The human rights organization Memorial reported that Chechen security forces are holding hostage a resident of Ingushetia, Anzor Aliyev, whose younger brother Shamil was previously convicted of aiding militants. According to human rights activists, law enforcement agencies demand that 23-year-old Shamil Aliyev appear before them, otherwise they threaten to kill Anzor. 26-year-old employee of the Ministry of Finance of Chechnya Anzor Aliyev was detained at the end of January at his workplace.

Investigators near Moscow opened a criminal case against a young man who danced next to the monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, reports the press service of the Investigative Committee’s department for the Moscow region.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday eased sanctions against Russia's Federal Security Service, allowing U.S. companies to engage in transactions and activities involving the FSB to obtain licenses and permits to import, distribute or use certain information technology products in Russia. This was reported on the website of the US Treasury. The corresponding document entitled “General License No. 1” was published on the website of the American Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is conducting an investigation after reports of a 17-year-old teenager who fraudulently worked for the Moscow police for a year. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. Earlier on Thursday, 17-year-old Ivan G. “worked” for the police for about a year and a half, reported Life .

Federal coordinator of the Open Russia project Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., taken to intensive care on Thursday morning, is unconscious and in critical condition. this on his Facebook page His lawyer Vadim Prokhorov reported with reference to the attending doctors. “Multiple organ failure has occurred. Artificial ventilation, hemodialysis and other resuscitation procedures are carried out. The reasons for the critical condition that has developed are not clear to doctors,” Prokhorov added.

Russian director Alexei Uchitel is preparing to send two statements to the Prosecutor General's Office regarding State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya and representatives of public organizations criticizing his film “Matilda”. the TASS agency about this The Teacher told . “We are preparing a legal response to Poklonskaya and social activists.

The establishment of border zone limits along the Russian-Belarus border will not affect the movement of citizens of these states, Secretary of State of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota is sure. This was reported on the official website of the Permanent Committee of the Union State. “In our opinion, as a first approximation, we are not talking about restrictions in the border zone, but about streamlining the movement of citizens of Belarus and Russia.

The FSB directorate for Chechnya does not conduct inspections of NGOs receiving foreign funding, the told RBC. department's press service “Currently, the FSB Directorate for Chechnya does not conduct such checks. This information is not true,” the agency’s interlocutor said. He noted that the Ministry of Justice is authorized to carry out such work.

Murmansk Arctic State University (MASU) has canceled the “Legal Journalism Course” on its territory, despite a preliminary agreement. This was reported on February 1 in the course group on VKontakte and on the page of one of its organizers, Alexander Borisov. A message in the “Legal Journalism Course” group notes that despite the cancellation of the course in the MASU auditorium, planned meetings with speakers will take place on “neutral territory” (where exactly is not specified).

The Kalachinsky City Court of the Omsk Region sentenced 53-year-old Kalachinsky municipal district deputy Alexander Ovcharenko, who attacked a journalist who tried to ask him a question at a meeting with voters, to two years of suspended imprisonment. He was found guilty under Part 3 of Article 144 of the Criminal Code (obstructing the legitimate activities of a journalist by forcing him to refuse to disseminate information, using violence and damaging the journalist’s property).

The leader of the rock group “Instructions for Survival”, Roman Neumoev, was called by phone for a conversation at the Pskov Center “E”. this The musician himself announced on Facebook. The topic of the upcoming conversation is still unknown to Neumoev. According to him, a person who introduced himself as an employee of Center “E” promised that he would soon receive an official summons at his place of permanent registration in Pskov.

Investigators opened a criminal case under paragraph “a” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code (exceeding official authority with the use of violence) after the beating of one of the convicts by employees of Correctional Colony No. 1 in Kalmykia, according to the website of the republican department of the Investigative Committee.

In Russia, you can buy a train or plane ticket and book a hotel room using the passport of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Such agreements were unofficially reached between Moscow and the authorities of the DPR and LPR to reduce social tension in the territories controlled by the separatists, RBC reports .

Relatives and friends of Chechen resident Movsar Rashidov, whose son Magomed Rashidov is fighting on the side of the Islamic State, have not known about his whereabouts since January 11. They told Kavkaz.Realii about this after the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, mentioned Rashidov on his Instagram.

The Supreme Court confirmed the acquittal of civil aviation pilot Sergei Senin in the case of a double murder in the city of Tetyushi, committed in 2003. Lawyer Lev Chumakov told Mediazona about this. In November 2016, Senin was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Tatarstan; before that, the jury issued a not guilty verdict in his case: this decision was supported by 11 out of 12 assessors.