Overview
- The Kremlin published a congratulatory telegram in which Vladimir Putin praised the Investigative Committee’s contribution to combating terrorism, extremism and crime.
- Putin singled out investigators working in the special military operation zone for documenting crimes and supporting order in Donbass and the newly controlled regions.
- In a TASS interview, Chairman Alexander Bastrykin said 7,586 media reports of alleged crimes have been registered since 2011, resulting in more than 1,000 criminal cases.
- Bastrykin reported that the committee has reviewed 5.5 million citizen appeals over 15 years, including 2 million handled by the central apparatus, with annual submissions rising to 650,000 in 2024.
- He said the agency built a coordinated investigative and forensic system and launched a departmental expert center to accelerate complex examinations.