Crime in Russia

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Counterfeiters caught in Pavlovskiy district

Counterfeiters caught in Pavlovskiy district

Due to the vigilance of the cashier in the Kushchevskaya district of the Krasnodar region, the local police managed to arrest a gang of counterfeiters. The woman came to the police with counterfeit banknotes detected in the cashbox. …

Azerbaijani diplomat severely beaten in Moscow

Azerbaijani diplomat severely beaten in Moscow

Head of the Consular Department at Azerbaijan's Embassy in Russia, adviser Emil Maharramov was severely beaten by a taxi driver in Moscow on Apr. 16. Maharramov was taken to a hospital, where he received urgent …

Criminal injures police officer in Sergey-Pole

Criminal injures police officer in Sergey-Pole

In the village of Sergey-Pole in Sochi's Lazarev district a police officer was injured while arresting a criminal, the operational services of the region reported. The attacker shot at the officer during an identity check. "As …

Three counterfeiters detained in Georgia

Three counterfeiters detained in Georgia

Employees of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia have detained three previously-convicted citizens on suspicion of counterfeiting. "At this stage of the investigation instances of 222 counterfeit …

Former deputy prime minister of Armenia detained

Former deputy prime minister of Armenia detained

Yesterday a former Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, Vahan Shirkhanyan, was detained on criminal case According to the National Security Service (NSS) of the Republic, he is suspected of …

Varvara Karaulova to remain in custody until March 27th

Varvara Karaulova to remain in custody until March 27th

A student of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, Alexandra Ivanova (Varvara Karaulova), who is accused of trying to join the Daesh terrorist group, which is banned in Russia, will remain in custody for …

Azerbaijan to toughen penalties for false bankruptcy

Azerbaijan to toughen penalties for false bankruptcy

Azerbaijan plans to toughen the penalties for false and deliberate bankruptcy of enterprises. This is envisaged in the draft amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, which have been submitted for consideration by the Milli …

Vandals damage 40 graves in Orthodox cemetery in Maikop

Vandals damage 40 graves in Orthodox cemetery in Maikop

Vandals have desecrated about four dozen graves in an Orthodox cemetery in a suburb of the capital of Adygeya, the police have opened a criminal case, the head of the department on work with the territories of the mayor's office of Maikop, …

Two bandits eliminated near Nazran market place

Two bandits eliminated near Nazran market place

Two members of a bandit organization were killed during a special operation in Nazran, the Interior Ministry of Ingushetia reports. Today at approximately 17:00 MSK near the Central Market Hall in Nazran, law enforcement officers tried …

Man who shot doctors dead in Simferopol may be psychopath

Man who shot doctors dead in Simferopol may be psychopath

The head of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, in a statement on the occasion of extraordinary events in the republic, after the shooting dead of first aid doctors, said that the culprit was a madman. ‘’The law enforcement authorities are …

Details of shooting in Makhachkala suburb

Details of shooting in Makhachkala suburb

As a result of the shooting at a police officer’s family in a suburb of Makhachkala, two people were killed, including a 15-year old teenager. The officer was injured and sent to hospital, a representative of the Investigative Department of …

Sochi vice mayor to leave hospital

Sochi vice mayor to leave hospital

Sochi Vice Mayor Yevgeny Gorlov, who was beaten up during a sewer system check in early June, will be discharged from hospital soon, Yuga.ru reports. He had a brain injury. The vice mayor's treatment will continue at home

17th-century icon stolen in Karachay-Cherkessia

17th-century icon stolen in Karachay-Cherkessia

The police of Karachay-Cherkessia have detained a 23-year-old resident of Cherkessk who had allegedly stolen a 17th-century icon of the Holy Mother and PCs. The police identified the alleged thief in June, Interfax-South reports. …