Moscow police detain Georgian activists
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More than a dozen activists who rallied in support of Georgia outside the country's embassy and accosted counter-protesters with taunts and eggs were arrested on Saturday.
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Russian police said on Friday they had  detained suspected crime boss Semion Mogilevich, who is wanted  by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged fraud,  money laundering and racketeering.
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Spanish police detain at least 15 suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group Eta.
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One of the most prominent civil rights activists held in apparent crackdown ahead of Olympics
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NAZRAN, Russia  - Russian forces detained two Muslim men in the southern republic of Ingushetia in connection with the August bombing of a train between Moscow and St. Petersburg, an interior ministry source said on Wednesday.
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Russia started evacuating personnel from its embassy in the Georgian capital as Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili angrily denied that they were in any danger, during a row over the arrest of alleged Russian spies.
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Moscow police arrested two Chechen men in connection with the murder of US journalist Paul Klebnikov, the Moscow Times reported Wednesday.
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More than 80 Zimbabwean activists are in police custody a day after they were arrested, the opposition says.
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Authorities have detained two residents of the southern province of Ingushetia on suspicion of being linked to terrorists who held more than 1,000 people hostage in a school in September, officials said Thursday.
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The alleged political leader of the armed Basque separatist group ETA and his partner were arrested Sunday along with 19 other accused ETA members during a police sweep in southwestern France, Spanish authorities said.
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TBILISI, Georgia -- Russia recalled its ambassador, announced the evacuation of its diplomats, and protested to the United Nations yesterday after Georgia detained five Russian officers on spying charges, bringing relations between the former Soviet neighbors to a new low.
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West European MPs and a Russian gay rights leader are arrested in Moscow during violence at a banned protest.
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Moscow police have arrested two Chechen men suspected of taking part in the murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov, the cityâs police chief said today.
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Russian law enforcement officials have detained two Chechens on suspicion of killing investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, pro-Kremlin daily Komsomolskaya Pravda reported on Saturday.
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Nearly 30 people are being held in Georgia on suspicion of plotting a coup against the government, officials say.
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BORDEAUX, France  - Police arrested the suspected  political leader of the Basque guerrilla group ETA, detained 20  other people and seized weapons in a swoop on the outlawed  group in France and Spain on Sunday, officials said.
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Belarusian police detained opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich on Thursday during a visit to a province where he was gathering signatures in support of candidates for local elections, his spokesman said.