The Uruguayan Ministry of Internal Affairs has begun an investigation into the possible route of drug trafficking between Argentina and Russia, reports the Uruguayan publication El Observador , citing its own sources. Law enforcement officials suggest that Uruguay could be the center of the chain. There is no official confirmation that the route of the “drug suitcases” sent to Moscow passed through Uruguay, the country’s interior minister said.

A group of journalists who constantly work in the State Duma turned to the leadership of parliament with a request to discuss the behavior of the head of the International Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky, who was accused of sexual harassment. about this with reference to several people from the parliamentary pool. writes Meduza As interlocutors told Meduza, journalists from more than ten publications met with Deputy Chief of Staff of the State Duma Vadim Marshalko.

Dmitry Lukyanenko, accused of organizing an explosion in the Perekrestok supermarket on December 27, 2017 in St. Petersburg, was declared insane, reports 78.ru , citing sources in the “operational services.” Lukyanenko himself was arrested until February 28. Earlier, during an appeal against arrest, the accused asked to change the preventive measure to one that was not related to detention, but the court refused.

The IL-96 aircraft of the Rossiya flight detachment, intended for transporting top officials of the state, appears in the case of an attempt to deliver almost 400 kg of cocaine from Argentina to Russia through diplomatic channels. attention to this . drew RBC Video footage of a plane loaded with suitcases containing contraband was published by the Argentine gendarmerie.

The Leninsky District Court of Kirov added three months to the term of prisoner Alexei Galkin in the case of insulting a pre-trial detention center employee (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by 7x7 with reference to Galkin’s defender Peter Kuryanov. Earlier, Galkin spoke about torture in the colony. The defense of the convicted person plans to appeal the verdict, Kuryanov noted. According to him, the investigation into the case proceeded with violations.

Former court secretary Alexander Eyvazov, accused of obstruction of justice (Part 3 of Article 294 of the Criminal Code) and slander of a judge (Article 298 of the Criminal Code), demanded through the court to reimburse him for overtime. Eyvazov’s lawyer from Team 29, Ivan Pavlov, told Mediazona about this. Eyvazov demands payment of money for constant work overtime, unpaid vacations, as well as compensation for moral damage. In total, he asks to pay him 56,966 rubles.

Nalchik resident Rustam Kuchmenov, who spoke about torture in police custody, identified five police officers who used violence against him, reports the Committee Against Torture . Only one of those identified received the status of suspect; all police officers retained their positions and continue to work in internal affairs bodies. Kuchmenov appealed to the Committee against Torture in December 2017. He said that in June 2016, armed police broke into his apartment.

Convicted anti-fascist Alexander Kolchenko was taken back to IK-6 Kopeisk after examination in a hospital in Chelyabinsk, journalist Anton Naumlyuk said on his Facebook. According to him, the prisoner spent about 10 days in the hospital and was diagnosed with arrhythmia. “Apparently, the medical examination was a reaction to the request of the Consulate General of Ukraine to provide Kolchenko with medical assistance after reports of a deterioration in his health,” Naumlyuk noted.

The European Court of Human Rights heard the complaint of 72-year-old Turana Varzhabetyan, who was hit on the head by police with a baton on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. this on Facebook . reports The Public Verdict Foundation The ECHR asked the Russian authorities several questions, in particular, whether the use of force against the pensioner was justified.

members Olga Borisova and Alexander Sofeev, who were detained in Crimea Pussy Riot , were released from the police, but the electronic equipment returned to them does not work, journalist Anton Naumlyuk told Mediazona. According to him, neither the laptop nor both phones turn on, although they were previously tried to charge them. “Charging doesn’t help.

Lawyers for Boris Grits, who in October attacked Tatyana Felgengauer, deputy editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, with a knife, asked the investigation to reclassify his actions from attempted murder to causing grievous bodily harm. Lawyer Igor Zuber told Mediazona about this.

The defendant in the Argentine cocaine case, Andrei Kovalchuk, was arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list in January 2018, Interfax reports , citing the press service of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow. According to a Rosbalt source in law enforcement agencies, Kovalchuk previously worked at the Russian embassy in Berlin. The case regarding the supply of cocaine from Argentina was opened on November 15, 2017.

In Syktyvkar, a man was detained, who wrote the word “Putin” on one of the fences, said Vera Zheleztsova, head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to her, the man was detained on the night of February 26, he wrote Putin on several fences and houses.

On the evening of February 21, Moscow police detained a resident of the Bibirevo district, who threatened his wife and seventh-grader son with a katana, demanding money. This was reported by the Moscow agency, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. A 38-year-old woman called the police to the apartment at number 30 on Leskova Street, reporting that her 40-year-old husband was threatening her and her 13-year-old son with a sword, demanding to give him money.

The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Nikolai Sentsov, a person involved in the case of the monarchical organization “Baltic Vanguard of Russian Resistance” (BARS), as a political prisoner. This is stated on the organization's website. Human rights activists believe that the case against the BARS participants is politically motivated, and the investigation is being conducted with violations. In addition, some of the evidence in the case could have been falsified.