Alexander Konovalov. Photo: Patriarchia.ru Each correctional colony today is a closed space in which things are "completely unimaginable, which we do not even suspect," said Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov. His words are given by RIA "Novosti". Full control over convicts is possible only in prisons, the minister believes. "It is necessary to make absolutely transparent and absolutely controlled by the whole process of a person’s stay in conclusion from beginning to end.

Ilya Milstein Compared to the CPSU, which at one time privatized the mind, honor and conscience, Pzhiv behaves much more modest. Separate brainwashed of its members have learned to pretend to be demented, and as for honor and conscience, the vast majority of unicorns finished these chimeras in general. This, in any case, has an impression when you study the legislative activity of our ruling party. This suggests an assessment judgment.

Freedom House logo The situation with human rights in Russia has worsened over the past year. This is stated in the annual report of the American human rights organization Freedom House about rights and freedoms in the world "Freedom in the World 2013". "With the return of Vladimir Putin to the presidency, a new period of strengthening of repression began.

Andrey Sukhotin. Photo by Sports.ru The journalist of Novaya Gazeta Andrei Sukhotin was detained on suspicion of robbery. According to Izvestia, it is located in the Basmann police department. The case was opened at the request of Muscovite Andrei Vishnyakov. According to law enforcement agencies, on December 26, 2012, Sukhotin returned from a corporate party in the company of acquaintances. In Potapovsky Lane, they came across Vishnyakov.

At the site of the death of S. Markelov and A. Baburova. Frame "Grani-TV" The Moscow City Hall finally agreed on the procession in memory of journalist Anastasia Baburova and lawyer Stanislav Markelov, killed four years ago. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the head of the regional security department of the capital Alexei Mayorov. “We discussed all the issues again. We agreed on the route, decided over time, with the number of participants,” the official said.

Nikolai Ryabykh. Photo from the website of the Ministry of Defense The Khamovnican District Court of Moscow on Tuesday arrested for two months the head of the economic department of the Ministry of Defense of Nikolai Ryabykh, Kommersant reports . He was detained on Monday after the interrogation by the investigator of the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee in the case of one of the structures of Oboronservice of Slavyanka.

Alexander Konovalov. Photo: Patriarchia.ru Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov said that the law on "foreign agents" contradicts the spirit of the legislation on NPOs. As the deputy of Eser Ilya Ponomarev said on his Twitter, thus Konovalov, speaking in the State Duma, replied to the rebuke of the unicorn Mikhail Markelov that the Ministry of Justice does not apply this law.

On Wednesday, January 16, a farewell ceremony will be held in St. Petersburg for the outstanding lawyer Yuri Markovich Schmidt. Architect's House (Bolshaya Morskaya st., 52), from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Ivan Belousov. Photo from the site "Novaya Gazeta" The judge of the Supreme Court Valery Nesterov canceled the verdict to the student Ivan Belousov, who received six years for an explosion at the Moscow Manezhnaya Square in 2007, and sent the case for a review. Thus, RAPSI reports , the court partially satisfied the supervisory complaint of the defense, which asked not only about the cancellation of the sentence, but also the termination of the criminal case against Belousov.

Konstantin Kosyakin. Photo by D. Borko The city hall of Moscow submitted a notification of a rally on the Triumphal Square on January 31. This was announced on the blog by the leader of "another Russia" Eduard Limonov. "At 13.10 today, a member of the organizing committee of the Strategy -31 Konstantin Kosyakin filed a notification to the Moscow City Hall about the holding on January 31 of a rally on the triumphal square from 18 to 20 hours. Old traditions are good traditions," Limonov writes.

Dimitri Sverdlov. Photo: Pravmir.ru Priest Dimitri Sverdlov is prohibited in the clergy of five years and brought out for the state, RIA Novosti reports. The corresponding decree is published on the website of the Moscow Regional Diocese. In March last year, Father Demetrius wanted to apologize to the participants in the Pussy Riot punk group for aggression by Orthodox believers. “My career in the Russian Orthodox Church ended yesterday,” the priest wrote on Facebook.

Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg refused to consider the bill of Governor Georgy Poltavchenko on the creation of Hyde Park in the city, Interfax reports. Only 25 deputies voted for the inclusion of the question on the agenda with the necessary 26 votes. The bill was trying to introduce at the meeting, deputy Vitaly Milonov. After the first unsuccessful vote from the hall, they demanded to be blocked.

Magomed Magomedov. Photo from the SCR website In Makhachkala, on Tuesday evening, the judge of the Supreme Court of Dagestan Magomed Magomedov was shot dead, the press service of the TFR reports . Investigators as a priority consider the version of the murder related to the professional activities of Magomedov.

International Day of Solidarity with Maria Alekhina. Drawing from the page of the promotion on Facebook On January 16, the Bereznikov court (Perm Territory) will consider the application for a delay in punishment for Maria Alekhina in connection with the presence of a young child.

Lawyer Vyacheslav Makarov was removed from the defense of the "swamp prisoner" by Sergey Krivov, who is starving in prison for the second month. As Makarov told the Franes, investigator Denis Kurdyukov told him on Wednesday on Wednesday. Makarov emphasized that he did not receive an official notification of his removal from the case. He has already protested to the Prosecutor General and the head of the Investigative Committee by fax and email.