The Moscow City Court refused to recognize Pussy Riot member Ekaterina Samutsevich as an interested party when considering the case about the group’s videos. Thus, her complaint about the recognition of the videos as extremist was not considered, as a result of which the videos are now officially recognized as such.

Governor of the Kirov Region Nikita Belykh, whose office and dacha were searched on January 29, visited the regional department of the Investigative Committee, where he was interrogated in the case of fraud with the property of Urzhum Distillery OJSC. According to the investigation, the former director of the state property department of the Kirov region, Konstantin Arzamastsev, was involved in the sale of shares at a significantly reduced price.

In the opposition Oh, how is it not easy! January 30, 2013 Georgy Satarov There are rumors that amendments are being prepared in the Code of Criminal Procedure: they will allow searches not only among the accused, I am not talking about witnesses - they are now always the main sacrifices, but also from the sympathetic, as well as from those who learned about the incident from the press. And nothing, you understand! I honestly say: I don't believe! You never know what they are chatting now.

In the Kremlin The government will “throw” Russia for $ 150 billion? January 30, 2013 Alexander Podrabinek In Russia, hopes for the cessation of theft officials are expressed by two considerations. First: no need to change officials, because the old ones have already been stolen, and new ones are not yet.

The Ministry of Justice has developed amendments to the law on non-profit organizations, tightening their position, and this applies to any NPOs, and not just the so-called “foreign agents”.

In Selyatin near Moscow, where activists are protesting against deforestation, environmental activist Tatyana Pavlova was detained, reports ovdinfo.org. She has been held at the local police station for four hours by order of the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Naro-Fominsk district of the Moscow region.

In the economy On the creation of "Rosfinagengies" January 30, 2013 Maxim Blunt The law adopted by the State Duma on January 26, which provides for the creation of the “Rosfinagnague” - the structure that will be transferred to the Office of the Russian State debt, the means of two Russian sovereign funds (reserve fund and the National Welfare Fund) and, possibly, pension accumulations of citizens - made a lot of noise.