Improved international legal cooperation necessary – reportIt 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.13:45 18.04.2016
Russian Investigative Committee urges to tighten penalties for illegal currency operationsThe Investigative Committee will insist on toughening penalties for crimes that threaten economic security of Russia.12:58 26.02.2016
Bastrykin calls on Domodedovo owners to pay compensation to 2011 bombing victimsThe 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.14:41 24.07.2015
Russia’s top investigator Bastrykin stands for supremacy of domestic lawAlexander Bastrykin, chairman of the Investigative Committee, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily in an interview that primacy should be granted to domestic law over international law.15:38 28.04.2015
Murder investigation rate up to 90% in Russia - Investigative CommitteeIn 2014, almost 90% of all murder cases were solved in Russia.12:59 26.02.2015
UK refuses to return embezzled funds to Russia - officialThe 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.17:08 17.12.2014
Russia's top investigator suggests making possession of child porn a crimeThe head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, has proposed to make it a criminal offence to possess child pornography.15:48 11.12.2014
Domodedovo airport ownership still puzzles Russian investigatorsInvestigators 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.12:52 24.11.2014
Lawmaker calls for probe into alleged Ukraine-backed revolts in RussiaState 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 Russia11:14 01.10.2014
Russia’s chief investigator says they will find and punish Ukrainian war criminalsThose 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.12:17 11.06.2014
Corruption cases rate rose 30% in a year – Investigative CommitteeThe number of corruption cases opened by the Investigative Committee in 2013 grew 30%, Chief Investigator Alkesandr Bastrykyn told journalists on Thursday.10:43 27.02.2014