Belarus Helsinki Committee official charged with slander
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The Belarussian prosecutor's office has opened a criminal case against Harry Pahanayla, deputy chairman of the Belarussian Helsinki Committee.
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Belarussian Ambassador to Latvia Vadim Lamkov has been recalled in accordance with the rotation procedure, LETA was informed by the Foreign Affairs Ministry's Press Secretary Rets Plesums.
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A South Korean accused of spying on North Korea for his government during the last two years has been charged with repeatedly lying about his activities in the United States, federal authorities said Thursday.
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"Under the constitution of the Russian Federation, Russian citizens cannot be handed over to foreign countries for prosecution and Lugovoy appears to be a Russian citizen."  By Mark Trevelyan and Peter GraffLONDON  - British prosecutors accused a former KGB agent on Tuesday of murdering dissident Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium and sought his extradition, throwing London and Moscow on to a diplomatic collision course.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it wanted to bring suspect Andrei Lugovoy before a British court and charge him with the "extraordinarily grave crime" of murdering exiled Russian Litvinenko in London last November. Read more
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Belarussian authorities plan to conduct an extra probe into the case of a Czech diplomat accused of depraving minors and expelled from Belarus but fear they will be denied another meeting with him and will have ...
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Russian prosecutors have arrested 10 people in connection with the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya and will soon charge them, the country's chief prosecutor said on Monday.
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Police briefly detained Belarusian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich on Monday for the third time in two weeks, accusing him of drug trafficking, his spokesman said.
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Russian prosecutors have brought  criminal charges against emigre tycoon Boris Berezovsky on  suspicion of plotting to seize power, his lawyer said on  Monday.
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Belarusian authorities have so far sentenced 12 people -- including some opposition leaders -- who were arrested yesterday during a second night of protests against the results of parliamentary elections and a ...
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Britain&#39;s charge against an ex-KGB officer in the murder of a fugitive Russian agent in London is part of a political campaign, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
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A controversial figure takes charges of a State Department advisory panel.
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US citizen Illya Mafter is arrested in Belarus on fraud charges.
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The former chief executive of Finnish telecoms carrier Sonera is to be charged with illegally monitoring the phone calls of hundreds of people, the Agence-France Presse news agency reports from Helsinki.
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The former chief executive of Sonera and five other people were charged Monday with gross violation of Finland's communications secrecy laws, following an investigation into the telecommunications company.
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A senior ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was charged Monday with fraud, bribery and perjury in connection with appointments he made as a minister.
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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.
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A spokeswoman said he was charged with two counts of illegally using his weapon, of obstruction of justice, conduct unbecoming an officer, and improper use of authority.