The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the number of arson attacks on military registration and enlistment offices and sabotage on railways in Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. In total, more than 400 such cases were identified.

Politician Alexei Navalny, who is serving his sentence, was sent to a punishment cell. This was reported by his ally Kira Yarmysh. According to her, Navalny was placed in a punishment cell for ten days because he “introduced himself incorrectly.” Navalny’s team notes that since August 2022 he has been placed in a punishment cell for the 25th time. In total, he spent 283 days there.

Relatives of Israelis captured by Hamas militants stormed a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee and demanded the release of the hostages. This was reported by The Times of Israel. They insisted that the Israeli authorities pay a ransom for the captives and shouted: “You will not sit here while our children die.” They also proposed dissolving the government.

Apple paid an antitrust fine in Russia in the amount of 1,177,988,700 rubles. This was reported by the Federal Antimonopoly Service. The money has already entered the Russian budget. In July 2022, the FAS accused Apple of abusing its dominant position in the product market (Part 2 of Article 14.31 of the Administrative Code). The service noted that the company prohibited application developers from informing customers that payments could be made outside the App Store.

Drones attacked a port in the Leningrad region On the night of January 21, drones attacked the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region. As a result, a gas storage facility belonging to the Novatek company caught fire. Local governor Alexander Drozdenko reported only about the fire and the successful evacuation of personnel, without mentioning the causes of the fire. In turn, the local publication Fontanka, citing eyewitnesses, wrote that the fire was preceded by an attack by two drones.

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The investigation asked the court to transfer blogger Elena Blinovskaya from house arrest to a pre-trial detention center. The corresponding message was published in the official telegram channel of the Investigative Committee. It clarifies that the department is asking to tighten the preventive measure against Blinovskaya in connection with “repeated violations” of the conditions of house arrest.

The Sovetsky District Court of Ufa arrested four participants in the rally near the Baymaksky Court in support of activist Fail Alsynov. This was reported by the press service of the courts of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Azat Mirzin, Dayan Valeev and Rayat Davletbaev are accused of two criminal charges: participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

In Kazan, Amirkhana Street was flooded due to a utility accident, reports the Baza telegram channel. As said , a section of the water supply network is now disconnected, and travel along the street has been restored. the local Vodokanal Due to a utility failure, several streets were blocked and water was turned off in five houses on Amirkhana and Chistopolskaya Avenues. The flood causes cars to stall on nearby streets and water to fill passing passenger buses.

The Kirovsky District Court of Ufa arrested blogger Ilyas Bayguskarov for seven days under an administrative article about violating the procedure for holding an action (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This is reported by SotaVision. According to the publication, the case against Bayguskarov was to be considered before noon on January 22 - at which time 48 hours expired, during which the activist could be legally detained.

A bill on confiscation of property from convicts under a number of articles of the criminal code was introduced to the State Duma. This was reported on the website of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.

The General Prosecutor's Office recognized the Anti-War Committee of Russia as an “undesirable organization”. This was reported by State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoi. He received the relevant information from the department in response to his request. It follows from the letter that the Prosecutor General's Office made this decision on January 11.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters that for now the Kremlin is refraining from commenting on the draft law on confiscation of property for disseminating disinformation about the Russian army, the TASS agency reports . “Deputies are working on this topic, and it would be incorrect to tell us anything here,” Peskov added. The State Duma Committee on State Construction today recommended adopting the bill on confiscation of property in the first reading.

Daria Trepova, who is accused of murdering pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, made her final statement. The state prosecutor asks that she be sentenced to 28 years in prison under a combination of articles. The second defendant in this case, Dmitry Kasintsev, with whom Trepova was hiding after the explosion in the cafe, also gave his last word. They are asking him to assign him a year and ten months in prison, reports .

The harassed scientific journalist Asya Kazantseva announced her departure from Russia. about this She wrote on her Facebook. According to her, after the persecution unleashed by pro-government telegram channels and State Duma deputies against her, a “friendly lawyer” said that they were preparing to open a criminal case against her. In addition, Kazantseva complained that due to the constant cancellations of her lectures, she had problems with earning money.