Moscow Criminal Investigations Department

Moscow Criminal Investigations Department or just MUR (Russian: Московский уголовный розыск, МУР) — is a detective branch within Moscow City Police which established as Moscow Criminal Detective Department (Московский уголовный сыск, МУС) on 1866.

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow is located at the address: 127994, Russia, Moscow, Petrovka Street, Building 38 (see the building of the Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow).

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow - from February 2018, Major General of Police Kuzmin, Sergey Nikolaevich.

In 1782 the Bureau of Criminal Affairs (Палата уголовных дел) was established and it was the Moscow department of the Russian gendarmerie and on 1866 it was renamed to Moscow Criminal Investigations/Detective Department.

Muscovite CID officers are involved in investigation of major crimes such as rape, murder, serious assault, fraud, and any other offences that require complex detection.