The Russian Foreign Ministry reported a drop in trust in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) due to the refusal of “technical assistance […] to clarify the circumstances of the “poisoning” of blogger” Alexei Navalny declared by Berlin. This is reported on the ministry's website.

Lawyer Vladimir Voronin said that Lyubov Sobol is being questioned as part of a pre-investigation check in a criminal case. The defender told Mediazona about this. Voronin added that Sobol did not specify what criminal article she was talking about. Sobol called Voronin from the Novokosino police department; a lawyer was not allowed to see her. The oppositionist was detained near the house of the alleged poisoner of politician Alexei Navalny, FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev.

The FSB called the investigation of politician Alexei Navalny about his poisoning by agency employees a “planned provocation,” TASS reports with reference to the FSB Public Relations Center.

coronavirus vaccine on the European Union market The European Commission has authorized the use of the Pfizer and BioNTech , the commission tweeted . Vaccination in the European Union will begin on December 27-29, said Ursula von der Leyen. The effectiveness of the vaccine, jointly developed by the German company BioNTech and the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer , reached 95%, its developers claimed. On December 2, Pfizer was approved in the UK.

A forensic psychiatric examination declared Yekaterinburg resident Vladimir Taushankov, who was shot dead by a SOBR soldier in his apartment, insane. This was reported to Mediazona in the Law Zone. “Investigators suggested that the parents of the deceased drop the criminal case against their son, but they refused - now the case will be heard in court,” human rights activists said. Taushankov was killed on the night of June 1.

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg recovered 51,500 rubles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the illegal detention of five local feminists before the May Day march in 2019. This was reported by “ Apology of Protest ” and lawyer Alexander Peredruk .

Judge of the Kolomna City Court Svetlana Belyaeva refused to consider the criminal case of activist Vyacheslav Egorov, accused under the “Dada Article” 212.1 of the Criminal Code, and recused herself. This was reported by lawyer Maria Eismont.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was “not interested” in the investigation into the ties of the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, to Azerbaijan. His words are quoted by Mayak radio on its Telegram channel. “The investigation into Naryshkin’s connection with the Azerbaijani diaspora did not interest the president.

In Vladivostok, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on official authority after the beating of Rostislav Smolensky, the driver of the Furgalomobile, by a police officer. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Dmitry Zubarev, who received a response from the prosecutor’s office. According to investigators, on November 11, “an unidentified person from among the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs” inflicted bodily injuries on Smolensky.

More than two hundred scientists and students signed an open letter demanding the release from the pre-trial detention center of Moscow State University graduate student Azat Miftakhov, who was arrested in the case of a broken window in the United Russia office. The letter was published on the website of the anarchist's comrades.

Businessman Oleg Deripaska compared the “provocation” of sanctions against Russia to treason and called for criminal penalties to be introduced for this. about this He wrote in his telegram channel. “The actions of those citizens who directly or indirectly provoke these sanctions against Russian individuals or legal entities are probably quite logical to qualify as treason, with corresponding criminal consequences.

The Prosecutor General's Office has recognized the Prague Civic Center as an “undesirable organization,” according to the department’s telegram channel. The non-governmental organization “poses a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and security” of Russia, the press release said. Soon it will be included in the relevant register of the Ministry of Justice.

Residents of Irkutsk erected a gallows with an effigy symbolizing business near the regional government building. Photos of the action were published by “Incident | Irkutsk,” noted Taiga.info. Attached to the effigy were signs reading “credits,” “taxes,” and “electricity.” During the protest, two people stood up with signs: “No business, no taxes, no budget” and “Business is dying.” Police observed the protest; no arrests were reported.

Illustration: Vlad Milushkin / Mediazone The court in the Saratov region considers the case of three police officers from Engels, who, not finding drugs from the detained youth, went after the bookmark, took her and threw a bundle into his pocket. But they came across on calls to each other from the place of bookmark.

In Orenburg, the case of a Ministry of Internal Affairs employee accused of beating a 10-year-old child in 2005 was brought to court. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to the department, a juvenile affairs inspector on the afternoon of August 29, 2005 “used violence” against a child who was collecting textbooks in a bag at the exit from the store, thinking that he was selling them.