New enemies of the state

The next episodes in the history of relations between the authorities and society in Russia are reports in the week

Member of the Council of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Oleg Orlov against the background of the updated facade.

Moscow, November 21

November 20, Tuesday

The Moscow authorities refused to agree on a rally against political repression and human rights violations, appointed on November 24 and designed to support the accused in the “swamp case”. The authorities said that "the legislation does not have norms containing coercion measures taken by the state for political reasons."

November 21, Wednesday

On the night of November 21, the inscription “Foreign USA Foreign Agent” appeared on the building of the Memorial human rights center in Maly Karet Lane and stickers with the text “Foreign Agent” were placed.

On this day, the so -called law "On foreign agents" entered into force. Representatives of the Memorial issued the statement: “We confirm our initial position: we do not intend to register as a“ foreign agent ”. The appearance of the inscription on the walls of the building of the Memorial is regarded as a conscious insult to the memory of millions of people who died in the Gulag. "

Russian President Vladimir Putin (in the center) against the background of members of the Security Council. Moscow, November 21

November 22, Thursday

• The Butyrsky court arrested publicist Boris Stomakhin until December 9th. He is accused of inciting enmity and calls for terrorism. On November 20, Stomakhin’s house was held at the house, a week earlier, the Resistance website, on which Stomakhin was published, was included in the federal list of extremist sites. The publicist faces up to five years in prison.

• A resident of Nazran Madash Misilurova appealed to the Memorial’s representative office with a statement that her son Bashir Mislaurov, accused of storing weapons and an encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer, complains about the application of torture during the investigation.

From the statement of Mislaurov to the prosecutor's office of North Ossetia: “The body was wrapped in a large plastic bag. They poured water for the scruff of the water so that the back was wet, and began to beat with electric shock. They beat his hands on the head. They beat so that there were no traces of beatings. They demanded to agree with the accusations that were presented to me, and threatened to visit me during the investigation. Threatened to deal with my family. ”

• Residents of hostels, who, in their opinion, illegally evict on the street, came to the reception of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Tverskaya, to tell him that, despite his order, “they can’t evict anyone”, they are expelled from dormitories. The city hall’s security did not allow complainants.

• The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation charged the new edition of the defendants in the "Swamp case" by Artem Savelov and Denis Lutskevich. According to lawyers, this does not mean that the investigation will be completed.

“Chronicle of current events” - a typewritten human rights information ballot, spread in Samizdat in 1968-1983.

Photos: RIA Novosti, Dmitry Azarov/Kommersant