Russian Investigative Committee


The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has since January 2011 been the main federal investigating authority in Russia. Its name (Sledstvennyi komitet) is usually abbreviated to Sledkom. The agency replaced the Russian Prosecutor General’s Investigative Committee and operate as Russia's Anti-corruption agency. It is answerable to the President of Russia and has statutory responsibility for inspecting the police forces, combating police corruption and police misconduct and is responsible for conducting investigations into local authorities and federal governmental bodies.

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They came for Vekselberg: why there were searches in Renova and T Plus

Business06.09.2016

As part of a bribery case in Komi, the Investigative Committee detained two top managers of Viktor Vekselberg's companies: Managing Director of Renova, Yevgeny Olkhovik, and general director of T Plus, Boris Vainzikher. The third person involved is the former head of the T Plus and CEO of VimpelCom. Mikhail Slobodin, who said he was leaving VimpelCom at midnight. 

Key assets of Belianinov's wife and daughter are associated with real estate and medicine

Officials28.07.2016

Vedomosti found out what business do the close relatives of the head of the Federal Customs Service.

Meeting with the investor: why governor Nikita Belykh was arrested

Crime27.06.2016

Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh was datained in Moscow on June 24. He is accused of receiving €400.000 for the cronyism of the local wood processing companies. One of these companies also appeared in another FSB case. 

Illegal bonus: why the former head of RusHydro was detained

Society23.06.2016

Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against former RusHydro head Yevgeny Dod, suspecting him of theft of 73.2 million rubles. The protege of Anatoly Chubais and Igor Sechin spoiled relations with those who supported him, say the managers familiar with the situation. 

Yevgeny Dod is reminded of premiums

Society22.06.2016

Former Chairman of the Board of JSC RusHydro was accused of fraud.

Tragedy in Karelia: what is known about the death of Moscow schoolchildren

Crime20.06.2016

Students of the Park-Hotel Syamozero camp died, while rafting on the lake in Karelia during the storm. The Investigative Committee announced the arrest of two top managers of the company that organized the tour, and the two instructors who accompanied the children.

Project designer of Vostochny comsodrome faces seven years in prison

Crime17.06.2016

Chief engineer of the Ministry of Defense Project Institute is accused of embezzling 14 million rubles by concluding fictitious contracts

Nemtsov was killed by a ghost

Crime15.06.2016

Records of a video register and weather cameras on Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge make the picture of what was happening before and after the assassination of the politician even more incomprehensible.

National hooligan scene: what kind of Russia its hooligans represent in Marseille

Society14.06.2016

Fans in Marseille adequately represent the official policies and the mass consciousness of the post-Crimean Russia.

Security forces came to the pharmacy

Business20.05.2016

The office of "36.6" chain has been searched.

RBC investigation: what the Russian trade unions live upon

Society29.04.2016

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions will celebrate May Day by conducting a march in support of the workers. As clarified by RBC, the budget of the largest trade union organization in the country is measured in billions of rubles, much of which is earned on the property, inherited from the Soviet Union for free.

Damage from fraud during the construction of Vostochny reached 1.4 billion

Crime18.02.2016

Investigators charged the management of the "Volga-Vyatka construction company" with new episodes of fraud.

Ex-deputy head of the Federal Tax Service is accused of waste of money in the Crimea

Crime11.02.2016

Defendants in the case of carving up the budget funds in the tax department will start getting acquainted with the materials.

Sergey Pugachev — RBC: "Perhaps, I'd rather stay at home"

Business11.02.2016

The verdict to Sergey Pugachev will be announced by the High Court in London on February 11; the fugitive businessman can be convicted to two years in prison for contempt to court. Pugachev tried to convince RBC that the court decision does not threaten him.

RBC investigation: what came out of the "case of Nemtsov"

Crime21.01.2016

Investigators tried twice to present charges in absentia to Ruslan Geremeev, a possible organizer of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, but both times the decision wasn't signed  by the head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.

Prosecutors will be told about the death of Christophe de Margerie

Officials19.01.2016

They are not satisfied with the first version of the investigation.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is put on the federal wanted list

Crime09.12.2015

The former head of Yukos is accused in absentia for the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk.

Nemtsov might have been killed in the autumn of 2014

Crime20.11.2015

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation established the exact date when preparations began for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov. This happened in September, 2014. The total payment for the crime committers should have been 15 million rubles. They were ready to murder Nemtsov as early as in October, but an opportunity turned up only four months later.

Businessman and human rights activist has been left in France

Society05.11.2015

The Prosecutor General's request for the extradition of a defender in the case on theft of Stankoimport assets has been rejected.

Investigators examine the aircrafts and finances of Kogalymavia

Society02.11.2015

Last year, the airline's profit fell by 36 times, and the debts increased almost threefold.

FSB seeks billions in scrap metal

Crime29.10.2015

In St. Petersburg, Moscow, Samara, Saransk there are dozens of searches of scrap metal exporters. They are charged with 200 million rubles of illegal VAT, possibly up to 3 billion. Scrap metal was transported to Scotland on instructions from Israel.

UAE released the accused in the murder of Paul Klebnikov

Crime28.10.2015

UAE authorities released the Chechen crime lord Kazbek Dukuzov from prison; he is wanted for the murder of the chief editor of the Russian version of Forbes Paul Klebnikov.

General of fraud cases

Crime22.10.2015

The investigation is looking for a fictitious deputy of Alexander Bortnikov.

The case of the stolen credits is discontinued

Crime07.10.2015

The former first vice-governor of Tyumen Oblast is wanted for bribing the police.

During the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome more than 5 billion rubles have been stolen

Crime11.09.2015

The number of defendants in the case has increased: it was found out that not only the management of Dalspetsstroy, but also the employees took bard in the embezzlement 

Moscow region official was left without apartments in Alps

Officials24.08.2015

Lots of pretenders claim Alexey Kuznetsov's property.

The Soyuz wars

Business24.06.2015

Open letter of the shareholder of Soyuz Corporation Andrey Baranov to Alexander Bastrykin.

What happened to Skolkovo

Business23.03.2015

Skolkovo Innovation Center was eastablished to show the world the triumph of the Russian science, but in recent years the project had been plagued by failures. Why Medvedev's modernization project stalled, as investigated by RBC reporters.