In Ukraine, the leader of the group of "seaside partisans" Alexander Kovtun died. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for attacks on policemen, and ended up at the front, probably by signing a contract with the Wagner PMC. Officially, no one confirms the information about the death of Kovtun.

Pussy Riot member Rita Flores disappeared in Moscow. This was reported to Kholod by another member of the group, Olga Borisova. On the morning of February 17, Flores called her lawyer Daniil Berman from her number and said that her apartment had been searched. After that, she called again, this time from an unknown number, said that her phone was being taken away, and said that she had been detained and taken to the Meshchansky Investigation Department.

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Bots attacked the main sites of the service for the selection of psychologists Zigmund.Online, the company's press service told Kholod. The messages appeared after a promo video with the singer Monetochka, which the service posted in April last year. Attacks on social networks, email, and the telegram channel of the service began on February 16 and lasted for two days.

Idris Arsamikov, who was detained at Domodedovo Airport on February 16, recorded a video from his home in Chechnya and asked human rights activists to “leave behind” him. He posted two videos on his Vkontakte page. In the video, Idris, 28, says that a lot of "dirt" is written about him on the Internet, and that this offends him and his nation.

The 34-year-old artist Xiyuan Zhuji stopped updating his social media in October last year, days after he was featured in Reuters and BBC News. The loss is reported by VICE World News. A friend of the activist told RFE/RL Asia that he has not been able to contact him since October, and that the police are refusing to provide any information, saying that it is only available to members of the Zhuji family.

Over the past two weeks, the number of confirmed losses of the Russian army in Ukraine has exceeded the usual weekly figures by five times, the BBC Russian Service found out together with Mediazona. Throughout 2022, approximately 250-300 soldier deaths were reported weekly. In January, these figures doubled. Most of the dead in the last three months are mobilized, volunteers and prisoners. According to publications, 29,500 Russian soldiers could have died during the invasion of Ukraine.

In order not to miss the main materials of "Cold", subscribe to our instagram and telegram . "Humanitarian aid" for the Ministry of Defense In mid-March 2022, Natalia Zeltser, controller of Auchan, St. Petersburg, sent a letter to colleagues from five stores asking them to prepare and transfer the goods, and also attached a list of necessary things to it.

Former broadcast director of the pro-government RT TV channel, Anton Krasovsky, was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison and confiscation of property for publicly calling for the violent overthrow of the Ukrainian system and for genocide. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.

Fashion journalist, author of the telegram channel about fashion "Good Morning, Karl!" Katya Fedorova was fined 50,000 rubles for "discrediting" the Russian army. The human rights project "The First Department" writes about this. On February 27, Katya Fedorova published an open letter on her Instagram against the war in Ukraine and called on designers, stylists and colleagues from the fashion world to sign it.

A 35-year-old teacher from Kansk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory reported being tortured at the police station and in the pre-trial detention center. The security forces demanded that he confess to setting fire to the local military registration and enlistment office. The man insists that he did not do this, according to Taiga.info and Prospekt Mir.

British police have barred investigative journalist and Bellingcat executive Christo Grozev from attending the BAFTAs in London due to a "threat to public safety". His family, including his son and teenage daughter, were also banned from attending the ceremony. Grozev himself announced this. Grozev wrote that he understands the need to ensure public safety, but such moments, he said, show a growing danger for independent journalists around the world.

In Spain, women who suffer from pain during menstruation will be able to take a vacation. The decision was made by the local councilors. Spain has become the first country in the European Union to implement this practice. Now sick days due to painful menstruation are only in Indonesia, Japan and Zambia. For how long it will be possible to take such a vacation in Spain has not yet been reported.

And if it’s hard for you to believe it, read these three stories On the evening of February 15, in Moscow, Gaia Idris Arsamikov was detained from Chechnya, who in 2018 fled to the Netherlands after he survived the torture of the Chechen security forces, and now he returned to his father’s funeral. He is supposedly taken to Chechnya-there Arsamikov, according to human rights activists, can kill hatred on the basis of sexual orientation.

Some Russians postpone parenthood or completely refuse it. This is due to the war in Ukraine, but everyone has different Due to the pandemic and an unstable economy, pregnancy planning in recent years has not been an easy process. And now everything has become even worse: many have ceased to feel safe and changed their plans. These include the decision to have a child - despite the fact that some may not be able to give birth later. "Cold" talked with women who were in such a situation.