Russian mercenaries from the so-called “Wagner PMC” flew to Venezuela to support President Nicolas Maduro, reports Reuters , citing its own sources. Two agency sources close to the mercenaries said that PMC fighters arrived in Venezuela in the last few days. The third source confirmed that there is a contingent of Russian mercenaries in the country, but did not specify what their role was or when they arrived.

The Prosecutor General’s Office instructed the regional divisions to check the cancellation of rappers' concerts, RNS reports with reference to the notice notification, aimed in response to the appeal of the head of the youth parliament under the State Duma of Maria Voropaeva.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs denies that Kyrgyz citizen Khusnidin Zainabidinov was detained on suspicion of involvement in an explosion in a residential building in Magnitogorsk, according to the department’s website.

In the Krasnodar Territory, a report was drawn up against Sergei Aksenov, a deputy from United Russia of the Council of the Korenovsky urban settlement, regarding the beating (Article 6.1.1 of the Administrative Code) of a local resident, Free Media reports , citing lawyer Alexey Avanesyan. According to the lawyer, the deputy’s case will soon be considered by the court. He emphasized that the Investigative Committee had considered the materials six months earlier.

In Crimea, the investigation closed the case under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity), brought against Gulsum Aliyeva, the daughter of one of the defendants in the Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Muslim Aliyev, the reports head of the international human rights group Agora in his telegram channel. Pavel Chikov. According to Chikov, the case was dropped at the request of lawyer Alexei Ladin in connection with the decriminalization of the article.

The Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions for the head of the police department of the city of Chekhov, Andrei Bolshakov, suspected of illegal arms trafficking (part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code), reports . the Moscow agency A preventive measure for Bolshakov was chosen until March 23.

The Investigative Committee in the Altai Territory began an investigation after reports that children in Novoaltaisk have to crawl under freight cars to get to school, the agency’s regional office says on its website. The check is being carried out against city administration employees. “According to the townspeople, due to the lack of a bus, their children are forced to travel several kilometers to school along a dangerous road.

Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov supported mandatory registration in Russia of all mobile devices with Internet access using an international mobile equipment identifier, but proposed making it free, TASS reports . “We have now discussed this with the Minister (of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications Konstantin Noskov - MZ), we do not support the idea of ​​payment, we support the idea of ​​registration," Akimov said.

The North Caucasus District Military Court dropped charges of extremism (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against Sevastopol activist Yevgeny Karakashev due to the decriminalization of the article, the head of the international human rights group “Agora” Pavel Chikov reports in his telegram channel, citing lawyer Alexei Ladin. Under Article 282 of the Criminal Code, Karakashev was accused of publishing “the last interview of the Primorye partisans,” recognized by the court as extremist.

In Saratov, police opened a criminal case of beatings (Article 116 of the Criminal Code) against a schoolboy suspected of shooting another student in the legs with a pneumatic weapon, according to the website of the regional prosecutor's office. On the morning of January 24, several students from the local lyceum were on the street. The suspect shot the 16-year-old several times in the legs with an air pistol. One of the students had previously purchased a gun online, the report said.

In Tambov, employees of the juvenile affairs unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs threatened to expel Left Bloc activist Nikita Sazhnev from the technical school, who was distributing leaflets against the torture of political prisoners. about this . The activist himself told MBKh Media “There I was already introduced to all the hatred of the police towards the opposition.

In the Chelyabinsk region, police tortured Kyrgyz citizen Khusnidin Zainabidinov, suspecting him of involvement in the explosion in Magnitogorsk. Radio Azattyk about this . told His wife Khalimakhon According to Khalimakhon, security forces detained her husband on January 16. The next day after the arrest, she met with Zainabidinov at the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and saw signs of beatings on his body.

The Investigative Committee in the Krasnoyarsk Territory opened a criminal case for intentional damage to someone else's property for hooligan reasons (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code) against a ninth-grader who opened fire near a school in Abalakovo, according to the website of the regional department of the department.

Amnesty International has recognized Open Russia activist Anastasia Shevchenko as a prisoner of conscience, according to the website of the international human rights organization. Amnesty International demands the release of Shevchenko.

In the Kemerovo region, the Investigative Committee began checking reports of poor quality food in one of the schools in the city of Yurga, according to the department’s website. Investigators identified a school where students complained about the quality of food.