The Constitutional Court of Russia allowed a jury to consider a criminal case of murder in the Polar Owl colony of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. This was requested by the accused - neo-Nazi Alexei Voevodin, sentenced to life imprisonment, and killer from the Tver Wolves gang, Alexander Ageev. The request to the Constitutional Court was sent by the court of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, which doubted the legality of the jury trial.

Rambler decided to abandon its claims against the IT company Nginx , reports with reference to the company’s press release. the BBC Russian Service The board of directors of Rambler will terminate the contract with the law firm Lynwood , which filed a statement of violation of the rights of the media holding. The company will ask to terminate the criminal case under Article 146 of the Criminal Code (infringement of copyright and related rights) against Nginx.

The Zelenodolsk City Court of Tatarstan arrested Andrei Zheleznov, an opponent of the construction of a waste incineration plant, for seven days, reports Apology of Protest. The arrest was ordered under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a police officer). Previously, the environmental activist was fined 10 thousand rubles for the same action.

Zoya Martyashina, an opponent of the construction of a waste incineration plant near Kazan, was fined 10 thousand rubles, reports Apology of Protest. The woman was charged with Part 1 of Article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (organizing a mass presence of citizens in public places that resulted in a violation of public order). Under the same article, the court fined Andrei Zheleznov 10 thousand rubles.

Moscow City Duma deputy from the Yabloko faction Daria Besedina said that the capital’s parliament commission did not allow her to ask questions about the “Moscow case” at the upcoming meeting with the mayor of the city Sergei Sobyanin. this Besedina announced on Twitter. Sobyanin will come with a report to the Moscow City Duma on December 18. During the meeting, deputies will be able to ask the mayor questions.

The Moscow City Court decided to block part of the content on the Match TV website for 15 days following a claim by Rambler Group . This was reported by The Bell with reference to a court ruling. The court made a corresponding decision on December 10. The head of sports projects at Rambler Group, Mikhail Gershkovich , told R-Sport that the reason for the lawsuit was reviews of English Premier League football matches on the Match TV website.

President Vladimir Putin awarded a certificate of honor to the head of the Roskomnadzor department for the Ural Federal District (Ural Federal District) Alexander Ermakov. The document was published on the official legal information portal. In the order, Ermakov is called the deputy head of the department, although on the department’s website he is designated as the acting head since 2018.

In the Belgorod region, a local resident shot his ex-girlfriend after breaking up, buried her body in the forest and left for Crimea. This was reported by the local department of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, the unnamed 60-year-old villager lived with his 46-year-old girlfriend for 13 years. In 2019, the woman said she wanted to break up. After this, the man offered to renew the relationship several times, but was refused.

A court in Cherepovets sentenced a local resident for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, who complained of harassment from him after breaking up. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The department does not name the local resident, but in the case file on the court’s website he is listed as Egor Smirnov. According to investigators, in November 2018, Smirnov drank and attacked his ex-girlfriend in the entrance of her house.

Kuzbass police have changed their minds about prosecuting local resident Igor Gorlanov, who tore up the Constitution on video, under the article of disrespect for authority. this in a telegram . announced The head of the international human rights group Agora, Pavel Chikov, As Chikov writes, three examinations were carried out in the case, but none found disrespect for the authorities in the video (Part 3 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code).

The news about the awarding of the distinction “For Loyalty to the Law”, 1st degree, to former department employee Olga Shvetsova, who was arrested in the case of the murder of an investigator, was removed from the website of the North Ossetian prosecutor’s office. On December 14, Shvetsova was detained in the case of the contract killing of Moscow investigator Alexander Leonov, who was her sister’s ex-husband. Today, December 16, the court arrested her for a month.

The Sovetsky District Court of Vladikavkaz fined a 19-year-old law student who published on VKontakte a fragment from the film “Schindler’s List” one thousand rubles, Kavkaz.Realii reports , citing the young man’s lawyer Alan Tedeev. From the case file on the court’s website it follows that the young man’s name is Ilya Gusoev.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law that provides for fines of up to 5 million rubles for media outlets recognized as “foreign agents.” The document was published on the legal information website. The amendments provide for punishment “for gross violation of the rules of operation” of the media - “foreign agents”. For citizens, punishment varies from a fine of 10 thousand rubles to arrest for 15 days, for legal entities - fines from 500 thousand rubles to 5 million rubles.

The Zheleznovodsk City Court sentenced Zelimkhan Tomov, who threw a stone at a National Guardsman at a rally in Magas, to one year and five months in a penal colony. this . reports RAPSI Taking into account the time spent in the pre-trial detention center, Tomov will be released in nine days. According to the investigation, after the end of the agreed rally in Magas, Tomov remained in the square, picked up a stone and threw it towards the National Guard, but did not hit anyone.

Former employee of the Ministry of Culture Evgenia Pavlyuchenko said at a hearing in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow that during interrogation as a witness in the Seventh Studio case, investigator Vasiliev forced her to give the necessary testimony, reports . Kommersant “These testimonies were given under pressure. The investigators gave me a completed interrogation report. They were not given the opportunity to make edits.