The Supreme Court of Russia recognized the refusal of the Central Election Commission to register Boris Nadezhdin for the presidential election as legal. The politician’s headquarters reported this. Nadezhdin said that he would appeal this decision of the Supreme Court. The Central Election Commission refused to register Nadezhdin for the February 8 elections.

When the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a training ground near the village of Trudovskoye in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region, at least 60 Russian soldiers were killed. This was reported by the BBC Russian Service with reference to sources. According to her, the strike, which killed at least 60 military personnel, was carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the afternoon of February 20.

The Lithuanian government has supported the idea of ​​closing two checkpoints on the border with Belarus. This is reported on his website. We are talking about the Raigardas (Privalka) and Lavorishkes (Kotlovka) checkpoints.

From December 2023 to February 2024, ten people were detained in Estonia on suspicion of collaboration with Russian intelligence services. This was reported by Estonian counterintelligence. Six out of ten detainees are under arrest, they are charged with threatening the state security of Estonia. Estonian counterintelligence claims that the detainees collected information to prepare for terrorist attacks or incited them to be committed.

The executive director of the Veterans of Russia movement, Vadim Mironenko, during a meeting on the case of the ex-chairman of the liquidated Memorial Oleg Orlov, accused him of the fact that the terrorists who took hostages in Beslan and Nord-Ost escaped punishment because of him. about this . writes Mediazona “You here like to flaunt your special role in the activities of Budennovsk. My personal opinion: you did everything to ensure that the terrorists escaped retribution.

The UK has imposed sanctions against the authorities of penal colony No. 3 in Kharp, where politician Alexei Navalny was killed. This was reported on the British government website. The head of the colony, Vadim Kalinin, was sanctioned. Restrictions were also imposed on five of his deputies: Sergei Korzhov, Vladimir Pilipchik, Vasily Vydrin, Alexander Obraztsov and Alexander Golyakov. The sanctions include a freeze on assets in the UK and a ban on entry into the country.

EU countries have agreed to exclude Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh from their sanctions list after March 15. This was reported by Reuters, citing three anonymous sources. According to the agency's interlocutors, the arguments in court against Volozh are weakening, as he breaks ties with the Russian Yandex. Reuters writes that Volozh is one of three people against whom European sanctions will not be extended. Journalists do not name the names of two more people.

The Central Bank of Russia has revoked the license of QIWI Bank. This is stated on the website of the Russian Central Bank. The regulator claims that the bank violated federal laws, as well as anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing laws. One of the bank's most famous products is the QIWI wallet. After the bank’s license was revoked, replenishing it became impossible, TASS noted . According to Central Bank estimates, the bank ranked 89th in the system in terms of assets.

The author of the telegram channel “They write to us from Ioannina,” Andrei “Murz” Morozov, committed suicide. His dying message was published in his telegram channel; “The Ghost of Novorossiya” , “Soldier’s Truth” and “Notes of a VETERAN” write about suicide . Morozov previously wrote that the command forced him to remove one of the posts.

The consideration of the complaint of Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of the deceased politician Alexei Navalny, filed against the failure of the Investigative Committee to release her son’s body, will be held in the Salekhard city court behind closed doors. TASS writes about this. The court reported that the case materials had already been received by them. The meeting was scheduled for March 4.

Security forces in Dolgoprudny near Moscow detained a 9th grade student on suspicion of setting fire to the United Russia reception office. This was reported by the Baza telegram channel. Earlier, spoke about the arson attempt. the party itself A United Russia press release dated February 19 states that unknown persons attempted to set fire to the office of the local party branch, but it was unsuccessful - “minor damage” was caused only to the sign.

Russian border guards on the border with Estonia demand to fill out a questionnaire in which there is a question about the attitude to "the actions of the European Union, which supports the nationalist regime in Ukraine." It is reported by "Mediazona." According to the publication, we are talking about the Shumilkino and Kunichin Gora checkpoint. According to the mediazone source, questionnaires are given selectively. In his opinion, people with two citizens - Russian and European.

Six St. Petersburg residents arrested for laying flowers in memory of Alexei Navalny were given summonses to the military registration and enlistment office right in the temporary detention center. RusNews and Rotunda report this with reference to their sources. According to the publications, summonses were handed to men serving administrative arrest in the Moskovsky 95 temporary detention center.

A resident of St. Petersburg was arrested for laying flowers, and before being released from arrest, he was given a summons. The man himself told the “Walk through the Forest” project about this. “They gave me three days of arrest and gave me a summons before leaving. I have no personal business and never have. Must appear before the 27th. They forcibly took my fingerprint data. I’m 27 years old, I’m not suitable for the job, in theory,” he said.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs denies the existence of an order obliging police to be on duty around the clock at monuments to victims of political repression in Moscow. RBC writes about this. “There is no published document allegedly signed by the head of the capital’s central administration,” said ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk. Earlier, the “Walk through the Forest” project wrote about the fact that Moscow ordered to monitor people bringing flowers to monuments and identify them.