In 2019, Russian courts issued less than one percent of acquittals. This was announced by the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. According to the head of the department, over the 11 months of 2019, the courts acquitted only 545 defendants. Bastrykin considers this indicator a sign of good work by investigators. “These figures show the work of investigators, work crowned with a good result,” the head of the Investigative Committee is confident.

The Syktyvkar city court arrested the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Komi Republic, Viktor Polovnikov, for two months, TASS reports . The day before, on January 16, Polovnikov was detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, in July 2017, Polovnikov received a bribe of 25 million rubles. No other details are provided. The policeman himself does not admit guilt.

In Moscow, guards beat Azamat Kazanchev, who was arrested in a theft case (Article 153 of the Criminal Code), before a court hearing in the Zelenogradsky District Court and refused to take him into the courtroom, reports Baza , citing the victim himself. According to the publication, on December 23, the guards “treated his belongings carelessly” - they took the prayer rug out of his bag and threw it away. Kazanchev reprimanded them, for which he was punched in the face, notes Baza .

The Zheleznovodsk City Court of Stavropol sentenced Timur Oziev, a participant in clashes with security forces at a rally in Magas, to a year and seven months in prison, reports . the Caucasian Knot Previously, the prosecutor requested a year and six months in a general regime colony for Oziev. Oziev is due to be released at the end of February, said his lawyer Ruslan Khadzhiev. According to investigators, at the rally a man forcibly pulled the shield of a National Guard employee.

Police officers came to Moscow municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina, who called for a street rally and to oppose the “coup d’etat.” Galyamina spoke about this on Twitter. Earlier, Galyamina called for joining the agreed anti-fascist march, which will take place in the center of Moscow on January 19 in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. 10 years ago they were shot by a neo-Nazi from the “Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists” Nikita Tikhonov.

Near the State Duma, Anna Loiko, a participant in the “perpetual protest” during a single picket against changes in the Constitution, announced by President Vladimir Putin in appeal to the Federal Assembly. This is written in the telegram channels "An unlimited protest | Moscow ” and “ OVD-Info ” . Ceremonial gesture.

The police drew up a report of repeated disrespect for authority (part 4 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code) against a resident of the Vologda region, Yuri Shadrin. Shadrin told Mediazona about this. As stated in the administrative violation report (available to Mediazona), the reason was the man’s post on VKontakte. In it, Shadrin insisted that President Vladimir Putin did not commit genocide, unlike Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

The Moscow City Court recovered 500 thousand rubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in favor of Natalya Zvereva, the mother of St. Petersburg resident Dmitry Demidov, who was shot by an operative at the police department. This was reported to Mediazona in the Law Zone. In 2018, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow awarded the woman 150 thousand rubles. She demanded 4 million rubles in moral compensation.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested until March 2 the Honored Artist of Russia Anastasia Chebotareva in the case of the sect of Andrei Popov, known as “God Kuzya”. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. According to the Moscow agency, Anastasia Chebotareva, a violinist and Honored Artist of Russia, was on the federal wanted list. She is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

In Kazan, the chairman of the “green” faction of the regional “Yabloko” branch, Elena Izotova, went on a hunger strike in a special detention center, Idel.Realii reports with reference to her “comrades-in-arms from the movement against the construction of a waste incineration plant.” The activist was arrested for five days for a single picket demanding the resignation of the Minister of Internal Affairs for Tatarstan Artem Khokhorin, charging Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code

The Zavolzhsky District Court of Yaroslavl sentenced to three years in prison of the former inspector of the IK-1 security department, 26-year-old Maxim Yablokov on charges of beating the prisoner. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Yaroslavl case". The prosecutor asked him to be sentenced to five years in the colony, deprive the title of lieutenant and ban the leadership positions within two years. The court refused to deprive Yablokov.

The Troitsky District Court of Moscow fined Sofya Lipatkina 15 thousand rubles for a picket in support of political prisoners on December 31 on Tverskaya Street. Her lawyer Mansur Gilmanov told Mediazona about this. The girl was charged with violating the rules of the event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Criminal Code). Lipatkina and 12 other participants in a series of single pickets were detained because they took turns standing with posters “I also want a holiday.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk left without consideration the claim to protect the honor, dignity and business reputation of policeman Dmitry Pashkov, who complained about two articles of “Sibir.Realii”, a project of Radio Liberty. The decision was published in the court file. As writes Sibir.Realii since December 26, 2019 with reference to the court ruling, the claim was rejected because the policeman twice failed to come to the meeting without warning.

The Moscow Meshchansky Court fined human rights activist Lev Ponomarev 100 thousand rubles for the sixth time under the law on “foreign agents” (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code), reports MBKh Media. Roskomnador drew up a report against Ponomarev due to the lack of labeling on the social networks of the Ulyanovsk branch of the movement “For Human Rights”.

The director of school No. 105 in Perm, Alexandra Legoshina, was summoned to the mayor’s office “for an explanation” after the publication of a video in which students of the “police” class allegedly learn to repel attacks from protesters. about this The publication “Rise” writes with reference to the press service of the city administration. Published by Vitaly Kovin Thursday, January 16, 2020 A video and photos from the training session were posted on Facebook by local resident Vitaly Kovin.