08.11.2013
Russian Interior minister urges criminalizing promotion of animal crueltyRussian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev proposed introducing liability for those who promote cruelty toward and the abuse of animals .11:33 30.10.2013
Police uncover over 2,000 crimes connected with illegal immigrationOver 2,000 offences connected with the organization of illegal immigration have been uncovered in Russia in the past nine months, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said on Wednesday during the "government hour" in the State Duma.14:07 23.10.2013
Hooliganism charges brought in Anti-Migrant Riots aftermathThe investigators have charged Artyom Novikov, currently detained in pre-trial ward, with hooliganism in the aftermath of the recent Moscow Anti-Migrant Riots.13:16 22.10.2013
BTA Bank ex-CEO's associate to stay in detention until pays $439 mlnYelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov detained on fraud and money laundering charges, has been denied parole.11:06 21.10.2013
Moscow borough police chief fired over recent Anti-Migrant RiotsMoscow police chief on Tuesday has fired Gennady Kaverin, the head of police of Biryulyovo, a Moscow Southern District borough, after it was caught up in a massive riot aimed at illegal immigrants, the Interior Ministry's press service told journalist.11:58 15.10.2013
Russian policeman saves Liberian child from ritual sacrificeA Russian police advisor in Liberia saved a child from ritual sacrifice, the Russian Interior Ministry reports on Tuesday.10:43 08.10.2013
Russia may soon initiate extradition of fugitive tycoon PolonskyThe Russian Interior Ministry has sent the documents needed for the initiation of extradition procedure of the fugitive real estate mogul Sergei Polonsky to the Prosecutor General's Office.15:25 01.10.2013
Would-be robber leaves automatic rifle in Moscow fitness clubA man detained by police after an automatic rifle was found in a holdall in a Moscow fitness club was planning a robbery and a kidnapping, a spokesperson for the Russian capital’s local Interior Ministry branch said Tuesday.19:14 27.08.2013
Moscow banker's murder prevented - Interior MinistryPolice have prevented the assassination of a Moscow bank’s president, the Interior Ministry’s department in the Russian capital reported Wednesday.14:02 21.08.2013