In Bashkortostan, a local resident who was detained after protests died, and in Nizhny Novgorod, thousands of people were left without heat. Main news of the past weekend

In Bashkortostan, died local resident Rifat Dautov, detained after protests in Baymak,

Rifat Dautov died in a paddy wagon after being detained by security forces. Ngo's body was identified by relatives. His sister Zalia Akhmadieva reported this on her social networks.

“The only thing I want is to know the cause of my brother’s death. I don't encourage anyone to go out. I’m not calling for a riot,” Dautova’s sister said in the video she posted.

Akhmadieva said that on January 25, in the Zianchurinsky district, Dautov was detained by riot police officers, who “took him away in an unknown direction.” The next day, “a man from the village council” came to the man’s parents and said that forensic experts from Ufa were looking for Rifat Dautov’s relatives.

According to Akhmadieva, she immediately went to the morgue, but she was not allowed there. She was told that the body could only be identified in the presence of a police officer or investigator. At the same time, according to the girl, she was never able to find out the name of the investigator, whose presence was necessary.

On January 17, the Baymaksky District Court sentenced activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a general regime colony on charges of inciting hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Thousands of people came to court to support him. Security forces tried to disperse the crowd using tear gas and batons. And then criminal cases were opened regarding mass riots and the use of violence against government officials.

In Nizhny Novgorod, thousands of people were left without heat

On January 27 in Nizhny Novgorod, on Kominterna Street in the Sormovsky district, a pipeline accident occurred. As a result, 214 apartment buildings, home to 43 thousand people, were left without heating and hot water. There is also no heat in 14 kindergartens, 11 schools and five hospitals.

The service organization Teploenergo announced that “preventative repairs” were being carried out and reported that the first stage of work had already been completed.

Meanwhile, since the beginning of the year, about 30 heating network breakthroughs have occurred in Nizhny Novgorod, 20 of which occurred in just one week. On January 16, as a result of a burst hot water pipe, 16 people, including 2 children, were burned and hospitalized.

US court orders Trump to pay $83 million on libel charges

Writer Jean Carroll won a lawsuit against former US President Donald Trump, whom she accused of libel. A Manhattan jury ruled that Trump must pay $11 million for damage to Carroll's reputation and $7.3 million for emotional distress. In addition, the ex-president must pay $65 million in punitive damages.

This is the second legal battle between Carroll and Trump. She previously accused the former president of rape in 1996 in New York.

In May 2023, a jury found Trump guilty of harassment, and the court ordered him to pay about five million dollars in compensation. Trump then accused Carroll of lying.

for release are preparing Two new films by Kirill Serebrennikov

As film producer Ilya Stewart told Kholod, two films directed by Serebrennikov may be released worldwide in 2024: “Limonov, the Ballad of Eddie” and “The Disappearance.”

According to Stewart, Serebrennikov began working on a film adaptation of the biography of writer and politician Eduard Limonov in 2022. Then, due to the director’s departure from Russia, the film was completed in Riga, with some of the sets being rebuilt. The world premiere of the film is expected in 2024 at the Cannes Film Festival.

After finishing work on Limonov, Serebrennikov began work on the film Disappearance, the story of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, who hid in Latin America after the end of World War II. Filming ended in the summer of 2023. According to Stewart, the premiere is planned for 2024 or 2025.

To receive the main news faster, subscribe to our telegram and Twitter .