Doctor of Law Elena Lukyanova addresses the professional community A poster with voting advertising for changes to the Constitution of the Russian Federation against the background of tanks during preparation for the rehearsal of the military parade, Moscow, June 17, 2020.

Constitution Day is perhaps the saddest holiday in modern Russia. What will happen to the “basic law” after the war and regime change? Military personnel of the Presidential Regiment bring in a special copy of the Constitution and the Presidential insignia during Putin's inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin, Moscow, May 7, 2024.

Doctor of Legal Sciences Elena Lukyanova - about the Institute for the Cl Herald of the killers and that these decrees can and should be appealed The checkpoint of the correctional colony in the Vladimir region. Photo: Sergey Ilnitsky / EPA Already a day has not subsided, caused by the pardon of the “hero” of the war of a resident of Kemerovo Vladislav Kanyus, who killed his ex -girlfriend Vera Pekhtelev, inflicting more than a hundred wounds to her.

On the eve of the annexation of Ukrainian regions, the Constitutional Court left Konstantin Aranovsky - the last judge with a “special opinion” Konstantin Aranovsky.

There are more than 1000 detainees around the country Acceleration of the action at the St. Isaac's Cathedral in the center of St. Petersburg.

What threaten “referendums” and new Russian laws: a lawyer look Photo: EPA-EFE/Anatoly Maltsev There was no legal news for a long time. Looks like they saved up so that experts would not strain one at a time, but so that all at once. And here it is in one bottle-the referendums of the “LPR-DNR”, military and military-economic amendments in the Criminal Code, coupled 8% of the gas within Russia (this is non-legal, but one bottle).

Who defended the Russian Constitution in a disenfranchised country: an excerpt from the book Lawyer and former judge of the Constitutional Court Anatoly Kononov. Photo: Moscow Helsinskaya group / vk.com I hold in my hands the manuscript of the book “The Special Opinion of Judge Kononov”*, and it causes me awe. Through the student in front of the master, the thrill of the highest human respect for the courage, stamina and professionalism of the author.

Petersburg activists - about why they went out into the streets over and over again, protesting against the actions of Russia in Ukraine The repressive machine in Russia is gaining momentum. For reposts of messages about destruction and deaths in Ukraine, people are threatened with real terms. Entering the street with any poster hinting at disagreement with the current political regime is punishable by a great fine.

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Folk Epiphany bathing 2022. Photos from St. Petersburg Zayachy Island, coastal section of the water area. Neva (font by the Peter and Paul Fortress). Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta" Traditional baptismal bathing took place in the cities of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and other countries on the night of January 18 to 19, on the festival of the baptism of the Lord (Epiphany).

In St. Petersburg, at the height of the Coronavirus epidemic, the Feast of Graduates "Scarlet Sails" was held.

Photos The weather in the city on the Neva for the fifth day in a row beats historical records - so warm these days in St. Petersburg have not been for more than a hundred years. According to weather forecasts, heat will last until the end of the week. In the meantime, the city department of the Ministry of Emergencies sends the warnings in which it asks citizens not to leave home, drink mineral water and monitor pressure.

Igor Krasnov Photo: GenProc.gov.ru They say that Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to transfer the authority to the General Prosecutor General to represent the interests of Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and other international courts and arbitrations. (Now the Ministry of Justice has these powers.) And it seems that even in this letter there is a presidential resolution “I agree”.

The rally on April 21 ended with record detentions. Photos and video The action in support of the politician began in the Alexander Garden and continued with rigid detentions in Sennaya Square, where, however, the protesters reached without much resistance from the police. The gathered on the hay turned on the flashlights on the phones and chanted calls to admit to Alexei Navalny. OMON went on the offensive, actively using stun gunners and gross power.

In a fire at the Neva Manufactory in St. Petersburg on April 12, five people were injured and one died. The main versions of the emergency - violation of fire safety rules and arson The Neva Manufactory is burning. Photo of an eyewitness The first criminal case on the fact of a person’s death was instituted in “hot pursuit” and transferred for investigation to the central apparatus of the RF IC.