The investigator refused to include in the case materials the conclusion of specialists based on the results of a polygraph test of mathematician Dmitry Bogatov, accused of calls for terrorism, Interfax reports, citing lawyer Sarkis Darbinyan. “We received a decision to refuse to include the results of the examination. The investigator believes that the specialists who carried out the investigation do not have sufficient qualifications and competence,” said Bogatov’s lawyer.

The delegation of the European Committee against Torture, which visited Chechnya, did not find confirmation of reports of extrajudicial executions in the republic, reports with reference to Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova. Interfax “The Deputy Chairman of the European Committee against Torture met with me here.

The prosecutor's office of the Frunzensky district of St. Petersburg found violations of the legislation on education and sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population in the specialized children's and youth sports school of the Olympic reserve No. 1, according to the department's website. The school was inspected after parents of 10-year-old gymnasts said that the girls were forced to clean the toilet.

The Investigative Committee brought charges against the head of the Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police Lieutenant General Pyotr Grishin, Deputy Police Colonel Oleg Mazur, as well as businessman Sergei Narutov, according to the Investigative Committee’s website.

In the village of Murmashi, Murmansk region, a riot of prisoners began in penal colony No. 18 of maximum security, Novaya Gazeta writes , citing relatives of the convicts. “Local rooms are burning, glass is breaking, detachments’ offices are being blown out, everyone in the camp is being burned,” the relatives said. The cause of the unrest was a search of prisoners with the participation of special forces officers.

President Vladimir Putin said that Russian authorities will not prevent athletes from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, reports . Interfax “We, without any doubt, will not declare any blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from taking part (in the Games - MZ), if any of them wants to take part in a personal capacity,” Putin said during an event dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Gorky Automobile Plant.

The Moscow City Court upheld the complaint and overturned the ruling against Andrei Tarasov, who was fined for an anti-corruption action on March 26, Tarasov himself told OVD-Info. After the rally, a protocol was drawn up against the activist under Part 6.1.

The Investigation Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Central Administrative District of Moscow opened a criminal case following a statement from Interfax about a cyber attack on the news agency’s services, RNS reports .

In Dzerzhinsk, the coordinator of the initiative group “#18 rubles Dzerzhinsk against rising travel prices,” Mikhail Penkin, was detained for a day, according to the movement’s group on VKontakte. According to the Dzerzhinsk TV Company, Penkin was called to the city administration to talk about the upcoming meeting-rally against raising fares. During the meeting, the police came into the office and took the activist away without explanation.

President Vladimir Putin announced his intention to participate in the presidential elections in 2018, TASS reports . “Yes, I will run for president of the Russian Federation,” Putin said at a rally and concert dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Gorky Automobile Plant. Earlier on Wednesday, Putin avoided a direct answer to a question about his participation in the elections.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Nizhny Tagil extended for four months the arrest of three police officers accused of beating detainee Stanislav Golovko to death, lawyer Alexei Bushmakov, who collaborates with the “Zone of Law” and represents the interests of the deceased’s sister, told Mediazona. The period of arrest by the police was extended until April 7, 2018. Over forty witnesses have already been questioned as part of the criminal case.

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya, Nurdi Nukhazhiev, said that the information about the kidnappings of people by security forces is unreliable, and suggested that we are talking about arrests as part of a raid to combat the spread of drugs, TASS reports . “There is no information that citizens were abducted and not detained on suspicion of committing offenses. Everyone knows that preventive anti-drug special measures are being carried out in the republic.

The representative of the prosecution asked that Dmitry Krepkin, a participant in the Moscow anti-corruption action on March 26, be sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a police officer, reports . Grani.ru Krepkin is accused under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code. He refused to admit guilt. The investigation believes that at an anti-corruption rally on March 26, a young man hit a policeman in the leg; he himself insists that the blow came from a rubber baton.

In Moscow, at Sheremetyevo airport, a plane of the Latvian airline AirBaltic rolled off the runway, reported RIA Novosti and TASS , citing sources. The TASS source clarifies that only one runway will operate for two hours, and the number of takeoff and landing operations will also be reduced. airline AirBaltic commented on the incident on its Twitter and apologized to passengers for what happened. The carrier blamed the incident on strong winds and a slippery taxiway.

A man who received serious burns in an accident on a heating main in Moscow's Golyanovo died in hospital, a source in medical circles told Interfax. “The patient, who was in extremely serious condition, died in the hospital today at 14:20,” the agency’s source said. He noted that the burns were too serious and it was not possible to save the victim’s life. An accident on a heating main in eastern Moscow occurred on the evening of November 29. Hot water flooded the roadway.