Improved international legal cooperation necessary – report
It is necessary to improve legal mechanics of international cooperation of law enforcers, Alexander Bastrykin, the Head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, told Kommersant-Vlast magazine on Monday.
Russian Investigative Committee urges to tighten penalties for illegal currency operations
The Investigative Committee will insist on toughening penalties for crimes that threaten economic security of Russia.
Bastrykin calls on Domodedovo owners to pay compensation to 2011 bombing victims
The owners of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport would be brought to justice if they fail to pay damages to the victims of the 2011 terrorist attack that left 37 dead, Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin said at a board meeting on Friday.
Russia’s top investigator Bastrykin stands for supremacy of domestic law
Alexander Bastrykin, chairman of the Investigative Committee, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily in an interview that primacy should be granted to domestic law over international law.
Murder investigation rate up to 90% in Russia - Investigative Committee
In 2014, almost 90% of all murder cases were solved in Russia.
UK refuses to return embezzled funds to Russia - official
The UK has refused to return embezzled funds to Russia and extradite people who are being prosecuted, Alexander Bastrykin, chairman of Investigative Committee, said in his address to the lawmakers of the upper house of parliament on Wednesday.
Russia's top investigator suggests making possession of child porn a crime
The head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, has proposed to make it a criminal offence to possess child pornography.
Domodedovo airport ownership still puzzles Russian investigators
Investigators working on the Domodedovo International Airport 2011 terror attack still unable to determine the owner of the airport, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing the head of Russia's Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.
Lawmaker calls for probe into alleged Ukraine-backed revolts in Russia
State Duma lawmaker Mikhail Degtyaryov (LDPR) has requested that the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, look into the alleged involvement of Ukrainian politicians in the creation of military camps and the recruitment of young Russians for revolts in Russia
Russia’s chief investigator says they will find and punish Ukrainian war criminals
Those who are guilty of committing military crimes in eastern Ukraine will be punished even if they hide “at the bottom of the ocean,” Investigative Committee head Sergei Bastrykin said on Wednesday.
Corruption cases rate rose 30% in a year – Investigative Committee
The number of corruption cases opened by the Investigative Committee in 2013 grew 30%, Chief Investigator Alkesandr Bastrykyn told journalists on Thursday.