The editor-in-chief of Pravda Volga Federal District, Alexander Belov, complained of threats after the publication of news about the head of Chuvashia, Mikhail Ignatiev, reports Podem. According to the publication, Belov was “the first to tell” how the head of the republic mocked firefighters during the ceremony of presenting the keys to new service vehicles, and about his calls to “kill” journalists and bloggers who criticize the government.

In Moscow, the presidential administration was held with a demand to hold a referendum on a change in the Constitution. This is written by Znak.com and one of the organizers of the event, the leader of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov. The arrivals signed the requirements for the convocation of the Constitutional Assembly before the adoption of amendments.

New Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin announced the need to begin an all-Russian housing “renovation” program, TASS reports . He noted that the project will not work “just like that and start, it needs to be weighed and evaluated.” “For now, we can start working on it in large cities, because renovation means a lot of money, a change in the way of life,” he said during the Vesti on Saturday program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Prosecutor General’s Office to verify the legality of the sentence in the criminal case of activist Konstantin Kotov, who was convicted for four years, finding guilty of repeated violation of rallies (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the official website of the Kremlin. In December 2019, the president commented on Kotov’s case.

Belgorod police opened a criminal case for cruelty to animals (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 245 of the Criminal Code) after animal rights activists found a ravine with the corpses of dogs. about this . writes “7x7” Bags with animal remains were discovered at the end of December in the village of Komsomolsky, not far from the building of the Fauna+ company, where the captured dogs were kept.

In Chechnya, on January 24, at least 25 people were detained for a picture of the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, in which he is depicted in the attire of an Orthodox priest, reports Kavkaz . Realities" with reference to an unnamed source. The detainees were brought to the police department in the Shali district and left overnight, but no reports were drawn up against them, the publication’s interlocutor claims. He added that detainees are beaten.

Employees of the E Center in Yakutsk told the girlfriend of Viktor Makerov, a detained associate of shaman Gabyshev, to buy the activist a ticket to Novosibirsk and put him on a plane. about this “MBH Media” writes with reference to the coordinator of “Human Rights Postcard” Alexey Pryanishnikov.

Presidential aide Vladislav Surkov left government service. about this in his Telegram channel . spoke Director of the Center for Political Conjuncture Aleksey Chesnakov According to him, Surkov made this decision “in connection with a change of course in the Ukrainian direction.” The former state adviser plans to meditate for a month, after which he “promised to inform about the reasons” for his dismissal, Chesnokov wrote.