Corruption

Sochi police officer detained for bribe of $55.6 thousand  

For this money the detainee promised not to bring a person to criminal responsibility.

Deputy Minister of Defense Ivanov turns out to own elite real estate 

Ex-head of MIA Directorate for Western Administrative District to be checked after kickboxer's statement 

Cheboksary ex-head convicted of embezzling money in favor of husband’s company 

The damage caused by the former official exceeded 20 million rubles.

St. Petersburg state institutions employees forced to fabricate candidacy list in favor of Beglov 

Zakharchenko's lawyers send 10 complaints to ECHR 

Saratov head of Russian Post makes employee watch his kids and do chores 

A criminal case has been initiated.

Head of Pushkinsky district Zhirkov takes square meters in Balashikha 

FSB colonel Cherkalin checked for involvement in other crimes 

Putin on crooked billionaires: “I feel responsible for this outrage”  

The President said that when he learns “about these billions,” he “is merely lost for words, at least those fit for printing.”

Khakassia: case of Exceeding Official Powers initiated against district head who attacked journalist 

Federal Security Service carries out searches in administration of Pushkinsky district 

Bashkiria: policeman hides apartment, foreign cars and motorboat 

The law enforcer has been fired due to loss of confidence.

Former UEFA Head Michel Platini released  

Former Vice-Mayor of Volgograd detained on suspicion of large-scale fraud 

Rosatom subsidiary ex-financial director arrested on suspicion of taking bribe of $233 thousand 

Vladimir Schennikov and his accomplices received money from competitors for not participating in state electronic auctions.

Deputy of Sverdlovsk Russian Railways head prosecuted after his boss shot himself  

Сontent of Sverdlovsk Railway ex-head’s suicide note revealed 

Stavropol head of criminal investigation department and his subordinate arrested for bribery 

The policemen are accused of extorting bribes for refusal to initiate criminal proceedings.

Former deputy head of ambassador in Northwestern Federal District Datsyshin released following requalification of article 

Sverdlovsk railway ex-head shot himself in Moscow after release from house arrest 

Court refuses to recognize loss of $30 thousand during searches in cottage of defendant in case into Putin’s residence 

Andrey Kaminov’s defense team is intent on appealing the decision.

Psebay police chief caught extorting bribe 

Chamber of Accounts finds signs of corruption in Spartak Stadium land lease contracts 

Moldovan politician and businessman Renato Usatii released after interrogation 

On the eve, he returned to Moldova, where he faces up to 20 years in prison for organizing an attempted murder.

French authorities confirm that €3.5mln house in Biarritz belongs to Putin’s family 

Dagestan: fake butter supplied to schools and kindergartens stealing $1mn on supplies 

Businessman Mikhail Derbenev’s death year ago and "Tyumen-Sevastopol" partnership: where’s the link? 

In early June last year, 40-year-old Director of the state-owned unitary enterprise Proekt Razvitiya Balaklavy ('Balaklava Development Project') Mikhail Derbenev was found dead in his Sevastopol apartment. He died under mysterious circumstances, and his death was preceded by a scandal about 380 million rubles ($5.9 mln) from budget of Yugra that disappeared in offshores in Cyprus and Seychelles through OOO Lloyd-Patterson, the founder of which he is still him. The CrimeRussia was figuring out what could have caused the businessman’s death, what is the connection between Tyumen, Yugra, Sevastopol and Karachay-Cherkessia, how the governor Ovsyannikov develops Balaklava (and does he?) and why the head of the Ministry of Construction Vladimir Yakushev and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin have been spoted in this story.

Deputy head of Krasnodar region Ministry of Agriculture extorts $62k from businessman 

St. Petersburg: former deputy head of FSIN Directorate detained while leaving court after acquittal 

Former leadership of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Karachay-Cherkessia convicted of swindling 

Earlier, their counterparties received conditional terms.

Renato Usatîi – source of fakes in ‘colonel Zakharchenko case’ 

Former Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of Astrakhan Region convicted of bribe-taking 

Building of MUP Servis in Novomoskovsk raided 

The entity’s former managers are suspected of corruption.

Ex-police officer detained in Moscow region for mediating bribe of $27.8 thousand 

Krasnodar region: police officer who extorted $772 from businessman detained