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Russian Ex-Deputy PM Questioned over ‘Gay & Oral Phobias’

09:34 10/08/2013

A former government official-turned-popular blogger reported Friday being questioned over a complaint by the lawmaker behind Russia’s notorious anti-gay legislation.

Cat-Murdering Sniper Cop Faces Jail in Russia
20:09 09/08/2013
Redefining the term “roadkill,” a policeman in northern Russia shot dead a cat that ran out in front of his car – and now risks spending the next five years behind bars ruminating on his vigilante take on road safety.
Hygiene Watchdog Finds Disease in Moscow Migrant Camp
15:59 09/08/2013
A Russian health watchdog said Friday it had found minor violations of the hygiene and sanitation regulations at a detention camp set up in Moscow to house recently detained illegal immigrants.
Russian NGO Calls For Probe Into 'Unlawful' Moscow Migrant Camp
17:44 07/08/2013
A Russian human rights group called on local officials Wednesday to launch a probe into a camp set up by the Moscow authorities for foreigners awaiting deportation that it claims is “unlawful.”
Russian Police Smash 20-Year Old Drug and Murder Gang
14:01 06/08/2013
Russian investigators said Tuesday they have charged the members of a St. Petersburg crime gang suspected of carrying out a string of murders and smuggling drugs during the country’s turbulent 1990s.
Russian It-Girl Sobchak Called In for Questioning
21:28 05/08/2013
Russian socialite-turned-political activist Ksenia Sobchak said Monday that investigators had called her in for questioning regarding online insults to lawmakers who had backed anti-gay legislation.
Investigators to Look into Police Corruption Links at Russian Markets
15:38 01/08/2013
Investigators will carry out checks across Russia into suspected corruption involving the police, bureaucrats and traders at outdoor markets, the Investigative Committee said Thursday, after a recent incident at a Moscow market when a police officer was seriously injured.
Alleged Blind-Date Thieves Detained in Killing – Police
22:58 31/07/2013
Police have detained four members of a gang that allegedly killed and robbed a man they lured through an online dating site, an Investigative Committee spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Trendwatcher: Mizulina, Gay Activists – And Fame
01:03 30/07/2013
In Russia, it is illegal to insult a government official – though this law doesn’t make headlines very often.
Suspect Detained in Moscow Cop Skull-Bashing
21:02 29/07/2013
Moscow police said Monday that they had detained a man accused of bashing in a policeman’s skull during a brawl, which triggered a crackdown on marketplaces around the city.
After Cop’s Skull Bashed In, 300 Detained at Moscow Markets
17:36 29/07/2013
Police have rounded up 300 people to be “checked for complicity in crimes and offenses,” at markets around Moscow after an officer’s skull was bashed in while he attempted to detain a suspected sex offender, the city’s police department said Monday.
Woman Suspected of Burning Baby in Stove in Far East
08:26 26/07/2013
Police in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Territory are investigating the death of a newborn baby, believed to have been burned by his mother in a stove.
4 Charged in High-Profile Murder Case in Pugachyov
19:14 25/07/2013
Investigators have brought charges against four men over a recent high-profile murder case that ignited smoldering ethnic tensions in the Russian town of Pugachyov, the Investigative Committee said Thursday.
Russia’s Ex-Defense Minister Questioned, Lawyers Slam Leaks
13:35 24/07/2013
Lawyers acting for former Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov have criticized media leaks about an investigation into their client, as investigators questioned him yet again Tuesday over a major corruption scandal involving real estate sales, the RAPSI legal news agency reported Wednesday.
Russian Investigators Open New Defense Property Corruption Cases
12:10 23/07/2013
Russia’s Investigative Committee opened two new criminal cases Tuesday into sales of Defense Ministry real estate, part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption at the ministry’s property service company Oboronservis that has implicated high-level government officials.
Russian Wheelchair User’s Police-Beating Claim Investigated
22:07 19/07/2013
Russian authorities said Friday that they were investigating whether police used unnecessary force when inspecting a vehicle occupied by a handicapped man who has claimed that officers dragged him out and beat him.
Russian Opposition Mayor Is Removed From Office
23:16 18/07/2013
Yevgeny Urlashov, who won a rare landslide victory over the ruling United Russia party last year, is no longer mayor of Yaroslavl, according to a Thursday court ruling reported by the RAPSI legal news service.
Navalny’s Co-Defendant: Corrupt Biznes-man or Collateral Damage?
02:07 18/07/2013
This week, a little-known Russian business consultant named Pyotr Ofitserov finally took his eldest daughter on a long-promised visit to Moscow’s famed Tretyakov Gallery. They squeezed in the outing between errands on Tuesday afternoon, as Thursday Ofitserov expects to be jailed for up to five years.2
Suspected Attackers of Russian Lawmaker Face More Charges
23:09 16/07/2013
Four men, detained over last week’s attack on a Russian parliament member, face charges of robbery and extortion as part of another criminal case, the Russian Investigative Committee said Tuesday.
Female Russian Sex Slave Traders Avoid Jail
10:57 16/07/2013
Two women in Russia’s Far East got away with suspended jail sentences for their roles in selling 51 girls into sexual slavery in countries as far away as Greece and South Korea, Russian officials said on Tuesday.1

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