Crime in Russia

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Bank robbed in St. Petersburg

Bank robbed in St. Petersburg

On Saturday, an unknown robbed one of the St. Petersburg banks, taking four million rubles. The robbery happened on Veterans Avenue around 16.40. The press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. …

Simferopol FSB officers discover large drug laboratory

Simferopol FSB officers discover large drug laboratory

FSB officers identified and thwarted the activities of a large laboratory for the production of synthetic drugs in Simferopol, the press service of the Crimean department informed. According to the FSB, the laboratory was located in one …

St Petersburg official sets up casino in his apartment

St Petersburg official sets up casino in his apartment

St. Petersburg security officials found an underground casino in the apartment of a municipal official, a source familiar with the case informed. "In the apartment of a municipal official on Kronverksky Prospekt, an underground …

Father Frost  beaten  in St. Petersburg

Father Frost beaten in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, an investigation was initiated after a fight and robbery on New Year's Eve. The corresponding message was published today by the press service of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On …

Brawl takes place in Rostov restaurant

Brawl takes place in Rostov restaurant

In one of the restaurants in Rostov-on-Don, a mass brawl took place, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Rostov Region reports. According to the department, the fight took place in a restaurant in the northern district of the …

Forbidden plants enthusiast from Crimea to go to prison

Forbidden plants enthusiast from Crimea to go to prison

A resident of the Simferopol region of Crimea will spend the next four years in prison for growing cannabis due to the verdict of a local court, the press service of the republican prosecutor's office reported. "The court …

Suspect in Ella Pamfilova’s assault detained

Suspect in Ella Pamfilova’s assault detained

Law enforcement officers detained the suspect in the robbery at CEC chairman Ella Pamfilova’s house, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk, reported, noting that the detained is a native of one of the …

Yacht hijackers caught in Turkey

Yacht hijackers caught in Turkey

Four people, including a Russian citizen, were detained in Turkey. The yacht which they were driving had been hijacked in early April of this year from the Spanish port of Palma. The rest of the detainees are Turkish citizens. …

High-ranking policeman caught on bribe in Saki

High-ranking policeman caught on bribe in Saki

In Saki, a criminal case opened against the deputy head of the Saki Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The relevant message is published on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in …

State Duma supports easing of Criminal Code

State Duma supports easing of Criminal Code

The first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation, Vyacheslav Lysakov, supported President Vladimir Putin’s bill on the termination of criminal cases after the damages are payed. The …

Kuban pensioner set house on fire trying to oust residents

Kuban pensioner set house on fire trying to oust residents

A resident of the Yeisk District appealed to the law enforcement agency with a statement about arson. According to him, someone threw a self-made torch into the open window of his house, the Main Office of the Russian Federation Ministry of …

Lawsuit filed against owners of Summa company

Lawsuit filed against owners of Summa company

Law enforcement officers suspected the co-owners of the Summa group, Magomed Magomedov and Ziyavudin Magomedov, of embezzlement and creation of a criminal community, the press secretary of Moscow’s Tver court, Anastasia Dzyurko, said …

Airport employee arrested in Moscow for mining cryptocurrency

Airport employee arrested in Moscow for mining cryptocurrency

The FSB  conducted a search at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on December 5, 2017. One employee, a system administrator, had seemingly launched a bitcoin mining farm right at his workplace, Russia Beyond reports with a reference to the …

Drunk thief sticks in apartment

Drunk thief sticks in apartment

An Astrakhan thief succumbed to the temptation to drink vodka in an apartment, which he was going to rob, the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Astrakhan region reports. In August, the owners of a private …

Realtors-fraudsters convicted in Krasnodar

Realtors-fraudsters convicted in Krasnodar

Today, the Krasnodar court sentenced five realtors, who sold non-existent apartments cost about 100 million rubles. Among the convicted were Natalia Roshupkina, Olga Budarina, Svetlana Shutkina, Anna Buldakova and Danila Yakovenko. The …

Petrosyan sentenced to 12 years

Petrosyan sentenced to 12 years

The Moscow District Military Court on Thursday sentenced businessman Aram Petrosyan, who seized a Citibank office in downtown Moscow last year, to 12 years in jail, TASS reports. The court ruled to find Petrosyan guilty of …

Newborn baby left in Kuban forest

Newborn baby left in Kuban forest

A newborn baby was found today in a forest of the Dinsky district, the press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the region reports. A random passer-by found a child. The law enforcement officers carry out checks to …