Rights activist tried to register 4,500 migrants in MoscowA criminal case has been initiated against a man who tried to bring in more than 4,500 illegal immigrants to Moscow, the Interior Ministry told RIA Novosti on Friday.11:42 16.08.2013
Soldier killed by bomb in Chechnya - policeA local Russian Interior Ministry soldier was killed and two more were wounded by twin bomb blasts during a search for Islamist militants in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.14:36 13.08.2013
Russian construction official suspected of $1 mln fraudPolice searched the offices of a high-ranking Russian construction official suspected of a 30 million ruble ($920,000) fraud, the Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.16:40 30.07.2013
Education Minister to be questioned in Moscow institute embezzlement case - reportThe investigators intend to question Education and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov and deputy minister Natalya Tretyak as witnesses in Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS) embezzlement case.15:14 18.07.2013
Group suspected of illegally cashing $1.1 billion exposed - reportThe Interior Ministry has exposed a huge criminal group suspected of illegally cashing around 36 billion rubles ($1.1 billion).15:14 08.07.2013
Interior Ministry considers arresting troubled mogul Polonsky in absentiaThe Interior Ministry plans to request a warrant for businessman Sergei Polonsky's arrest in absentia if he does not answer the investigators' summons by August.10:35 05.07.2013
Opposition Russian mayor detained in $1.4 mln bribe probeRussian investigators have detained a mayor accused of taking bribes and launched a criminal case against him, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, less than a year after he scored a rare landslide victory over the ruling United Russia party.14:07 03.07.2013
Police apprehend fake bankers in Moscow - Interior MinistryThe Moscow police have apprehended fake bankers who have cashed over 7 billion rubles ($213 million), the Interior Ministry reported on Friday.13:46 28.06.2013
Education Minister not involved in Moscow institute embezzlement caseEducation and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov is not involved in the embezzlement of funds allocated for the modernization of one of the buildings used by Moscow State Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS).11:35 27.06.2013
Bank of Scotland official suspected of another fraudThe Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that they suspect Vsevolod Glukhovtsev, a vice president and head of security at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Russian subsidiary, of involvement in another fraud.14:02 25.06.2013
Case of $30 million MICEX fraud sent to courtA man who earned 1 billion rubles ($30.6 million) in fraudulent stock exchange operations will be tried in Moscow, the Interior Ministry's Moscow department said on its website.12:22 21.06.2013
IT company suspected of embezzling GLONASS program money - reportMThe former executives of M2M Telematics, a subsidiary of the oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Systema are suspected of embezzling 400 million rubles ($12.3 million) from the GLONASS program.12:22 20.06.2013
Anti-pedophile group calls for Tor network to be shut downSergei Zhuk, the leader of the Bounty Hunters, a group that aims to combat pedophilia through the detection of child pornography, has asked Russia's Interior Ministry and communications agency Roskomnadzor, to restrict access to the anonymity network known as Tor.13:36 18.06.2013
Russian development mogul Polonsky charged with $176 mln fraud in absentiaRussian businessman Sergei Polonsky has been officially charged with embezzling over 5.7 billion rubles ($176.2 million) from the Kutuzovskaya Milya cooperative residential construction project's participants.16:54 14.06.2013
Russian senate to discuss fingerprinting new arrivals without visasThe upper house of parliament plans to discuss with security agencies and the police the idea of fingerprinting new arrivals, Ruslan Gattarov, the co-author of the initiative and the chairman of the Federation Council's ad hoc commission on information society, told journalists on Tuesday.16:41 11.06.2013
Russia, US to boost law enforcement cooperationRussia and the United States may set up joint working groups to counter emerging crime threats, Russia’s Interior Minister said at the end of a working visit to the United States.11:36 24.05.2013
Russian police wrap investigation of $80 mln BTA Bank embezzlementA probe into the attempted embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles (approximately $80 million) from BTA Bank has reached completion, Russia’s Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.18:14 21.05.2013
Suspects arrested on GLONASS embezzlement chargesArrest warrants have been issued for the previous and current general directors of high-tech company Synertech on charges of embezzling from the GLONASS federal program, the Interior Ministry's Moscow Department said on Friday.11:29 17.05.2013
Police reveal new embezzlement facts at GLONASSThe police have revealed new facts regarding the embezzlement of funds that were allocated for the development of the GLONASS global navigation satellite system. The current and former heads of Synertech have been detained, the Interior Ministry's Moscow department reported.18:18 16.05.2013
80 kg of heroin seized in Tajik trainA total of 80 kg (over 176 lbs) of heroin were discovered on a train en route from the Tajik capital of Dushanbe to Moscow on Wednesday.09:23 16.05.2013