Moscow police arrested few demonstrators at last week’s Navalny protests, but now they’re coming for activists and journalists using facial recognition data Igor Volkov / AP / Scanpix / LETA Protests in Moscow in support of imprisoned opposition politician Alexey Navalny on April 21 ended relatively peacefully with just 60 or so arrests — far fewer than the 1,000 demonstrators police detained at similar rallies in January.

Igor Volkov / AP / Scanpix / Leta The action of solidarity with Alexei Navalny on April 21 in Moscow was relatively peacefully. About 60 people were detained at the rally - there were more than a thousand on the January actions of the detainees each time. On the eve of the shares on April 21, there was a recommendation to apply to protesting power to the Kremlin, the interlocutor of Medusa, close to the Russian government, emphasized .

Meduza looked into Moscow’s Public Monitoring Commission and found rampant connections to the security business Moscow Public Monitoring Commission Moscow ONK members in a pre-trial detention center On April 6, the Russian Civic Chamber removed human rights activist Marina Litvinovich from Moscow’s Public Monitoring Commission (ONK), an organization tasked with overseeing the observance of prisoners’ rights.

Medusa studied the composition of the Moscow PMC, from where they kicked Marina Litvinovich, and found a company of friends related to the security business there Public Supervisory Commission of the city of Moscow members of the Public Supervisory Commission in the Moscow pre-trial detention center-7 On Tuesday, April 6, the Council of the Public Chamber of Russia terminated the powers of the active member of the Public Supervisory Commission (PMC) of Moscow, the well -known human rights

Special Corps "Medusa" Maxim Solopov learned the details of the assault Sergey Savostyanov / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Fire in the house of Vladimir Bardanov in new veils The security forces came to the house of 61-year-old entrepreneur Vladimir Bardanov in the Kotted village of new veils for a routine test of his weapons stored. Bardanov opened fire on guests. The detention operation took all day and was widely covered in the media, and the businessman himself eventually died.

Interview of the former head of the slaughter department of the Prosecutor General of Evgeny Bakin - about serial killers and nature of evil In the spring of 2021, Viktor Mokhov came out of the colony. The liberation of such a person is an unusual event, and Mokhov was immediately in the spotlight. However, this story was at the moment when Mokhova was interviewed by Ksenia Sobchak. At the same time, the series “Chikatilo” by Sarik Andreasyan began to show in Russia.

Tatyana Makeeva / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta View of the IK-2, which contains Navalny.

Meduza special correspondent Maxim Solpov reports from Kolchugino, where Alexey Navalny was in custody until just recently Evgeniya Novozhenina / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The new building at Kolchugino’s Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 After being transferred from a Moscow remand prison in late February, opposition politician Alexey Navalny was sent to a detention center known as SIZO-3 in the city of Kolchugino (Vladimir region), northeast of Moscow.

Internal FSB report sheds new light on the number of protesters and detentions at January’s pro-Navalny demonstrations Alexander Petrosyan / Kommersant There were far fewer people who went to the protests than people who voted for Putin in the elections — this was the Kremlin’s assessment of the pro-Navalny demonstrations that took place across Russia on January 23 and 31.

The report of the Medusa specialist Maxim Solopov from the city of Kolchugino. There, in a pre -trial detention center, they keep Alexei Navalny Evgenia Novozhenina / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta the new building of the Kolchuginsky SIZO-3 was opened in 2017 Oppositionist Alexei Navalny sits in a pre-trial detention center of Kolchugino, Vladimir Region. He is now on the so -called quarantine, along with prisoners who first got into the insulator.

This is much more than the authorities have officially recognized Alexander Petrosyan / Kommersant Miting in support of Navalny in St. Petersburg. January 23, 2021 Much fewer people came to the protests than voting for Putin in the elections - as the January actions in support of Navalny were appreciated in the Kremlin. This was also supported by the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who did not count even ten thousand people in the days of January on the streets of Moscow.

Former police officers are discussing with Medusa Alexei Navalny, acceleration of shares, corruption, power and the Belarusian script Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta After mass detentions and arrests of shares participants in support of Alexei Navalny, many have questions about how the security forces engaged in the overclocking of rallies and the fight against the opposition actually relate to this.

Human rights activists have spent 30 years fighting for better privacy and cleaner facilities, but ‘holes in the floor’ persist “MSU Protest” Temporary detention center for foreigner nationals in Sakharovo (outside Moscow) In recent weeks, the Russian authorities arrested thousands of demonstrators at protests across the country, sentencing hundreds to several days or weeks in jail.

Human rights activists have been fighting this humiliating practice for almost 30 years, but without great successes Protest MSU Center for Temporary Contents of Foreign Citizens in Sakharovo Thousands of people were detained on shares in support of Alexei Navalny, hundreds of them were sentenced to administrative arrest.

Is it too soon for Russia to declare victory over extremist groups in the North Caucasus? Alexander Zemlyanichenko / AP / Scanpix / LETA Ten years ago, in January 2011, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport. He died on the spot and 37 others died later in hospitals. Like most terrorist attacks in Russia at the time, it was organized by religious separatists from the country’s North Caucasus region.