News: Criminal

Ankvab Assassination Suspects Officially Charged

All were arrested by police investigating the attack

Police: Chechen Poet Murdered by Mistake

Investigators have reached the conclusion that Chechen poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov was mistaken for his neighbor when he was shot

Bout Transferred to Supermax Prison in Colorado

The convicted arms dealer will spend 25 years in solitary confinement at the facility

Russia Arrests Terror Suspects in Abkhazia

Russian investigators claim the suspects were preparing attacks against the 2014 Olympics in Sochi

Azerbaijani Diaspora Leader Gunned Down in Ukraine

Igbal Makhmudov, chairman of the Donestsk Regional Azerbaijani Congress, was shot dead in Ukraine's Donetsk region

1,500 Police, 2,500 Witnesses Involved in Dnepropetrovsk Investigation

521 officers are currently walking the streets, 18 of them with bomb-sniffing dogs, as well as 180 patrol vehicles and horse riders

Georgian Police Claim to Avert Terrorist Attack

Police reportedly apprehended a man who dropped an explosive device near the Zugdidi Prosecutor's office

13 Killed, 100 Injured in Attacks in Dagestan

At least 13 people were killed and 100 injured in two bombings overnight in Makhachkala

Suspect in 2007 Ankvab Assassination Attempt Arrested

Police in Abkhazia have arrested Edlar Chitanava, a suspect in the July 2007 assassination attempt against the territory’s de facto president

Three Shot Dead in Kiev Café

Three men were killed after arriving to settle an argument in a cafe

At Least 27 Injured in Series of Bombings in Dnepropetrovsk

27 people injured in 10 explosions in Dnepropetrovsk

'Alchemist' Russian Colonel Received $1 Million Bribe

The Interior Ministry officer was caught red-handed during the exchange

Airborne Soldiers Stabbed in Fight

One soldier was killed and another injured in a knife fight with local residents

Georgia Pardons 200 Prisoners for Easter

They left prisons on April 15 and were able to spend Easter with their families

Radioactive Material Smuggled into Turkey from Georgia

Turkish police seized 500 grams of Cesium-137 a nuclear isotope

Mekhtiyev’s Friends Call Murder Hate Crime

The Muslim figure was stabbed and his body mutilated in Moscow last night

Former Police Chief Killed in Ingushetia

Investigators believe revenge to be the motive of the crime

Counterfeit Georgian Wine Seized in Russia

Russian police confiscated 9,000 bottles of wine and materials to label them as Georgian varieties

Former Mayor Gunned Down in Moscow

Sergey Ponomarenko, mayor of the town of Shakhty was shot in his car at a gas station

Russian Policemen Convicted of Torture

Two police officers in the town of Kostroma were convicted of beating and electrocuting two suspected thieves

Policeman Shot in Makhachkala

The suspect's burning car was found after the incident

Assassinations of Imans Increase in Dagestan

Police are now searching for a criminal charged with numerous crimes in today’s murder of an imam and his bodyguard in Dagestani

Police Brutality Emerges in Samara Murder Case

An investigation into the circumstances of death of Mamuka Kakhishvili, 19, continues in a Russian town of Samara

Five Bodies Discovered in Dagestani Forest

Police are currently working at the scene worrying the bodies my be booby-trapped

Georgian Politician Arrested for 'Coup'

Valery Gelbakhiani was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia four years ago