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06/11/2021
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News digest for June 11

A criminal case was opened against the actionist who staged a performance with a shot on Red Square, and the former director of FBK was put on the wanted list. We talk about the main political press news for June 11.

  • A criminal case was opened against an official from the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irina Maley, under the article of insulting a government official. The woman allegedly removed a photo of a regional deputy from the stand and “drew a male genital organ on it with paint.”
  • A criminal case was opened against actionist Pavel Krisevich, who tried to shoot himself in the head on Red Square during a performance. He is charged with hooliganism.
  • At night, Makhachkala police burst into an apartment where women who had suffered from domestic violence were hiding. Security forces detained several people, and one of the girls was taken to Chechnya.
  • Former director of FBK Ivan Zhdanov was put on the wanted list. The oppositionist suggests that this is connected with the “dozen criminal cases” that have been brought against him.
  • The prosecutor's office approved the indictment of the former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Khabarovsk, Alexei Vorsin. A criminal case was opened against him under the “Dada” article about repeated violations of the procedure for holding public events.
  • An elderly Jehovah's Witness from the Rostov region, Alexander Ivshin, sentenced to seven and a half years in prison,was transferred to the eighth pre-trial detention center on his way to the colony. Due to constant transportation, his health deteriorated. Jehovah's Witnesses from the Chelyabinsk region were searched.
  • The Investigative Committee brought a new charge of murder against businessman Anatoly Bykov. Journalists believe that a case was opened against the businessman for political reasons.
  • The Kyrgyz citizen was arrested for three days under the article of disobedience to a police officer. A few days earlier, she told Novaya Gazeta that she was beaten by police.
  • In Irkutsk and Moscow , administrative cases related to rallies in support of Alexei Navalny have been discontinued.