In Australia, about a hundred immigrants have their visas revoked and are sent to detention centers due to changes in legislation. Shortly before this, they were released from custody thanks to a decision of the Federal Court. Until December 2022, migrants had their visas revoked if they were convicted of offenses in Australia for 12 months or more. Moreover, such a period could be obtained for a series of minor crimes, which individually would not lead to the revocation of the visa.

The former head of Open Russia, Andrei Pivovarov, was found in Karelian penal colony No. 7, reports his comrade Tatyana Usmanova. The politician's whereabouts were unknown for a month. According to Usmanova, the politician was taken to IK-7 on January 24, after which he was placed in the PKT . It is unknown exactly what violations Pivovarov committed. Activist Ildar Dadin served his sentence in Karelian IK-7. In 2016, he reported torture conditions in the facility.

The Investigative Committee has brought new charges against seven defendants in the case of preparing an assassination attempt on the propagandist and presenter of “Russia-1” Vladimir Solovyov, allegedly because of anti-war arson, Kommersant claims. They were accused of participating in a terrorist organization, storing and manufacturing weapons and explosive devices, and destroying and damaging property.

152 criminal cases under the article on “discrediting” the army were opened during the year of full-scale war in Ukraine. Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin stated this in an interview with TASS. According to Bastrykin, 136 people were brought to justice in 152 criminal cases. 52 cases have been referred to court, 16 have already been sentenced. What do the laws on “discrediting” the army provide? In March, Article 20.3.3 was added to the Administrative Code .

Professors of the Russian State Institute of Stage Arts of Konstantin, teachers were fired from the university due to a rocket strike on a residential building in the Dnieper. Attention was drawn to the “paper”.

New earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 6.4 occurred on the border of Turkey and Syria. Turkey's southern province of Hatay was hit, which was one of the epicenters of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6. As a result, a fault in the earth more than 200 meters wide and more than 30 meters deep appeared in the center of the Hatay village of Tepehan. He divided 35 hectares of olive field into two parts. The earthquake in Turkey and Syria was one of the deadliest in more than 10 years.

In the Kursk region, six servicemen died in a fire in a dugout, TASS writes, citing emergency services. Earlier, Baza, citing its own sources , wrote that the servicemen lit the stove in the dugout and “imprudently splashed gasoline there.” After the explosion, flames broke out and only two soldiers managed to escape. Russian soldiers die before being sent to the front DOXA wrote about more than 35 soldiers who died before being sent to the front.

In Moscow and the Moscow region, students and schoolgirls are gathering for a rally and concert to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which will take place on February 22 at the Moscow Luzhniki Stadium. Readers of DOXA reported this.

The investigation proposed concluding a pre-trial agreement with the defendant in the Tyumen case, Roman Paklin, the support group reports. If a pre-trial agreement is concluded, the court does not interrogate witnesses, does not examine evidence from the prosecution, and cannot impose punishments of more than two-thirds of the maximum possible.

Feminist anti-war resistance joined the platform of Navalny's Headquarters. Now volunteers and movement activists can use it for leak-proof communication. Navalny’s team suggested that FAS use the Headquarters platform for communication after a call from FAS activist Daria Serenko on Twitter. She called on Politi_Kess to share this resource with other, less resourceful anti-war initiatives, after which Ivan Zhdanov contacted the FAS and proposed collaboration.

The Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region voted to abolish direct elections for the mayors of Novosibirsk and the science city of Koltsovo. Novosibirsk is the last Russian city with a million population, except for Moscow and St. Petersburg, where this form of elections was maintained. Now the mayors of Novosibirsk and Koltsovo will appoint deputies through the councils from candidates who are selected by a competition commission half formed by the governor.

In the Murmansk region, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a military doctor for refusing to participate in hostilities in Ukraine. Human rights activist Pavel Chikov writes about this. According to Chikov, a criminal case was opened against medical service lieutenant Denis Vasilyev under Part 2.1 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code . Immediately after graduating from the Military Medical Academy, Vasiliev was assigned to one of the military units of the Northern Fleet.