Category Archives: News in English

The Union of Criminalists and Criminologists and the electronic media ZAKONIA will become discussion platforms on migrant environment decriminalisation and extremism prevention. Kuzminki, Kuntsevo, Naro-Fominsk, Saint-Petersburg, Mytishchi, Odintsovo are the places of recent mass fights between members of various ethnic … Read More →

On 29 August 1942, at night, Petar Brzica, together with other Ustasa (from Croatian Ustaše ‘revenants, rebels’), began the massacre of Serbs. For murdering, serboseki were used – a special device consisting of a leather notch and a small blade. … Read More →

On 4 August 1944, Russian Princess Vera Obolensky was executed by the Nazis In October 1943, the Nazi police detained Roland Fajon, who had come from Normandy. He was in charge of a regional branch of an underground organisation in … Read More →

The Khabarovsk process was completed more than 70 years ago. Japanese monsters were tried. In order to achieve their aggressive goals, they were ready to poison all of humanity. The facts, horrifying in their cruelty and inhumanity, surfaced then at … Read More →

The President of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists commented on the tragedy in Khakassia, where a former convict who had been released from prison for a double murder again committed a murder (killed the whole family). Professor of Lomonosov … Read More →

On 2 August 1996, the last execution in modern Russia officially took place. Sergey Golovkin was executed. He was convicted of a series of murders – deaths of 11 boys between 1986 and 1992 had been officially proven. The murders … Read More →

Since 2004, Day of the Employee of the investigative bodies of the Russian Federation has been celebrated, established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 741 of 27 August 2013. This document also sets the date … Read More →

On 2 August 1743, Empress Elizabeth of Russia signed a decree on the abolition of the death penalty in the Empire. During her reign, execution (as a measure of punishment and intimidation) was never used. Elizabeth’s successor, Empress Catherine II, … Read More →

On 25 July, River Police Officers celebrate their professional holiday in Russia. Until 2011, it was called ‘River Police Day’ but after the new federal law ‘On Police’ of 2011, the name of the holiday changed. For the first time … Read More →

On 18 July 1870, the Roman Catholic Church dogma of papal infallibility was adopted. On 18 July 1870, at a meeting of the Ecumenical Council in Saint Peter’s Basilica, with an open vote, 533 prelates said ‘placet’ (‘for’)  and two … Read More →

On 23 July 1994, the Federal Constitutional Law ‘On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation’ entered into force. On 21 September 1993, the Decree of Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin ‘On Gradual Constitutional Reform in the Russian Federation’ was … Read More →

On 11 July 1903, a Soviet intelligence officer, Colonel Rudolf Abel was born. Rudolf Abel (William Fischer) was born on 11 July 1903 in Newcastle upon Tyne (England). His parents were expelled from Russia in 1901 for their revolutionary activities. … Read More →

The death of the Titanic became legendary and was one of the largest shipwrecks in the history. At the time of its construction, it was the largest passenger liner in the world. During the first voyage, on the night of … Read More →

On 30 June, a professional holiday is celebrated – Day of the Employee of the Security Service of the Penal Executive System (abbreviated in Russian as ‘UIS’) of the Ministry of Justice of Russia. The Service was established in accordance … Read More →

On 23 June 2021, a regular online meeting of the author’s project ‘Criminal law gatherings at N.A. Lopashenko’s’ was held together with the Saratov Branch Office of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists. The meeting was held in the ‘Person’ … Read More →

The Gulag, or GULAG (chief administration of the camps) was an independent system of camps set up by order of the Politburo of the USSR. They were supposed to replace existing prisons throughout the country and consist of convicted sentenced to imprisonment … Read More →