The Chechen police did not request CCTV footage from the Grozny Continent Hotel, where were attacked Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Marina Dubrovina this on the Novaya Gazeta website . reported on February 6. Milashina herself According to her, there are 27 cameras in the hotel, three of which film the lobby - the place where the attack took place.

Russian actionist artist Pyotr Pavlensky was detained in Paris. This was reported by channel the BFMTV , citing a source close to the investigation. According to the TV channel, the police had been looking for Pavlensky since January 2 in connection with a fight, and the incident with Paris mayoral candidate Benjamin Griveaux allowed them to “be on alert.” Le Parisien adds that the detention is related to a fight that occurred on New Year's Eve at the house of lawyer Juan Branco.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of Yelets, Lipetsk region, Vladimir Smolyanin, for insulting a government official (Part 1 of Article 319 of the Criminal Code) because of a video where he criticizes the local governor Igor Artamonov. this reports Lipetsknews with reference to a copy of the criminal case resolution. According to the newspaper, the reason for initiating a case was called “Gosh!

In St. Petersburg on Ligovsky Prospect, more than 10 people were detained during single pickets against amendments to the Constitution. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent. about the first detained activist Evgeniy Musin spoke The telegram channel “Objective of Realities” . Security forces took him away a few minutes before the start of the pickets.

The Administrative Commission of Irkutsk fined local resident Pavel Kharitonenko 1 thousand rubles for hanging a banner “The thief is still in power” on the bridge. this on Facebook . reported Activist Zakhar Sarapulov As stated in the commission’s decision, Kharitonenko was fined under regional law 173-OZ for violating the rules for landscaping municipal territories.

A protocol was drawn up against Vologda activist Yuri Shadrin for insulting a man named Danila Mikheev, who twice wrote complaints against the man under the article of disrespect for authority. Shadrin himself told Mediazona about this. According to the man, Mikheev was offended by the fact that Shadrin called him a “bastard” in a publication on VKontakte.

The Nalchik City Court sent into custody Zakri Baphoev, a participant in the protests against the new agreement on the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya, reports Fortanga.ORG . Baphoev is suspected under Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a government official). The day before, on February 14, the young man confessed to the police department, writes Fortanga.ORG.

Five followers of Jehovah's Witnesses were beaten in Orenburg IK-1, according to the association's website. We are talking about Felix Makhammadiev, Alexey Budenchuk, Alexey Miretsky, Gennady German and Roman Gridasov. According to Jehovah's Witnesses, colony officers beat them upon admission on February 6. According to believers, the prisoners were denied medical assistance.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow and the Moscow City Court assigned Andrei Barshai, a defendant in the “Moscow case,” court dates at the same time. this on her telegram channel The defendant’s lawyer, Svetlana Bayturina, reported . According to Baiturin, the Meshchansky Court scheduled a hearing on the merits of the criminal case on February 17 at 12 noon. The Moscow City Court scheduled the hearing of the appeal to extend Barshai’s detention for the same day at 12:15 and 12:30.

The prosecutor asked for four years in a general regime colony for the former policeman who tortured Roman Kostarev, a resident of Nytva, Perm Territory, on suspicion of robbing a store. This is by 59.ru. reported According to the publication, the security officer is being tried for abuse of office (Article 286 of the Criminal Code). As Kostarev says, on February 13, 2019, a policeman stopped him on the street and asked him to go to the police station to “talk” about the store robbery.

The International Biathlon Union ( IBU ) has disqualified Russian Evgeniy Ustyugov for doping, according to the organization’s website. Ustyugov was caught using the banned anabolic steroid oxandrolone. The IBU canceled all of the biathlete's results from August 27, 2013 to the end of 2014. These included victory in the men's relay at the Olympic Games in Sochi. Ustyugov has the right to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport ( CAS ).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed to block bank accounts and deposits until the drug trial. This is reported in the draft anti-drug policy strategy, published on the federal portal of regulatory legal acts. In particular, the department wants to block accounts, deposits and electronic wallets at the request of employees conducting operational investigative activities.

Teachers at a St. Petersburg school banned teenagers from performing to a Queen song , seeing it as “propaganda of homophobia and homosexuality.” this . reports Fontanka According to the publication, students of school No. 375 were preparing for February 14 a performance to the song I want to break free by Queen .