President Vladimir Putin signed a law toughening penalties for evading forced labor, reports . Interfax The new law makes changes to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. Now, according to the document, if a convicted person evades serving forced labor or violates its order, the remaining term of work can be replaced with imprisonment. In addition, the court can take into custody people who were assigned forced labor, but did not arrive at the place or evaded receiving the order.

Roskomnadzor brought administrative responsibility to Znak.com for obscene language in a published video about an attack on a school in Sterlitamak. This was reported in the publication’s Telegram channel. The news with the video was published on April 18 at 8:01 Moscow time. In the video, several hundred children and employees of the educational institution are standing next to the school.

The Ostankino District Court of Moscow sentenced Leonid, the brother of Meduza journalist Ilya Zhegulev, accused of drug possession (Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code), to three years in a general regime colony. this . reports Meduza The charges initially brought against him under Part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code and Part 4, paragraph “d” of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code (attempted illegal sale of drugs) were dropped. Zhegulev partially admitted his guilt.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law on blocking sites with information found by the court to discredit honor, dignity or business reputation. This is reported on the official website of legal information. The document was submitted to the State Duma for consideration on April 2. Three days later it was adopted in the first reading, and ten days later in the final third reading. The authors of the document were representatives of the United Russia faction.

In Kolomna, near Moscow, police fined two participants in a protest against the Volovichi landfill. about this with reference to activist Irina Naletova. writes Novaya Gazeta The protocols against the activists were drawn up under Part 1 of Article 12.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (crossing the road in the wrong place). The detainees were not taken to the department and were fined on the spot.

In the city of Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, on the night of April 23, the front door of a store belonging to Valery Gusarov, a deputy from the Patriots of Russia party, was set on fire, writes the local publication Zapad 24. According to Zapad 24, the store was located in the Solnyshko shopping row on the first floor of a residential multi-story building. The fire was reported at 3:30 am; firefighters arrived at the scene half an hour later and put out the fire.

The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Kolomna activist Valentin Sokolov as a political prisoner, convicted under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) for publications on social networks, according to the organization’s website. In January 2018, the Voskresensky City Court sentenced Sokolov to 1 year and 6 months in a general regime colony. Later, the Moscow Regional Court commuted the sentence to 8 months in prison.

Investigator of the Krasnodar department of the Investigative Committee Sergei Pidshmorga issued a decision to terminate the investigation of the criminal case against the poet Maxim Drozdov, who was suspected of inciting hatred towards the social group “atheists” (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona was informed about this by Andrey Sabinin, a lawyer for the international human rights group Agora, and Alexey Avanesyan, a lawyer representing Drozdov’s interests.

The US Treasury Department has expressed its readiness to lift sanctions against Rusal if Oleg Deripaska resigns from leading the company, according to the department’s website. The ministry also extended until October 23 the deadline during which American companies and individuals must complete cooperation with the Russian aluminum producer. It was previously reported that all interactions with Rusal should cease before June 5.

The 39-year-old resident of the Yakut city of Tiksi was detained on suspicion of trying to poison the policeman with mercury out of revenge, according to the “unofficial mirror” of the Channel of the Investigative Committee in the “blocked” Telegram messenger.

In the Orenburg region, convicts from correctional colony No. 3 in the city of Novotroitsk stopped their hunger strike. This was reported by Interfax-Povolzhye with reference to the prosecutor for supervision of compliance with laws in correctional institutions in the region, Alexey Epifanov. “Everyone started eating. The prosecutor's office will now give a legal assessment of each of the prisoners' appeals, in which dissatisfaction with the alleged conditions of detention was expressed.

The defense of the ex-director of the Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalya Sharina sent an appeal to the chairman of the Moscow City Court, in which she asked to explain the appearance in the press of reports about the refusal of the appeal against the verdict before the court made a decision on the case. Interfax was informed about this by the head of Team 29, Ivan Pavlov, who represents Sharina’s interests.

In St. Petersburg, on April 20, security forces released a kidnapped man whose note asking for help was found on the street by a passer-by. FlashNord and Rosbalt write about this with reference to the press service of the department of private security of the National Guard troops in the region. According to the department, the 40-year-old St. Petersburg resident was kidnapped by five people.

The DNA of a pre-trial detention center employee was allegedly found on a stick wrapped in electrical tape and an electrical wire that lay in a cell next to the body of deceased businessman Valery Pshenichny. about this with reference to a forensic medical examination. writes Novaya Gazeta The newspaper published excerpts from the examination after a response from the FSIN department in St.

Police officers pushed the protesters against a landfill of garbage at the Volovichi training ground in order to ensure the passage of garbage trucks; Two people were detained. This was reported in the telegram channel "There is no landfill of Kolomna." We are talking about cars with "nonresident garbage", which activists call Moscow.