The oppositionists were refused for a simple reason - the place was already taken. Krasnodar officials refused to approve the holding of a rally against corruption. The administration motivated its refusal by the fact that the site declared by the organizers of the action was already occupied for another event. Let us recall that supporters of the opposition politician planned to hold a rally in Krasnodar for the resignation of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

The prosecutor's office confirmed charges of bribery against the deputy head of the Federal State Institution "Department of Federal Highways "Chernomorye" of the Federal Road Agency" Sergei Konkov and the deputy director of Yug-Project LLC Igor Chernov.

A series of single pickets took place on Nevsky Prospekt as part of an international action dedicated to the third anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia. Activists complain about provocations, which prevented them from starting their individual pickets for about half an hour. One of the organizers of the pickets, an activist of the St.

The Public Fund “Center for the Development of Interpersonal Communications”, which is under the patronage of the former wife of President Vladimir Putin Lyudmila, received 250 million rubles from the Moscow budget. It is reported by the Rain TV channel. The order to allocate the financial assistance to the Fund in 2015 signed Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. According to the rain, the fund received financing as part of the program “Social Support of the inhabitants of Moscow”.

In 2017, more than 49.5 million rubles were allocated for the repair of roads in the Tuapse region. Most of the funds will be taken from the treasury of the Krasnodar region. The allocated money will be used to repair roads in villages and towns of the municipality.

A rally will be held in Sochi in support of the demand to investigate corruption of senior Russian officials. The rally was announced by supporters of Alexei Navalny, head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and a contender for participation in the Russian presidential elections in 2018. The event will take place on March 26 in Komsomolsky Square at 15:00. The organizers invite everyone to take part in the rally. On March 26, it is planned to hold similar events in other cities of Russia.

In the Krasnodar Territory, under the capital renovation program for apartment buildings, more than 500 high-rise buildings are planned to be renovated in 2017, allocating 1 billion rubles for this purpose. This was stated by the vice-governor of the region Andrei Alekseenko during an inspection trip to Sochi. “For 2017, we have planned about one billion rubles for repairs, and this is more than 500 apartment buildings.

The deputies of the State Duma of Russia did not ask in writing and did not plan to ask Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev an oral issue of the investigation of the Corruption (FBK) fund of Alexei Navalny. Representatives of all four factions of the lower house of the Russian parliament told this to the Rain television channel.

On Friday, March 17, the acting head of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov, held a meeting of the commission to consider the proposal of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Yuri Chaika, on the appointment to the post of prosecutor of the Republic of Adygea.