Russian Investigative Committee
Serial Killer Faces New Trial in Moscow
Two Men Jailed Over South Russia Market Bombing
16:41 17/05/2012
A Russian court sentenced two men to 24 and 16 years in jail for their role in organizing a September 2010 terrorist attack that killed 19 people in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz.
Suspect in Turk Murder Held in S. Russia
13:06 17/05/2012
Police have detained a man suspected of organizing an ultranationalist march in southern Russia that led to the murder of a young Turk, the Investigative Committee said on Thursday.
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, May 2
15:45 02/05/2012
Terrorists Planned to Blow Up Bridge in Moscow \ Internet Gives Russians Free Access to Information \ Yulia Tymoshenko’s Husband and Daughter Fear for Her Life
Police Chief Detained over Custody Death
14:29 28/04/2012
The former chief of a police department in Russia’s Volga Republic of Tatarstan where a detainee died in custody has been detained, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Saturday.
State Property Bribe Case to Be Dropped - Paper
14:18 27/04/2012
Russian investigators will close the bribery case against a senior official in the Presidential Property Management Department because key evidence has been destroyed and the prosecution's star witness is in the UK seeking political asylum, Kommersant said on Friday.
Russian Cop Accused of Beating Woman
13:54 27/04/2012
Investigators in Russia’s Urals region have launched a criminal case against a policeman shown beating a woman in a video uploaded to the internet, the regional Investigative Committee said on Friday.
Domodedovo Security Lapse Case Closed - Investigators
16:26 20/04/2012
Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Friday it is closing a criminal case into security violations that led to last year’s deadly blast at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport.
Russian Press at a Glance, Wednesday, April 19, 2012
10:08 19/04/2012U.S. Passport Found Near Dead Body in Russia’s Urals
13:41 17/04/2012Police have recovered a man’s body and a half-burned U.S. passport from an abandoned garage in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg, the Investigative Committee reported on Tuesday.

Krasnoyarsk Minister Charged in $1-Million Scam
11:43 16/04/2012
A senior government official in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk has been charged with embezzling 29 million rubles ($980,000) in state funds, investigators said.
Medvedev Orders Government Relocation Plan
11:02 12/04/2012
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the drafting of proposals for relocating state services outside downtown Moscow, part of his plan to expand the city limits and relieve congestion in the capital, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
No Charges Against Tula Man Who Killed 3 Attackers
20:10 11/04/2012Investigators see no grounds for pressing criminal charges against a Russian businessman who killed three robbers who invaded his home and attacked his family, Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee, said on Wednesday.

Tula Entrepreneur Stabs 3 Robbers to Death
17:33 08/04/2012A Russian businessman killed three men who broke into his house and assaulted his family in search of loot, law enforcement agencies said on Sunday.

Law Enforcement Agencies Clash over Beaten Girl
16:59 08/04/2012Two rival law enforcement agencies clashed on weekend over an incident in western Russia where two female teenagers viciously beat up a third girl on camera and posted the video online.

Lebanese Man Detained on Sex Trafficing Charges
13:51 06/04/2012A Lebanese national has been detained on suspicion of trafficking a Russian woman to Lebanon in 2009 and forcing her to work as a prostitute for several weeks, Russia's Investigative Committee said on Friday.

Technical Failure Most Likely Cause of Siberia Crash - Experts
19:42 02/04/2012
Investigators consider technical failure as the most likely cause of Monday’s crash of a UTair ATR 72 aircraft near the western Siberian city of Tyumen, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said.
1Russian Airliner Crash Kills 31
15:23 02/04/2012
At least 31 people were killed after a Russian passenger plane crashed whilst trying to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off near the western Siberian city of Tyumen on Monday.
Polish Prosecutor Supports Ignatenko’s Extradition
23:46 01/04/2012
Public Prosecutor General of Poland Andrzej Seremet advised the country’s Justice Ministry to grant Russia’s request to extradite his Russian ex-colleague, governmental daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta said on Sunday.
Kremlin Experts Deny Taking Yukos Money
22:44 01/04/2012
Experts who examined the legality of the second Yukos case on the Kremlin’s request denied on Sunday media reports that some of them received money from the oil company.
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