The number of deaths from coronavirus in Russia has reached 613 people. This follows from data from the government website “ stopcoronavirus.rf ” and regional operational headquarters to combat the infection. According to official data, as of April 23, 555 deaths from coronavirus were recorded.

The police detained three volunteers who were distributing food to the homeless at the Kursky Station for violating quarantine (Article 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). This was reported to TASS by the organization “Kursky Station. Homeless children." “Three volunteers were detained: one representative of our organization, Olga Aleksandrovskaya, as well as volunteers from St. James the Apostle and Resurrection of the Word churches,” the movement said.

The 451st Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee closed the criminal case against 21-year-old conscript Sergei Safonov, who was found hanged in the office of the commander of military unit No. 54055 in the city of Kozelsk, Kaluga Region. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta with reference to a notification from the investigator. The case was investigated under Article 110 of the Criminal Code (bringing it to [Roskomnadzor]).

The Stavropol Regional Court has toughened the punishment of six activists convicted in the case of a clash with security forces during the March protests in Magas. this . reports Memorial Aslan Aushev, Adam Badiev, Zelimkhan Baphoev, Akhmed Nalgiev, Gelani Khamkhoev and Zubeir Khamkhoev received from 1 year and 6 months to 1 year and 10 months in a penal colony under the article on the use of violence against security forces (part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

A criminal case was opened against a resident of Rostov-on-Don for selling weight loss products that contain the banned substance sibutramine. This was reported on the website of the Southern Operational Customs. When the girl came to the post office to receive the packages, in her boxes they found weight loss drugs “Beelight”, “Cyclonic weight loss - magic beans”, “Royal bean for weight loss” and “Pepper for weight loss slimming capsule ” .

In Lipetsk, a criminal case was opened against a 62-year-old patient with coronavirus for escaping from the hospital. this TASS reports with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The patient escaped on April 19. The police found him and “handed him over” to the ambulance crew. The case was opened under Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code (violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules).

The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Kurgan Region has completed an investigation into the criminal case of a resident of the village of Almenevo, accused of raping his daughter and beating his wife. This is reported on the department's website. As the investigation established, in 2019, a villager “systematically” beat a 7-year-old girl and his wife. “For any disobedience,” he beat the child, including with nettles.

On the website of the Ministry of Health of Khakassia they published a request to businessmen to pay for food for doctors living in hospitals because of the coronavirus, writes . Dozhd The message was later deleted, but it remained in Google's cache. The Ministry of Health asked for help to organize meals and provide living conditions for health workers of the Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital.

In St. Petersburg, former State Duma deputy from the LDPR Denis Volchek and businessman Zurab Pliev were detained in the case of attempted fraud on an especially large scale (Article 30, Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code), writes Kommersant without citing sources. The information is confirmed by RBC's interlocutors in the Investigative Committee. The publications claim that Volchek promised to help the entrepreneur avoid criminal prosecution for 8 million rubles.

The regional authorities and election commissions entered into 280 contracts to prepare for the “all-Russian vote” to change the constitution, the Russian BBC service calculated . Contracts concluded 17 subjects, their total amount is 430 million rubles. Of all the contracts, 17 concluded the election commission, the rest - the structures of regional and local authorities. Correctly on coronavirus.

In the Vologda region, an employee of a bakery factory in the village of Syamzha was detained in connection with the murder of a colleague (Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code), reports the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The deceased girl did not make contact for several days. Her body was found in the basement of the bakery canteen. It was almost completely walled up with cement, the Investigative Committee noted.

on the Vedomosti website A statement from the editorial staff appeared , in which they criticize the new editor-in-chief Andrei Shmarov. "AND. O. The editor-in-chief of Vedomosti, Andrei Shmarov, has already shown through his actions how he plans to change the editorial policy of the newspaper. Changes of this kind undermine the credibility of the publication,” the statement says.

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On behalf of the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, the case of the application of violence to security forces (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and on hooliganism (part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code) at a rally in Vladikavkaz was transferred to the central apparatus of the department. This was reported on the website of the Main Directorate of the SK.

The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Vologda Region refused to initiate a criminal case against the local police officer who shot a stray dog ​​named Laura. This is reported on the department's website. Animal rights activists insist that the police officer shot the dog with his service weapon and “kicked” it. According to activists, the bullet hit Laura in the head and passed along the base of her skull. She was taken to the veterinary clinic.