RIA Novosti

New Russian Police Abuses Reported

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:46:00 GMT

Further instances of police brutality have been reported in Russia on Monday, with the announcement that a policeman who beat a detainee to death in the Nizhny Novgorod Region received a ten-year prison term, and confirmation that a suspect has died in Krasnodar region while in police custody within the last week.

Furniture Factory Boss Shot Dead Outside Moscow

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:47:00 GMT

The head of a Moscow-based furniture factory was shot dead outside the Russian capital early on Sunday, the Moscow Region Main Investigative Department reported.

‘Powerful’ Bomb Defused in Russia’s North Caucasus

Sat, 19 May 2012 03:36:00 GMT

Demining specialists have defused a “powerful” bomb in the restive North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia

Russian Detained for Preparing Explosion in Urals

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:13:00 GMT

Police detained a young man when he was making a makeshift explosive device he planned to detonate under a kiosk in the city of Miass in the Urals, the Interior Ministry reported on Friday.

Woman Sentenced in Failed Red Square Terrorist Attack

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:16:00 GMT

A court has sentenced Zeinap Suyunova to ten years in prison after finding her guilty of attempting to detonate herself on Moscow’s central Red Square over a year ago, Russia's Investigative Committee said on Friday.

United Russia Gets Rid of Bad Apple

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:33:00 GMT

The former city manager of Stavropol in southern Russia, who was detained on graft charges, has been expelled from the ruling United Russia party, the organization’s regional chapter said on Thursday.

Two Men Jailed Over South Russia Market Bombing

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:00 GMT

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.

Moscow Cop Steals Over $380,000 Using Forged Documents

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:13:00 GMT

A Moscow traffic policeman has stolen more than 12 million rubles ($387,270) from the account of a bank client using forged documents, the National Investigation Committee said Thursday.

Suspect in Turk Murder Held in S. Russia

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:06:00 GMT

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.

Kalmykia Police Suspected in Detainee Beating Death

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:00 GMT

Investigators in Russia’s southwest republic of Kalmykia are working to establish the identities of two policemen suspected of beating to death a detainee earlier this month, the local investigation committee said on Wednesday.

Bank of Moscow to Seek Affected Party Status in Swiss Ex-Boss Probe

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:04:00 GMT

The Bank of Moscow will seek affected party status in a criminal case initiated by Swiss prosecutors against its former top managers Andrei Borodin and Dmitry Akulinin, a bank spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Army Officer Convicted for Shooting Guard Dogs

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:56:00 GMT

A court martial in Russia's Leningrad region convicted a unit commander on Wednesday for shooting dead army guard dogs while he was drunk, the Russian Prosecutor General's office said.

Court Turns Down Lebedev Damages Appeal

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Moscow's Tverskoy district court ruled against former Menatep head Platon Lebedev's compensation claim against the Finance Ministry for compensation for his illegal detention between May and August 2010.

Moscow Police Arrest Drivers With Body in Car Trunk

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:02:00 GMT

Two young men were arrested in southern Moscow for transporting a dead body in the unlocked trunk of their Audi sedan, city police said on Wednesday.

Ex-Bosnian Serb General Mladic Goes on Trial

Wed, 16 May 2012 01:05:00 GMT

The long-awaited trial of the former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic opens on Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague

Police Kill Dagestan Bomb Plotter

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:41:00 GMT

A mastermind of the May 3 deadly terrorist attack in Dagestan’s capital city of Makhachkala was killed in a special police operation early on Wednesday

Kazakhstan Police Search for Street Strippers

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:44:00 GMT

Police from the Kazakhstan city of Kostanai are searching for two young women who walked naked around the city’s streets, the Newsru.com web portal said on Tuesday.

Police Search City District for Bomb Plotter

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:59:00 GMT

Police in Makhachkala, Dagestan, placed a district of the city under a special counter-terrorist regime on Tuesday during a search for the mastermind of a twin bomb attack on May 3, a police spokesman in the north Caucasus republic said.

Chechen Poet Shot Dead by Mistake

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:11:00 GMT

While investigating the murder of prominent Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov, Moscow detectives came to the conclusion that he was killed by accident, the killer mistook the writer for his neighbor and fellow businessman Shamil Khan Besaev, Izvestia newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Russian Charged with Passing Bulava Missile Secrets

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:06:00 GMT

An employee at a Russian defense firm in the Urals region has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday.

More Police Abuse Cases Probed in Tatarstan

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:14:00 GMT

Investigators are looking into another instance of police abuse in Russia’s Volga Republic of Tatarstan, the Investigative Committee said on Monday.

49 Dismembered Bodies Found in North Mexico

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:10:00 GMT

Forty-nine dismembered bodies placed in plastic bags were found on a motorway near Monterrey in northern Mexico, prosecutors in the Nuevo Leon state said.

Swiss Block Former Bank of Moscow Bosses' Accounts

Sat, 12 May 2012 13:08:00 GMT

Swiss prosecutors have frozen the local bank accounts of Bank of Moscow's former head Andrei Borodin and his former deputy Dmitry Akulinin, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday.

Woman Skewered Dead in Moscow Bus

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:24:00 GMT

A post-holiday bus argument between two women in southern Moscow ended in one of them stabbed to death by a kebab skewer, police said on Saturday.

Siberian Cops Break Man’s Ribs, Dodge Jail

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:53:00 GMT

Three police officers in western Siberia received suspended sentences for detaining an innocent passer-by and delivering a brutal beating that left him with bruises and broken ribs, local investigators said on Friday.