Five Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC died in Mozambique as a result of a rebel attack, reports Carta de Moçambique. According to the publication, the incident occurred on October 27 in the province of Cabo Delgado. The attackers set up barricades on the road and opened fire on a passing car. Carta de Moçambique clarifies that those killed were beheaded and the car was burned. There has not yet been official confirmation of the death of Russian citizens in Mozambique.

Investigator Anton Ryastos immediately after the meeting of the Basmanny Court, which arrested the new defendant in the “Moscow case” Pavel Novikov, notified him of the end of the investigation, lawyer of the international human rights group “Agora” Fyodor Sirosh, who was present at the event, told Mediazona. According to the lawyer, tomorrow afternoon the defense will begin to familiarize itself with the case materials.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow limited the period for familiarization of the defendant in the “Moscow case” Maxim Martintsov with his materials until October 31, reports MBKH Media. As the publication notes, Martintsov and his lawyer began to get acquainted with the materials on October 28. During the consideration of the investigation's request to limit the period of familiarization, the defense asked to give it at least three working days, and Martintsov himself - five days.

FSB officers detained the director of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolai Kolachevsky. He is suspected of theft, a source told Interfax. Kolachevsky’s assistant Natalya Tarasenko told Moskovsky Komsomolets that security forces came to the director’s office at about 16:00 and demanded that he go with them to his apartment for a search. Meanwhile, a search took place in the accounting department and contract department of the FIAN, Tarasenko clarified.

The Moscow City Court rejected the investigation's request to extend the arrest of a teenager who was arrested in the case of making a bomb. TASS about this . told His lawyer Sergei Ashanin “The Moscow City Court did not extend the term of detention for my client, released him from the pre-trial detention center in the courtroom and chose a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for a period until February 2,” the defense lawyer said. The teenager has been in jail since November 2018.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a resident of the Biryulyovo district of Moscow, who “threw a cat at a policeman,” as a result of which it “seriously scratched a law enforcement officer,” reports . REN TV REN TV does not specify the article under which the criminal case was initiated, however, a copy of the resolution on its initiation was distributed on social networks (in particular, lawyer Sergei Badamshin published it on his Telegram channel).

The Investigative Committee asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to arrest a new defendant in the “Moscow case” - 32-year-old Pavel Novikov, reports . OVD-Info The meeting is scheduled for 16:30, the suspect is being taken to court, the project notes. Earlier, Baza reported about Novikov detention ’s . According to her, Novikov was detained on the morning of October 29 and taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee, which ended at two in the morning.

The accused in the “Penza case,” Viktor Filinkov, who is in St. Petersburg pre-trial detention center No. 3, decided to go on a “hunger strike of solidarity with political prisoners,” reports . Rupression According to the project, today, on the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression, Filinkov intends to submit a statement of hunger strike to the colony administration.

publication Irina Slavina (Irina Murakhtaeva) 70 thousand rubles The Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod fined the editor-in-chief of the KozaPress because of a post on Facebook. about this in his Telegram channel . wrote The head of the international human rights group Agora, Pavel Chikov, Chikov notes that this is the largest fine of all that was previously imposed under the article on disrespect for authority.

In Krasnodar, a second protocol was drawn up against lawyer Yulia Fedotova on the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code), she wrote on Facebook. This time the protocol was drawn up because Fedotova challenged in the Krasnodar Regional Court a claim to invalidate two provisions of the regional law on rallies. “Allegedly, this was done under the auspices of an organization that cannot be named (begins with “RIGHTS ...”, ends with “YTKI”).

The Kurgan City Court sentenced the head of the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Ilgiz Ilyasov, to five and a half years in a general regime colony, according to the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. Ilyasov was found guilty of abuse of power (parts 1, 3 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code) and taking bribes (parts 1, 2 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code).

Azat Miftakhov. Photo: Ivan Vodopyanov / Kommersant Four -year -olds of the journalism of the Moscow State University Fariza Dudarov and Marina Kim claim that the university is pursuing them for collecting guarantees in support of Azat Miftakhov. According to the girls, at first they were forced to go on academic leave, and now they are going to expel. The meeting of the commission will be held on October 30 at 14:00. "Mediazona" recorded stories of students.

State Duma deputies from the A Just Russia faction have introduced a bill on criminal liability for drug propaganda, as follows from the bill database. The document proposes to introduce penalties of up to five years in prison for “propaganda or illegal advertising” of drugs. If the same actions are committed on the Internet or in the media - up to seven years in prison.

The Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia, after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), decided to release Alexander Borisov from the colony, who spoke about planted drugs. about this in his Telegram channel . wrote The head of the international human rights group Agora, Pavel Chikov, The sentence against Borisov has been cancelled, and he must be immediately released from a colony in the Tambov region.

Parents of students at gymnasium No. 2 in Krasnogorsk near Moscow complained that employees of Synergy University collected fingerprints from their children without their permission, writes . Kommersant “During the technology lesson, the children were told that they would take a test to identify professional skills. The children were not asked any questions; they were seated at a computer and their fingers were scanned.