Moscow police detained six people suspected of illegal cash withdrawals, after the group’s monthly turnover reached 100 million russian rubles (US$1.59 million),TASS news agency reported Friday quoting the police.

The Russian Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Wednesday that it detained a suspect in a case of 16 stolen barrels of pine seed worth four million rubles (USD$63,500).

The Russian Ministry of Interior announced on Friday that 10 people will stand trial for allegedly conducting 4 billion rubles (US$64 million) of illegal banking activities in the Russian Chuvash Republic.

Filming near the residence of Russian president Vladimir Putin may be paid with freedom, which happened to three journalists who were detained on Monday in Moscow, Russianmedia reported.

Montenegro aspires to join the EU. But banking documents from the Troika Laundromat show that the country is a destination for millions of illicit dollars from Russia — and expose how the money was moved.

The Russian government removed the names of all Crimean business owners from the public registry on Tuesday in a move that scorned anti-corruption and organized crime advocates throughout the region.

A defendant tried to make a quick exit from his Tuesday morning corruption trial in Moscow by declaring he did nothing wrong, pulling out a razor and cutting his wrist, The Moscow Times reported.

Moscow police detained about 200 out of the 2,000 people who marched on Wednesday to show support for journalist Ivan Golunov, even though he was released a day earlier.

The Russian Minister of the Interior announced on Tuesday that charges against Ivan Golunov were dropped and he was released from custody. He also said that he petitioned the Kremlin for officials involved in the case to be investigated.

A former Russian anti-corruption official was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Monday for being corrupt himself and was sent to a maximum security correctional facility, according to The Moscow Times.

With his official salary, it would take the head bodyguard of Russia’s prime minister more than 100 years to pay for this luxury home.

Meduza hasallowed media free distribution of Ivan Golunov’s investigations that were previously copyrighted in order to spread the work of the journalist, whom authorities have put under house arrest after accusing him of drug dealing.

The family of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a controversial elder statesman of Russian politics and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, owns undeclared property worth an estimated $135 million.

The reputations of the police chief in charge of the investigation and the doctor who assessed the condition of Ivan Golunov, the journalist who was arrested last week and charged with intent to sell drugs, have come under fire for their opaque histories.

A Russian investigative journalist who was arrested on Thursday in Moscow was formally charged on Saturday with intent to sell drugs that police claim they found when they searched him and his home.

Russian police arrested investigative journalist Ivan Golunov on Thursday, accusing him of possessing club drugs, which Golunov claims were planted on him. He also claims the officers beat him during his arrest and detainment.

It is widely known that major Russian media outlets — especially television — are controlled by the government. But who actually manages the Kremlin’s grip? This is the story of Alexey Gromov, a former diplomat who has gained great influence and power as Vladimir Putin’s media puppetmaster.

Russia’s Economy Ministry has proposed a new bill that would make it more difficult for anti-corruption activists and journalists to access information in the country’s Unified Land Registry (EGRN).

A Russian environmental activist was brutally beaten after discovering a mysterious chapel in a forest by the sea. Journalists followed the building’s trail - and it led them straight to Russia’s powerful Federal Guard Service.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Wednesday a divisive bill into law that aims to increase the country’s sovereignty over its Internet and help defend against foreign cyber attacks. Critics, however, claim the law will further limit the country’s media freedom.