RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) in the case of the Army of the People’s Will, banned in Russia in 2010.

The State Duma Committee on Public Organizations has approved a bill proposed by the Chechen parliament that prohibits the media from indicating the nationality and religious affiliation of terrorists. RBC reports this.

The Moscow City Court rejected the protest of the prosecutor's office and recognized as legal the refusal to extend the probationary period of opposition leader Alexei Navalny for a month in the case of embezzlement of funds from the Yves Rocher company. this . reports RAPSI The prosecutor's office asked to satisfy the proposal of the criminal-executive inspection, which was previously rejected by the Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow.

The Nizhny Novgorod Arbitration Court declared bankrupt the human rights organization “Committee against Torture” (CAT), which was being liquidated after being included in the register of “foreign agents”. TASS reports this. The bankruptcy claim for the Committee Against Torture was filed by Igor Kalyapin, the former head and now liquidator of the organization. The lawsuit was filed in the fall of 2015, after the announcement of the self-liquidation of the Committee against Torture.

Roskomnadzor has received two decisions of the Moscow City Court that have entered into force on the permanent blocking of 13 torrent trackers, according to the department’s website. Within 24 hours, providers will block access to them forever. The first decision of the Moscow City Court concerns 12 resources, including one of the most popular Russian torrent trackers, Rutor.org.

The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow partially satisfied the claim of Senator Dmitry Sablin for the protection of honor and dignity against oppositionist Alexei Navalny. The court recovered 250 thousand rubles from Navalny as compensation for moral damage and 158 thousand rubles in legal costs, said on his Facebook. Anti-Corruption Foundation lawyer Ivan Zhdanov “The court found that Senator Sablin suffered in his huge undeclared residence on Rublyovka.

On the night of January 17-18, 77-year-old Doctor of Philology, professor of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature at Saratov State University, Adolf Demchenko, died in Saratov - trying to escape from a fire, he jumped out of an apartment window. According to .

Civil activist Mikhail Agafonov, a member of the International Committee for the Defense of publicist Boris Stomakhin, convicted of extremism, received political asylum in Ukraine. this on her Facebook . reported Activist Ekaterina Maldon Publicist Boris Stomakhin received seven years in a maximum security colony based on a combination of three convictions.

In Orsk, traffic police company commander Alexander Zhurbin, who participated in blocking the Orenburg-Orsk highway and helping drivers who found themselves on the road during a severe snowstorm, died of swine flu, reports Ural56.Ru, citing the chief physician of city hospital No. 4, Vladimir Kogan. 48-year-old Zhurbin, who complained of poor health, was on duty on a closed highway from January 1 to January 4, 2016.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced the former deputy head of IK-3, Sergei Shaab, for bribes, the NGS publication reported on Tuesday.

The stokers of the Kinel boiler station of the Kuibyshev railway were found guilty of murdering a partner who was late for work, reports the publication “Arguments and Facts - Samara”. The sentence was imposed on 31-year-old Denis Mikhailenko and 47-year-old Valentin Kutuev.

In Yaroslavl, a criminal case was opened against ambulance workers after they dropped a gurney while transporting an 80-year-old patient. the woman received a closed craniocerebral injury from which she died, reports .

In Sevastopol, a criminal case was brought to court against a 47-year-old resident of the Gagarinsky district, accused of beating his minor daughter and driving her to suicide through cruel treatment and systematic humiliation (Part 1 of Article 116, Part 1 of Article 110 of the Criminal Code). this on Tuesday .

At least 258 people became victims of the armed conflict in the North Caucasus in 2015. These are the results of regular calculations by the Caucasian Knot portal, based on the publication’s own materials and information from open sources. Among the victims, 209 people died and 49 were injured. Most of the dead were alleged members of the armed underground - 171 people (two militants were wounded). Of the security forces, 18 people were killed and 31 were injured.

The sister of Vladimir Klimov, who died of cancer in a prison hospital, filed a lawsuit with the Central District Court of Chita demanding to recover a million rubles from the Russian Ministry of Finance as moral compensation, RAPSI reports citing lawyer Anastasia Kopteeva. During today's hearing, the judge decided to order a forensic medical examination.