Bard Alexander Novikov was released from the police after interrogation in the case of fraud during the construction of the Queens Bay village in Yekaterinburg, reports. Ura.ru The interrogation of the singer lasted about four hours. Novikov himself said that he received a “great impression” from the investigative actions. “Interrogation and investigative procedures are natural things!” — the publication quotes the words of the bard. Novikov did not specify his status.

Bard Alexander Novikov was charged with fraud in the case of an unfinished cottage village in Yekaterinburg, Znak.com reports , citing a source. The bard is now detained. According to the publication's interlocutor, Novikov was charged under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy on an especially large scale).

In Moscow, a court sentenced Alexander Pustovalov (Sasha-Soldat), previously sentenced to 23 years in prison, to 24 years in prison on charges of murdering six people. Since the new sentence was imposed taking into account the previous one, the total term of imprisonment was increased by one year.

Investigators have brought a new charge against the deputy head of the administration of Veliky Novgorod, Vadim Fadeev, who was previously arrested for distributing child pornography, according to the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators , from December 2015 to January 2016, he corresponded with a minor resident of Pskov.

FSB, police and National Guard officers detained seven members of the Jamaat Tabligh organization, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia, reports with reference to the FSB press service. Interfax The department’s statement says that the activities of “the deeply conspiratorial structure of the international religious association Tablighi Jamaat” have been suppressed in the Moscow region. The RIA Novosti source notes that six citizens of Kyrgyzstan and one Russian were detained.

The cause of severe poisoning of eight prisoners at Armavir correctional colony No. 4 was an overdose of the medical drug Pregabalin, which entered the colony in a can of condensed milk. This was reported by the Interfax-South agency with reference to the press service of the prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar region.

Photo: Gennady Gulyaev / Kommersant Photo: Gennady Gulyaev / Kommersant The Moscow District Military Court found the former student of Moscow State University Barbar Karaulov, guilty of trying to leave for the territory controlled by the Islamic State group, and sentenced her to punish in imprisonment for four and a half years of general regime, TASS reports in direct broadcast from the courtroom. The punishment is calculated from October 27, 2015.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow fined former Press Minister Boris Mironov 100 thousand rubles in the case of calls for extremist activities, reports .

Saratov Region Prosecutor Sergei Filipenko asked the regional department of Roskomnadzor to check several publications on the website of the local Svobodnye Novosti agency. this The agency reports with reference to a letter from Filipenko provided by Roskomnadzor.

The Moscow Arbitration Court reduced the amount of compensation to Rosneft from RBC in a claim for the protection of business reputation due to the absence of the author in the conclusion of the Center for Professional Assessment. This is reported on the court's website.

In Penza, a baby spectacled caiman died, found in a garbage dump near a residential building on Karpinsky Street. This was reported by the Interfax agency with reference to the regional department of housing and communal services and civil protection of the population. According to the agency, the crocodile was found in a garbage dump by residents of one of the houses on Karpinsky Street. They brought the animal to rescuers, and they turned to Penza Zoo staff for help.

From the “secret prison” of the Ukrainian Security Service in Mariupol, two Russians accused of aiding the separatists were released and taken to neutral territory, reports . Kommersant According to the publication’s interlocutor, Russian citizens “without any explanation” were taken to the demarcation line and left in no man’s land.

In Krasnodar, police detained activist Alexei Knedlyakovsky. His wife, artist Lusine Janyan, announced this on her Twitter. Janyan told Mediazona that on December 21, police officers rang their doorbell all evening, but they did not open it.

The Supreme Court commuted the sentence of Moscow schoolboy Kirill Banetsky, who was found guilty of extremism for leaving for the location of the Ukrainian organization Right Sector. this RAPSI reports with reference to its correspondent from the courtroom. The court reduced Banetsky's sentence by two months to six years and four months in a general regime colony.

The Kurgan Regional Court changed the sentence of kindergarten teacher Evgenia Chudnovets, who was convicted of reposting a video of child abuse. The court reduced Chudnovets' sentence by one month, RAPSI reports citing lawyer Alexey Bushimov. “Today the court commuted the sentence of the mother of a young child, Chudnovets, reducing it from six months to five months in prison.