02/22/2018 23:20 | Moscow rounds up thief in law Pichuga's henchman ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ ) At the moment, Azizov has already been taken to Syktyvkar, he will soon be charged. According to the investigation, as a member of Pichugin's organized crime group, Azizov committed murders, was engaged in extortion and illegal arms sale. The group itself was created by Pichuga in the mid-1990s in ... |
02/12/2018 21:15 | Sign Of The Times? Putin Billboards 'Under Guard' By Off-Duty Police ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty ) Putin?" a police officer near the billboard asked an RFE/RL correspondent trying to document the scene. "Please do not photograph the president or our car. Show me your photos." The officer then ordered the reporter to delete all the images. A local blogger in Syktyvkar was also rebuffed when he tried ... |
02/10/2018 05:05 | Financier of Gaizer's gang explains how to leave gang ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ ) The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow continues the consideration of the criminal case of Komi Republic ex-Head Vyacheslav Gaizer, accused of corruption. At a meeting on February 8, Demian Moskvin, the alleged financier of a criminal group that included Gaizer, was questioned, Komsomolskaya ... |
12/20/2017 04:15 | Activist staged single-person protest against violations of Constitution, was detained by Komi police ( The Independent Barents Observer ) A single picket of Tatiana Ivanova started at about 12:15 on the main square of Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic. She stood in front of the entrance to the regional administration building and held a poster which read âCheaters, return the Stefanovskaya Square to protestersâ. She chose the ... |
11/28/2017 20:15 | Donkeys Seen Walking Out Of Indian Prison, Police Deny Arresting Them ( International Business Times ) They then took the bird into custody and was logged as a "suspected spy" in the area's official police diary. The area where it was found was said to be close to the conflict-torn region of Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, in 2013, a cat was detained near the city of Syktyvkar in the Komi province, Russia. |
10/17/2017 16:50 | Man who killed girlfriend's cat in washing machine faces animal cruelty charges ( TASS ) SYKTYVKAR, October 16. /TASS/. Police in the northern Russian town of Ukhta are pressing charges against a local resident who killed his girlfriend's ... |
10/06/2017 20:55 | Supreme Court of Komi upheld sentence to former Head of Forest Committee ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ ) The Supreme Court of Komi has upheld the decision of the Syktyvkar City Court which recognized the former officials of the region â Head of Forest ... |
09/24/2017 11:40 | Komi: Members of Ivanhoe OCG from Gaizer's case sentenced to suspended terms ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ ) The Kortkerossky District Court of Syktyvkar has announced the verdict to the former defendants of the Gaizer's case, charged with illegal circulation of ... |
09/09/2017 06:40 | Growing police pressure against Navalny's office in Murmansk ( The Independent Barents Observer ) Navalny now has three offices in the Russian north; in Syktyvkar, Vorkuta and Petrozavodsk. The Russian presidential elections are due in March ... |
08/08/2017 04:35 | Handed out Navalny's newspapers, were detained by Murmansk police ( The Independent Barents Observer ) From before, Navalny has two offices in the Russian north; in Syktyvkar and Vorkuta, the Komi Republic. Plans are underway to open an office also in ... |
07/26/2017 07:45 | Russian prosecutors ask Interpol to issue Red Notice for Vympelkom ex-head ( RAPSI ) As it has been reported earlier, Slobodin was put on the Russian federal wanted list, whereas in September 2016 a court in the town of Syktyvkar ... |
07/15/2017 10:35 | Lefortovo jail will not let Pichuga go ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ ) The lawyers of the thief in law challenged both the decision of the Syktyvkar court and the investigator's inaction. The defense was not satisfied with ... |
04/18/2017 06:25 | Investigation of case of Syktyvkar vice-mayor runaway to USA is resumed ( https://en.crimerussia.com/ ) The Syktyvkar Court began consideration of the case of the former deputy head of administration of Syktyvkar Sergey Luchenkov, who run away from ... |
08/09/2016 01:30 | Russian woman is thrown completely naked out of a moving car and is immediately RAPED ( Daily Mail ) Witnesses said they saw the 30-year-old tumbling out of the vehicle in the centre of Syktyvkar, capital of Russia's Komi Republic, 820 miles northeast ... |
09/26/2015 02:40 | Syktyvkar Mayor taken into custody ( Russia Beyond the Headlines ) The police have apprehended Syktyvkar Mayor Ivan Pozdeyev on counts of a criminal offence, a source with knowledge of the situation told Interfax on ... |
09/09/2015 09:55 | Man posts selfie with girlfriend's CORPSE ( Malaysia Chronicle ) ... announced a 5,000-ruble cash prize for the best selfie with the body of a 13-year-old Syktyvkar girl killed in a car accident, a police spokesman said. |
08/19/2015 09:15 | Russia probes 'selfie with dead' online community ( The Star Online ) A police spokesman in the northern city of Syktyvkar told AFP they have opened an investigation into a community called “Selfie with the Deceased” ... |
08/19/2015 01:15 | Selfies With The Dead Social Media Craze To Be Investigated By Russian Police Officers ( Huffington Post UK ) Her family, from the city of Syktyvkar in the north, told police how wary they were of people using mobile phone cameras at her funeral. "We are ... |
08/18/2015 09:15 | Police probe sick online craze where social media users take SELFIES with dead bodies for cash ( Mirror.co.uk ) ... a group on Russian social media site VK which is now being investigated by the authorities, a spokesman in the northern city of Syktyvkar told AFP. |
08/15/2015 01:15 | Russian Police Investigating Online Contest for Best Selfie with Deceased ( The Moscow Times (registration) ) Police in the northern Russian city of Syktyvkar launched an enquiry into a community on Russian social network Vkontakte dedicated to taking selfie ... |