Latest Crime News from Russia

Authorities Detain Balashikha Hostel Administrator After Deadly FireA 51-year-old woman faces charges for illegally operating a hostel where four Cuban migrants died in a fire in January.

Feb 26, 2026

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Arkhangelsk resident accused of beating girl and mother for yearsThe defendant has confessed to systematically abusing his cohabitant and her daughter from 2023 to 2025.

Feb 26, 2026

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16-Year-Old Drug Dealer Detained in Ryabkovo After Chelyabinsk RunThe girl explained how it happened.

Feb 26, 2026

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Novosibirsk Beer Shop Raid Uncovers Illegal Gaming MachinesLaw enforcement officials seized two illegal gambling terminals during a raid on a beer shop in Novosibirsk, the regional prosecutor's office reported.

Feb 26, 2026

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Makorov Brothers May Be Released from Pretrial DetentionYegor and Makar Makarov will appear in Orenburg's Leninsky District Court today, January 29, as their pretrial detention order expires on February 3.

Feb 26, 2026

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Teen who attacked fallen soldier's daughter placed on police registerA teenager in the Rostov region who attacked his classmate, the daughter of a deceased soldier, has been placed on a police preventive register. His parents have also been held administratively liable.

Feb 26, 2026

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Witnesses Sought as Rostov Schoolboy Put on Preventive RegisterA Rostov schoolboy who attacked the daughter of a deceased soldier has been placed on preventive police registration, and his parents have been fined for inadequate upbringing.

Feb 26, 2026

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Trial begins for banned group claiming USSR still existsTwo residents of Shumikha face criminal charges for running a cell of an organization banned as extremist. They could be sentenced to up to eight years in prison.

Feb 25, 2026

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Siberian woman gets prison for torturing child who diedA Novosibirsk woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for torturing a nine-year-old girl, who later died. One of the co-defendants died during the investigation.

Feb 25, 2026

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‘Mom, I dream of my brother every day.’ A mother's year-long fight for her son's killersShortly before his death, the family of Samrat Dzhavadov received a video showing him on his knees and covered in blood. After two weeks of searching, his mother found his body in a Moscow region forest herself.

Feb 25, 2026

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Krasnoyarsk addict attacks inspector during child custody attemptA 37-year-old woman in Krasnoyarsk has been charged after attacking a juvenile affairs inspector who attempted to take her two-year-old child into state custody.

Feb 25, 2026

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Yakutia College Deputy Accused in Bribery SchemeThe acting first deputy director of a college in Yakutia is accused of taking bribes to issue fake driving school certificates, with the scheme running from 2021 to 2025.

Feb 25, 2026

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Deserter in Chita Robs Jewelry Store at KnifepointA military court in Chita has sentenced a serviceman who deserted and then robbed a jewelry store at knifepoint.

Feb 25, 2026

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Telegram channel admin in Tula fined for satanism*A 30-year-old woman from Tula was fined for running a Telegram channel dedicated to esotericism, fortune-telling, and magic after posting extremist symbols.

Feb 25, 2026

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Novosibirsk man to face trial for 2010 murderThe suspect has confessed to a murder committed 15 years ago, and the case has been sent to court after renewed investigation.

Feb 25, 2026

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Yakutia Supreme Court reduces sentence for official in subsidy embezzlementThe Supreme Court of Yakutia has reduced the prison terms for former officials convicted of embezzling over 10 million rubles (about $100,000 at current rates) in agricultural subsidies.

Feb 25, 2026

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Krasnokamensk Court Convicts HCS Director of BriberyThe Krasnokamensk City Court found the director of the municipal housing utility guilty of taking a bribe through an intermediary for awarding a contract.

Feb 25, 2026

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Yakut Man Gets Suspended Sentence for Half-Kilo Gold TransportA 42-year-old man from Yakutia has been given a 2.5-year suspended sentence for illegally transporting half a kilogram of gold. He must also pay a fine of 200,000 rubles (approximately $2,200 at current rates).

Feb 25, 2026

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Rostov cases: saleswoman kills classmate, lawyer murders wifeThis series details five notorious criminal cases from Rostov Oblast that have concluded with verdicts, exploring the crimes and their resolutions.

Feb 25, 2026

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Moscow Court Detains Man for Drunken Attack on Wife and SonHe worked at his wife's company.

Feb 25, 2026

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Messenger scammers invent customs, fees, deposit payments until victim is brokeA resident of Yessentuki transferred more than 2 million rubles (about $22,000 at current rates) to fraudsters during an attempted online car purchase.

Feb 25, 2026

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Dagestani stabs friend, attempts to burn family aliveIn Dagestan, a woman and two children miraculously escaped a burning apartment after a brutal attack that left a man dead.

Feb 25, 2026

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Goal is to Sow Panic: Surgut Residents Warned of Threats in ChatsParents and schoolchildren are being frightened by messages about attacks on educational institutions.

Feb 24, 2026

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Scammers Force Student to Search Parents' Apartment, Steal $15,800She attempted to withdraw an additional $9,500, but the bank's security service blocked the transaction.

Feb 24, 2026

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Shchyokino pensioner gets 3-year suspended sentence for cannabisA court in Russia's Tula region has handed a three-year suspended sentence to a pensioner for storing a large quantity of marijuana.

Feb 24, 2026

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