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Carpenter Beaten With Own Tools After Shirking Sex Debt – Police

13:14 12/09/2013

Russian police have detained three young women, including a minor, suspected of beating a 26-year-old Siberian furniture maker with his own tools, and then robbing him, after the victim allegedly reneged on a promise to pay them about $150 for sex, police in the Siberian city of Irkutsk said Thursday.

Russian Police Catch Bribe-Seeking Pension Fund Officials
15:06 11/09/2013
Police officers caught several high-ranking officials in Russia’s Pension Fund demanding a 3.5 million ruble ($106,000) bribe from their buildings’ security company, the police announced Wednesday.
Grenade Kills 1, Injures 1 in Ukrainian Village – Police
18:14 03/09/2013
One man has been killed and another injured in an apparent grenade explosion in a Ukrainian village, local police said Tuesday.
Dozens of Immigrants Found in Russian Military Facility
10:58 03/09/2013
Russian police discovered 42 immigrants living and working at a Defense Ministry facility in the Moscow Region, the Interior Ministry announced Tuesday.
Police Kill Bear Roaming Street in Russia’s Far East
09:42 01/09/2013
Police have killed a bear that was roaming through a city in Russia’s Far East and threatening locals, the Interior Ministry said Sunday.
Russian Woman Faces Trial for Slapping Barefoot Policeman – Prosecutors
17:02 29/08/2013
A Russian woman who hit a policeman in the face and forced him out of her apartment leaving him barefoot, has been charged with using violence against a police officer, prosecutors said Thursday.
Would-be Robber Leaves Gun in Moscow Fitness Club – Police
18:43 27/08/2013
A man detained by police after a gun was found in a bag in a Moscow fitness club was planning a robbery and a kidnapping, a spokesperson for city police said Tuesday.
Police Seize Putin-in-Drag Portrait
16:59 27/08/2013
Police confiscated a satirical portrait of Russia’s president and premier clad in women’s underwear – along with paintings depicting arch-conservative lawmakers and the Moscow Patriarch with prison tattoos – from a provocative museum in St. Petersburg, its owner and the police said Tuesday.1
Moscow Cops Escorted Cars for Cash – Reports
16:48 27/08/2013
Four policemen in the Russian capital face trial following an investigation that found they had been providing motorized police escort to VIP customers for cash last year, local media reported Tuesday.
10 Russians Detained for Commemorating Czechoslovakian Invasion – Police
22:45 25/08/2013
Moscow police said that 10 protesters were detained Sunday for rallying on Moscow’s iconic Red Square to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia - and the protest rally of Soviet dissidents that got the original participants jailed, exiled or forcibly committed to psychiatric institutions.
Navalny Briefly 'Invited' to Police Station After Rally
22:31 25/08/2013
The opposition Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny was briefly detained Sunday over alleged violations during a rally, police said.
Plane Overshoots Runway in Moscow, No Injuries
15:04 25/08/2013
A passenger plane overshot the runaway at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Sunday, but no one was hurt in the incident, a police spokesman said.
Newborn Baby Found Alive in Trash Can in Russia’s North
11:36 25/08/2013
Police in Russia's northern republic of Komi are investigating the discovery of a newborn found alive in a trash can, a police spokesman said Sunday.
Russian Kills Official, Says Aimed At Bird – Investigators
09:33 25/08/2013
A Russian man who has been detained on suspicion of having killed an official in central Russia says he had aimed at a crow, Russia’s investigative committee said Sunday.
Suspected Serial Burglar Nabbed in C. Russia
12:08 24/08/2013
Police have detained a man suspected of burglarizing some 20 homes in central Russia, the Interior Ministry reported Saturday.
Russian Scholar Allegedly Beaten by Cops Is Investigated – Report
20:15 22/08/2013
Moscow police are investigating a scholar who claims to have been beaten up by three police officers, a Russian state newspaper said Thursday.
Dead Newborn Found in Trashcan in Russia’s North
17:34 20/08/2013
Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby whose dead body was found in a park in Russia’s northern city of Arkhangelsk, the local investigative committee said.
Top Russian Hockey Player on Police Assault Charge
15:17 20/08/2013
A Russian KHL hockey player has been charged following the violent assault of a police officer in the city of Almetyevsk over the weekend, prosecutors said.
Russian Police Bust $30 Mln Bank Guarantee Fraud
14:53 20/08/2013
The Moscow police said Tuesday it had arrested fraudsters who sold fake bank guarantees worth a total 1 billion rubles ($30 million) to state contractors in Russia.
Public Porn Screener in Kazakhstan ‘Just Wanted to Have Fun’
19:23 19/08/2013
A 20-year-old man who allegedly screened a porn movie on the facade of a concert hall in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, told police that he “just wanted to have some fun” after a friend told him the password for the hall’s outdoor video billboard, local media reported Monday.

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