In the Achkhoy-Martan region of Chechnya, an alleged supporter of the separatists, Kazbek Baidulaev, was killed, the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced in his Telegram channel. “There were no accomplices or other members of the gang underground with him,” he added.

In Nizhny Novgorod, activist Maxim Alibaev was detained during a picket in support of politician Alexei Navalny and left overnight in the police department pending trial. This was reported by the human rights organization Apology of Protest. Alibaev stood at the beginning of the pedestrian Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street with a poster “The faces of FSB terrorists have been revealed. These people have been constantly pursuing A.

In the Moscow region, the Yadrovo landfill near Volokolamsk was closed, which was opposed by local residents. This was reported by the press service of Rosprirodnadzor and the regional government . “They won’t bring garbage there anymore. But this is just the beginning. Difficult work lies ahead to get rid of the smell and wastewater,” Governor Andrei Vorobyov wrote after the closing ceremony.

Kaliningrad. Photo: Alexander Podgarchuk / Kommersant The Kaliningrad region became the first region in Russia to announced new tough restrictions due to the difficult situation with the coronavirus epidemic-from late December to mid-January, shopping centers, shops and hairdressers will be closed in the region.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to hide the personal data of security forces, prosecutors, judges and their loved ones. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. The authors of the bill, including United Russia deputy Vasily Piskarev, submitted it for consideration on December 8.

The Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs found no signs of extremism in the publications of the regional Muftiate about the benefits of circumcision for girls. The Legal Initiative reported this to Mediazona.

RIA Novosti, citing a source familiar with the case materials, claims that FSB investigators have evidence that journalist and adviser to the heads of Roscosmos Ivan Safronov received money for transmitting classified information to a foreign intelligence service.

Russian intelligence services staged a cyber attack on the US State Department, the Pentagon, nuclear laboratories, ministries and other departments, reports the New York Times . The volume of stolen data is still unknown. According to the newspaper, the National Security Agency, which deals with both hacking abroad and protecting domestic American networks from hacker attacks, did not notice third-party interference until recently.

In the Irkutsk region, employees of the main investigation department of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs helped a gypsy woman find out her date of birth in order to open a criminal case. this . reports The press service of the department As stated in the release, in 2019, security forces detained a native of the Novosibirsk region on suspicion of fraud. Details of the case and the article under which it is being held are not indicated.

The magistrate of court district No. 33 of the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region fined Radio Liberty journalist Tatyana Voltskaya 30 thousand rubles for the material “People are forcibly disconnected” about the shortage of ventilators in St. Petersburg hospitals. this . reports The Center for the Protection of Media Rights Voltskaya was found guilty under the article on disseminating fake news about coronavirus (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code).

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked Rostelecom to “pay attention” to the protection of personal data of Russians. this . reports RIA Novosti Mishustin made this statement at a meeting with the head of the company, Mikhail Oseevsky. “You are working with people's personal data, and this is very important. Of course, it is very important that the data is reliably protected. I would like to ask you to pay attention to this again.

In Syktyvkar, the director of the publication “7×7 ” Pavel Andreev was summoned for questioning to the regional department of the Investigative Committee. He was offered to become a victim in the case of electronic wallets of supporters of politician Alexei Navalny. this reports “7×7 ” . We are talking about criminal prosecution for raising funds on Yandex wallets in support of Navalny in the mayoral elections in the spring of 2014.

President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, canceled daily telephone briefings with reporters on December 15 and 16. this . reports Meduza According to the publication, the Kremlin connected this with Putin’s preparations for the annual press conference, which will be held on December 17.

The Moscow City Court ordered the American company Google to block the Music Downloader - Free MP3 Downloader application due to a claim of piracy. this . reports Kommersant According to the statement of claim cited by the newspaper, SBA Music Publishing asked Roskomnadzor to “stop creating conditions” for the distribution of illegal copies of three songs by the Russian group Cream Soda in the application.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow fined municipal deputy Lyusya Stein 20 thousand rubles for participating in the Pussy Riot action against homophobia. This is reported by “Apology of Protest”. Stein was found guilty of violating the rules of the rally (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) because of the rainbow flag hung on the building of the Ministry of Culture. Activists held the rally on October 7, the birthday of President Vladimir Putin.