On the evening 12 September it was detained Shamil Buraev who is the former Head of Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya and now a middle-size businessman residing in near Moscow area. Till the middle of the last year he was not a very...

Sergei Dorovskoi. Former vice-governor of the Lipetsk region. He was Deputy Governor Korolev in economics and finance in 1998-2002. His closest friends and business partners are Gennady Alekseev, a famous criminal, and Pavel Sopot who has...

All the last week the journalists of the Novaya were kept asked same question “What’s happening to investigation of the Politkovskaya’s case?” We answer: investigation is being prevented and the criminal case messed up. A professional...

Ten people have been arrested on suspicion of the involvement in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. In relation to that the official statement was made that this crime has been solved. This is not so. First, it’s not all involved who are...

Ten people, suspected of being involved in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, have been arrested. This information was communicated today by General Prosecutor Chaika at the press-conference. It was also confirmed by the special...

Taking opportunity Until yesterday there had been no officially detained persons in relation to explosion of train #166 Moscow – St. Petersburg. 21 August Department of Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed to the Novaya that all the...

A relative of high rank official may make a business happy and brighten its days. Such is Russian political and economic reality, experts say. If a member of the family of any big fish becomes an employee or stockholder of a private...

Vladimir Masorin, Commander of the Navy, has declared in Sevastopol City that the decision has been taken to start serial production of the ballistic missile Bulava-M, without waiting for the flight test completion. The decision was taken...

High-rank officials in defense establishment realize that it is not capable of making modern weapons, but they just can’t refuse to accept megabuck contracts and budget pumping. Russia balled up the contract with India about aircraft...

The State in Russia is influencing greatly business processes. It not only regulates them and sets the rules of play but it is also an active player who can destroy the whole cake at any moment Of course, the business has adjusted to...

On July 26, the European Court of Human Rights dealt with the case titled “Musaev and others versus Russia.” The case is concerning the mass killing of civilian inhabitants at the New Aldy village. The case was sustained by the lawyers...

The video, got and spread by Beslan’s inhabitants, was done by an authorized man from the Republican prosecutor’s office of North Ossetia. That officer shot with video camera the events of 1-3 September, 2004 and the investigative actions...