The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Republic of Karelia is checking the legality of the refusal to initiate a criminal case based on information about the torture of convicted Ildar Dadin in correctional colony No. 7. This was reported in a letter from the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Elena Leonenko, published on the website of the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the President.

The leadership of the 46th separate operational brigade (OBRON) of the National Guard is distributing brochures about Syria among personnel, which provide general information about the country and advice on how to behave there, reports .

The case of an attack on Rostov journalist Vladislav Ryazantsev is being investigated under the article on beatings (116 of the Criminal Code), the Caucasian Knot reports with reference to the press secretary of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov Region, Victoria Tkachenko. A criminal case into the incident was opened on January 11. Ryazantsev, who was walking with his wife in the center of Rostov-on-Don, was beaten on January 10.

Over the past year and a half, only two people have been convicted under the article on bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal liability or illegally initiating a criminal case. Over the past year and a half, only two people have been convicted under the article on bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal liability or illegally initiating a criminal case (299 of the Criminal Code).

Natalya Stolyar, the widow of the soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble, told Meduza that the Ministry of Defense does not want to hold a full-fledged civil memorial service for the dead. Stolyar explained that she decided to help with organizing the funeral, and the Ministry of Defense covered all expenses.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, stated the “urgent need” to introduce criminal liability for calls for suicide by disseminating relevant information on the Internet. this Bastrykin stated in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

In the medical correctional institution N3 (LIU-3) in Kurgan, a prisoner committed [Roskomnadzor], reports Znak.com with reference to the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Kurgan region. According to the publication, the convicted person committed [Roskomnadzor] on January 12. A pre-investigation check is being carried out on this fact, the Investigative Committee explained.

The Moscow City Hall approved an anti-fascist march dedicated to the memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were killed in 2009. this RBC reports with reference to the organizer of the procession, Alexei Gaskarov. The procession, agreed upon for 500 participants, will begin on January 19 at 19:00 from Tverskoy Boulevard to the place of death of Baburova and Markelov on Prechistenka Street.

The State Duma has received a bill developed by the Ministry of Justice that defines the procedure for the participation in a criminal case of a person with whom a pre-trial cooperation agreement was concluded, RAPSI reports with reference to the electronic database of the lower house of parliament.

The head of the surgery department of the Sabinsky Central District Hospital, Ilgiz Arslanov, accused of the death of a patient due to an incorrect diagnosis, voluntarily paid the widow of the deceased 500 thousand rubles in compensation. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the human rights group Accent. Lawyer Andrei Suchkov, representing the interests of the injured party, said that in his last word Arslanov fully admitted his guilt.

An employee of correctional colony No. 12 in the village of Shirokovsky, Gubakhinsky district, Perm Territory, was disciplined for publishing a video recognized as extremist. This was reported on the website of the regional prosecutor's office. The inspection of compliance with legislation on countering extremism was carried out by the prosecutor's office of the city of Gubakha, according to information from the regional Center “E”.

Former mayor of Yaroslavl Evgeny Urlashov said in court that he was offered to make a “kickback” for United Russia from a contract for road maintenance, reports . Yanovosti “I was struck by the carelessness of [Sergei] Shmelev when he said that he would resolve the issue with United Russia about allocating an additional 50 million rubles through the deputies of the regional Duma to the road fund of the city of Yaroslavl.

tried to establish poaching in the Buryat nature reserve, Nature conservation inspector from the Barguzin task force Artur Murzakhanov said that in the Buryat nature reserve “Zapovednoye Podlemorye”, a native of Transbaikalia, Alexey Lanichev, nicknamed Memento Mori or Momentik, reports “Number One”. According to him, in the summer of 2015, Lanichev, local businessman Viktor Ryabkov and several other people came to negotiate with Murzakhanov and tried to offer cooperation to the inspector.

The head of Bashkortostan, Rustem Khamitov, ordered the dismissal of the chief physician of Hospital No. 13 in Ufa after an incident with a patient who was forced to crawl to an appointment with a leg injury due to a non-working elevator. this with reference to Khamitov’s press service.

“The Other Russia” activist Oleg Mironov, convicted of disrupting Andrei Makarevich’s concert, was sent to a punishment cell in IK-4 of Mordovia for 13 days, the reports . political organization on VKontakte “The formal reasons for imposing a penalty are obscene language and being in a sleeping place at a time not allotted for sleep.