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76 storiesGermany detains ex-BND chief Hanning on suspicion of espionage
August Hanning, who headed Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, has been detained on suspicion of espionage, obtaining state secrets and attempted high treason, according to German and Russian outlets. His former …
Russia drops “fake army news” case against hospice founder Moniava
Russia's Investigative Committee has closed the criminal case against Lida Moniava, founder of the Dom s Mayakom children's hospice and charity fund, for lack of corpus delicti, her lawyer and support group said on 6 October. She had been c…
Moscow court orders in absentia arrest of journalist Andrei Loshak in terrorism case
A Moscow court on 29 September ordered the in absentia arrest of journalist and documentary filmmaker Andrei Loshak in a case of justifying terrorism, according to court records and state agencies. He has also been placed on a wanted list, …
Book with Salvador Dalí cover stolen from French art centre in Issoudun
A single-copy book, “Apocalypse” by Joseph Foret with a bronze cover made by Salvador Dalí, was stolen from a contemporary art centre in Issoudun, France, overnight into 5 October 2026. Kommersant says the work weighs more than 200 kg, RBC …
Moscow court cuts blogger Ayaz Shabutdinov's fraud sentence to six years
The Moscow City Court's appeals instance reduced blogger and business coach Ayaz Shabutdinov's sentence by one year, from seven years to six years in a general-regime colony, Kommersant and vc.ru reported. He was convicted of fraud in Octob…
Kazakhstan detains former navy chief over deaths of 14 servicemen in Caspian exercise
Kazakhstan's Interior Ministry said the former commander-in-chief of its navy has been detained and placed in a temporary detention facility over negligence in a case concerning the deaths of 14 servicemen during exercises in the Caspian Se…
Director of Russia's Patriot Park detained on suspicion of taking bribes
Igor Vasilyev, general director of the Patriot Park, has been detained on suspicion of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale, according to TASS and Kommersant. The Investigative Committee's Main Military Investigative Directorate p…
St Petersburg police detain two over robbery of courier carrying scam money
Police in St Petersburg detained two suspects accused of robbing a woman who was acting as a courier for phone scammers. A 76-year-old resident had handed the courier more than 3.1 million rubles after callers persuaded her to “declare” her…
Ex-RZD employees in Irkutsk region get 5-9 years for 88 mln ruble bribes
A court in the Irkutsk region convicted four former employees of Russian Railways (RZD) structural divisions in a bribery case. They were sentenced to five to nine years in a strict regime colony, with various fines and confiscation of prop…
Charles III bars former Prince Andrew from using his funds to pay police lawsuit
King Charles III and Buckingham Palace have made clear that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, cannot use the funds provided for his upkeep as the king's brother to pay for his lawsuit against police. The case concerns Fe…
Russia's Investigative Committee reports fall in crimes by migrants in 2026
Russia's Investigative Committee said migrants committed about 18,000 offences in the first eight months of 2026, 39% fewer than a year earlier, with their share of all crimes falling from 5% to 3%. The same release reported a 13% rise in c…
Mishustin says cybercrime in Russia fell almost a third over eight months
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the number of cybercrimes in Russia fell by almost a third in the first eight months of 2026, referring to common types of online crime. Vedomosti reported that the interior ministry earlier put the dro…
Two Patriot Park deputy directors arrested in Moscow criminal case
Two deputy directors of Russia’s Patriot Park have been detained or arrested in a criminal case, with TASS reporting they are suspected of fraud and bribery. RBC named the two as first deputy Sergei Fedosov and deputy director for operation…
Man sentenced to 2.5 years of forced labor for attack on children's camp in Tuva
A court in Tuva sentenced a man to two and a half years of forced labor for beating children at the “Orlyonok” camp in June 2026, the regional prosecutor's office said, according to Interfax. Interfax reported that 14 minors were injured an…
Two teenagers detained in Russia's Kuzbass over railway sabotage case
Two teenagers have been detained in Kuzbass over damage to a railway relay cabinet, with TASS describing the case as arson and RIA Novosti as suspected sabotage. RBC later reported that law enforcement in Kemerovo Oblast detained the two mi…
FSB arrests Tambov resident suspected of preparing car bombs on Ukrainian orders
Russia's FSB said it detained and arrested a Tambov resident born in 1971 suspected of preparing to blow up cars of defense industry employees on instructions from Ukrainian special services. The FSB said the man contacted Ukrainian special…
Trump approves execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter, Russian outlets report
US President Donald Trump approved the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted for the 2009 attack on servicemen at the Fort Hood base in Texas, according to Russian state agencies and RBC. TASS said the crime was the largest of its kind …
Russian Defence Ministry says it is cooperating with probe into Patriot Park chief
Russia's Defence Ministry said it is working closely with military investigators and giving maximum assistance to the criminal case against Igor Vasilyev, general director of the ministry's Central Patriot Park, who was detained on suspicio…
Two convicted in Russia's Primorye for railway terrorist acts
Two people have been convicted in Russia's Primorye region for terrorist acts on the railway, according to TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS reported the convicted are minors, while RIA described them as residents. No details on the incidents or s…
Moscow court detains man accused of murdering businesswoman and her daughter
A Moscow court has ordered the detention of Temuraz Gogiashvili, accused of murdering businesswoman Yelena Tsereteli and her 19-year-old daughter, TASS, RIA Novosti and Vedomosti reported. Vedomosti said the Kuzminsky district court held hi…