Rosbank CEO, VP detained on suspicion of $1.5 million briberyRosbank CEO Vladimir Golubkov and Senior Vice President Tamara Polyanitsina have been detained based on allegations of having accepted a 5-million-ruble ($160,000) bribe.15:42 15.05.2013
Former top military medical officer sentenced to five years for bribesThe court has sentenced Yuri Sabanin, the former chief medical officer of the Interior Troops, to five years in prison for bribes, the ministry reported on Tuesday.14:29 14.05.2013
Police reveal $1 mln Caspian Highway fraudPolice have detained four suspects accused of embezzling 31 million rubles ($1 million) of budget funds allocated for the maintenance of the Caspian Highway.10:54 30.04.2013
Burglars raid ex-Bolshoi ballet star's homeThree burglars raided the home of former Bolshoi ballet star Anastasia Volochkova early on Monday, stealing two safes and assaulting the servants.10:44 29.04.2013
Interior Ministry uncovers $340 million illegal banking schemeA preliminary investigation against a group of fraudsters who helped businesses evade taxes has been completed, the Interior Ministry reported on Thursday.13:02 25.04.2013
Russian police prevent hackers from stealing $32 millionThe Interior Ministry has prevented hackers from distributing malicious software that could have inflicted 1 billion rubles ($32 million) in damages.17:54 22.04.2013
Six dead, one wounded in southwest Russia shootoutSix people died and one was wounded in a shootout in Belgorod, a city in Southwest Russia.16:44 22.04.2013
Police expose $6.36 million oil theft in southern RussiaThe police have exposed the theft of crude oil worth over 200 million rubles ($6.36 million) from pipelines and storage tanks in Kalmykia and the Astrakhan Region, the Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.13:12 16.04.2013
Russian police search offices of ex-Olympic bossRussian police are searching the offices of North Caucasus Resorts as part of an investigation into its former chief, an ex-vice president of the Olympic committee who is suspected of stealing more than $97,000 from the company, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.12:09 16.04.2013
Police shut down underground casino at a Moscow universityThe police have clamped down on an illegal casino at the Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science (MGUPI), which earned its organizers up to 5 million rubles ($161,655) every day.13:02 15.04.2013
Russian hacker detained in Cyprus to be extraditedThe Cypriot authorities have extradited hacker Dmitry Zubakha to Russia, the Russian Interior Ministry reported on Friday. He has been charged with committing cyber attacks.17:33 12.04.2013
Interior Ministry charges Royal Bank of Scotland VP with fraudInvestigators have charged Vsevolod Glukhovtsev, vice president of Royal Bank of Scotland, with fraud, Interior Ministry spokesperson Roman Mikhailov told RIA Novosti on Friday.17:13 12.04.2013
Ex-director of EBRD sent for specialist psychiatric assessmentThe courts have ordered Yelena Kotova, the former top Russian representative at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development who was charged with bribery, to undergo psychiatric assessment at a specialized clinic.12:41 29.03.2013
Police curbs $11.4 million embezzlement from Russian TechnologiesThe police have prevented a 350 million ruble ($11.4 million) embezzlement from the Russian Technologies state corporation, the Interior Ministry said on its website on Tuesday.15:07 26.03.2013
Former convicts require social rehabilitation to prevent repeat crimesSocial rehabilitation is needed to prevent former convicts from committing repeat crimes, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said on Monday at a government crime prevention commission meeting.16:08 25.03.2013
Fraud ring stole over $2.5 mln from MMM Ponzi scheme investorsThe police in the Trans-Baikal Territory have established the names of the criminals who stole around 70 million rubles ($2.3 million) invested in the MMM virtual stock market game.12:51 25.03.2013
Ex-banker withdraws testimony in multibillion property theft in MoscowInvestigators intend to terminate the pretrial agreement made with a witness in the case of the attempted theft of 120 properties in Moscow who has withdrawn his testimony.11:41 25.03.2013
Russian police to fight drug trafficking with high-tech inventionThe Interior Ministry has allocated 50 million rubles ($1.6 million) for a project to develop information technology for its anti-narcotics units.13:43 19.03.2013
Police suggests authorizing private security to search and arrest criminalsThe police has proposed granting private security guards with the unrestricted right to search and detain public order violators and criminals, says Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoi.15:14 14.03.2013
Russian intelligence is free to tap Skype sans court orderMajor cyber security and IT market players revealed that Russian security services are able to tap Skype conversations. The technology was provided by Microsoft after its acquisition of Skype in 2011.14:30 14.03.2013