The government has submitted to the State Duma a bill on criminal penalties of up to four years in prison for violating the legislation on the circulation of cryptocurrency. This is another step towards government regulation of the crypto market. Let’s figure out what will change if (when) the law is adopted. 1 What kind of bill This is a government bill, part of a large package on regulation of the crypto market (licenses, operators, control, etc.).

“When the scale of government lies exceeds all conceivable limits, it is impossible to remain silent.” Guinness book record holder Elena Guseva - about how she became against Elena Guseva is an athlete and activist from Berezniki, the second largest city in the Perm region. In 2013, she swam across the Bering Strait, connecting Russia and the United States, and entered the Guinness Book of Records.

If security forces believe that a person has illegally gained access to protected digital data, a criminal case may be opened against him under Article 272 of the Criminal Code. For example, programmer Sergei Savelyev was accused of “illegal access to computer information,” who, while serving his sentence and working in a prison hospital, collected and hid videos of torture of prisoners, and then handed them over to human rights activists. What information is this?

Law enforcement operatives have always worked to recruit potential informants in a variety of areas. After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, such cases became even more numerous. Who is at risk? Under what circumstances do security forces usually offer to cooperate? What should I do if they are trying to recruit me? What happens if you refuse? We answer these questions in the memo. 1 Which intelligence services recruit people and why?

Society learns about many people involved in political cases by chance. For example, because someone corresponded with their cellmates. Fame and attention to the case are what help innocent people endure the hardships of being in a pre-trial detention center or colony. How to help unknown political prisoners? What to do if you find out the story of one of them? We tell you in the memo. 1 How do people find out about unknown political prisoners?

In November 2025, a campaign began to declare Russian LGBT initiatives “extremist.” The Russian Ministry of Justice is using a new tactic: it accuses not fictitious “structural divisions” of the mythical “International LGBT Social Movement” of “extremism”, but real existing LGBT organizations. Millions of LGBT people continue to live in Russia and have a need for help, information and maintaining connections.