The FSB opened a criminal case about the “Moscow cell” of the “Network” and conducted searches at its defendants, TASS reports , citing a “source in law enforcement agencies.” It is reported that mathematician Azat Miftakhov, convicted in the case of a broken window in the United Russia office, is being checked for involvement in the “cell.” Azat's term of imprisonment ends in September 2023.

In St. Petersburg, Vladimir Mironov, a graduate student of the Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was detained after he broke the glass in the military registration and enlistment office and left anti-war inscriptions on the building, Fontanka claims. According to the publication, the graduate student held an anti-war rally on the night of February 26. The security forces tracked him through the city's CCTV cameras and came to his home to search him.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning report reported the results of the massive shelling of Ukraine by the Russian military on January 26. In total, Russia carried out 44 air strikes. The Russian Armed Forces also launched 70 missiles, 47 of which were destroyed, and all launched kamikaze drones were shot down. Russian troops also carried out 125 multiple rocket launcher attacks. As a result, civilians were killed and civilian objects were destroyed.

Throughout Russia, mass detentions of teenagers allegedly associated with PMC Redan are taking place. Security forces raided shopping centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk and Rostov-on-Don; more than 500 people were detained in the cities. In Moscow, according to RIA Novosti, on February 24 and 25, about 350 people were detained , including 319 teenagers. The publication classifies them as “PMC Redan”. in the St.

In Murmansk, workers at the Magnit store went on strike. The grocery delivery service Sbermarket, which hires them as courier, without explanation, reduced the payment for orders by more than half. After this, Magnit workers refused to collect orders, they told the Murmansk VK community “Region 51”. Management threatens workers with fines for leaving their shifts and tries to force them to quit “of their own free will” if they do not agree to new working conditions.

On February 26, a court in the Leningrad region arrested anti-war activist Dmitry Skurikhin for 25 days. He is charged with “repeated discrediting” of the Russian army for a picket with a poster “Sorry, Ukraine!” on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion. Under this criminal article, Skirukhin faces up to three years in prison. The activist was detained on February 25.

The Sovetsky District Court of Volgograd sentenced 30-year-old Denis Serdyuk to four years in prison for setting fire to a military registration and enlistment office. attention to this . drew The Caucasian Knot The investigation claims that on the night of May 15, 2022, Serdyuk threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the military registration and enlistment office. As a result, a fire broke out over an area of ​​16 square meters.

The Russian army launched 14 kamikaze drones across Ukraine. 11 of them were shot down by air defense, nine of them over Kiev. Three drones hit Khmelnitsky, said the head of the city, Alexander Simchishin. One person died - a rescuer from the Ministry of Emergency Situations while on duty. At least four other people were injured. Russia also continued shelling other regions of Ukraine on February 26 and 27.

Greece has stepped up patrols of its land and sea border with Turkey in anticipation of a flood of refugees after the devastating earthquake. Hundreds of border guards have been deployed to patrol the Greek-Turkish land border in the Evros region on weekends to counter the influx of refugees from Turkey and Syria. “Massive displacement of millions of people is not a solution,” said Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarakis.

The defendant in the Tyumen case, Kirill Brik, refused a lawyer. The support group attributes this to pressure from the security forces. “It is likely that Kirill is being persuaded to sign a pre-trial agreement with the investigation in order to imprison the rest of the defendants on the basis of his verdict,” the support group said. On February 20, the investigation proposed concluding a pre-trial agreement with the defendant in the Tyumen case, Roman Paklin.

A member of the House of Representatives of the American state of Florida, Republican Alex Andrade, introduced a bill in the legislative assembly that would limit university autonomy. If passed, the law would prohibit educational programs in gender studies and critical race theory from public universities in Florida. The bill would also require public universities to close programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in their hiring practices.

Belarusian partisans blew up a Russian military aircraft, which was used for reconnaissance and targeting during the invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by the initiative of former Belarusian security officials BYPOL, which is in opposition to the Lukashenko regime. According to the initiative, the partisans managed to leave the country and are safe. The A-50 plane was stationed at a military airfield in Machulishchi near Minsk.