The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MOI) is the interior ministry of Russia. Its predecessor was founded in 1802 by Alexander I in Imperial Russia. The Ministry is headquartered in Moscow.
The current Minister of Internal Affairs is General of Police Vladimir Kolokoltsev, who was the Moscow Police Commissioner between 2009 and 2012.
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FSB raided the 4th Department of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, diealing with disclosure of crimes committed on dedicated facilities (particularly, it is investigating the theft of the funds allocated for the GLONASS program).
The resignation of the head of the Ministry of Interior, General Denis Sugrobov is associated with a corruption scandal in his department.
Senior investigators of the MIA became defendants in a criminal case on abuse of power. However, the Basmanny court refused to arrest them.
The scandalous developer became a defendant in another criminal case, among the victims are the members of the Russian Olympic hockey team.
The gambling cas, which had caused a confrontation between the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office, led to a new conflict. This time, between the Investigative Committee and the Supreme Court.
The Russian Investigative Committee refused to close the criminal case against the former employees of the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kulikov and Farid Temirgaliev, who were accused of "protection racket" of the underground gambling business in the Moscow region.
The Central Bank revoked the license for banking operations from JSC "Joint-stock bank Pushkino" on September 30.