Rights of the repressed 35 years later. “The heavy legacy of the past was the mass repressions, arbitrariness and lawlessness that were committed by the Stalinist leadership in the name of the revolution, the party and the people.

A new case has been opened against Maxim Ivannikov, who is serving 15 years for “treason.” Ivannikov’s wife confirmed this to People of Baikal, and a source previously reported it on confidential terms. Now the Chita resident is accused of “attempted escape and hostage-taking” in a pre-trial detention center. Ivannikov said that the reason was a conversation with a cellmate nicknamed Shaban.

Elena Shestakova is the common-law wife of prisoner Nikolai Shaikhutdinov, who was killed by a convict in IK-15 in Angarsk. She is a victim in a case of negligence by the colony authorities. In April, an Irkutsk court removed her from the case because her unregistered marriage to Shaikhutdinov, alcoholism and committing crimes on her part did not contribute to the “preservation of traditional family values” in the couple.

It affected every family there. In the Trans-Baikal closed village of Gorny, a memorial dedicated to the participants in the war with Ukraine appeared: a soldier against the backdrop of an explosion and a destroyed house with a dove of peace on his outstretched arm, a little girl hugging his leg. The “Transbaikal Worker” attended the grand opening of the monument on August 12. The head of the district, Tatyana Karnaukh, told the journalist that the memorial took a year to prepare.

In the city of Khilok, the windows of the cafeteria and gym of the 12th school are covered with film. The director told ZAB .RU that they would not be able to install double-glazed windows for the coming school year: there is no money for repairs. There are about 200 students in this school. In June, their parents complained to Chita.ru about the conditions of their education. “The windows in the gym and dining room are in disrepair. The gym is completely covered with foil insulation.

“There were wires connected to the genitals,” she said. In July, security forces detained two teenagers for setting fire to a forest in Atamanovka. At the same time, teenagers volunteered and helped put out forest fires. One of the schoolchildren told his mother that after the arrest, the police beat him and tortured him with electric shocks so that he would admit guilt.