The editor-in-chief of Mediazona, Sergei Smirnov, was arrested for 25 days and taken to a temporary detention center for foreign citizens in the village of Sakharovo. This was reported by Mediazona editor Yegor Skovoroda. “Smirnov is eventually taken to Sakharovo - this is a deportation center in New Moscow, where those arrested are now being hastily taken because everything else is overcrowded,” the journalist added.

In Moscow, politician Alexei Navalny’s brother Oleg was charged with a “sanitary case,” . lawyer Nikos Parskevov tweeted Navalny is accused of inciting violations of sanitary and epidemiological standards (under Part 4 of Article 33, Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code). Now the politician's brother is under house arrest.

Building of the Don ATS. Photo: Alexander Shcherbak / TASS On February 2, when the court sent Alexei Navalny to a colony for 2 years and 8 months, almost 1,200 people were detained in Moscow who went to the action in support of the politician. Some protesters were beaten not only during the detention, but also after the police.

Relatives of the detainees at the special receiver building in the village of Sakharovo, February 2, 2021. Photo: Igor Ivanko / Kommersant Places in Moscow specialists ended even after the rally on January 23 - the detainees were kept in autosaks for days. After the rally, on January 31, hundreds of Russian citizens sent to serve as an arrest in the center for those awaiting deportation of foreigners.

The Main Moscow Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the detention of a 26-year-old man on suspicion of setting fire (Article 167 of the Criminal Code) to the wheel of a National Guard vehicle during a protest on January 31. The press release was published on the department's website. “The fire was immediately localized, there were no casualties,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified.

More than 10 Russian publications demanded the release of Mediazona editor-in-chief Sergei Smirnov, who was arrested for 25 days for retweeting a joke indicating the time of a rally in support of politician Alexei Navalny on January 23. Among them are Meduza , Dozhd TV channel , Kholod magazine , The Bell , Takie Dela , Free Media , Novaya Gazeta, Snob , MBKh Media , Ekho Moskvy and Ekho Moscow in St. Petersburg", "Rotunda" , "Advokatskaya Street" , ROMB , It's My City .

Sergey Smirnov and the lawyer of the "Apology of Protest" Fedor Sirosh at a meeting of the Tver court. Photo: Yegor Skovoroda / "Mediazona" The Tverskaya District Court of Moscow arrested for 25 days the chief editor of the Mediazona Sergey Smirnov for retweet, indicating the time of the action in support of the politician Alexei Navalny on January 23. This was announced by the correspondent of "Mediazone" Yegor Skovoroda.

The Investigative Committee has charged the head of the Moscow headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny, Oleg Stepanov, in a “sanitary case,” Apology of Protest reported , citing lawyer Tatyana Molokanova. Stepanov is accused of, the human rights organization clarified. On January 23, Oleg Stepanov was detained during a rally in support of Navalny and taken to the Danilovsky police station. On January 29, the court sent him under house arrest.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow placed municipal deputy Lyusya Stein under house arrest until March 23 for a “sanitary matter.” Court press secretary Irina Morozova reported this to Mediazona. Stein is suspected of inciting violations of sanitary and epidemiological standards (under Part 4 of Article 33, Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code).

In Kostroma, a former driver of the Galichsky PPS department drew up administrative protocols for relatives in order to “artificially improve his performance indicators.” This was reported on the website of the regional department of the UK.

In Moscow, Ilya Azar, a special correspondent for Novaya Gazeta and municipal deputy of the Khamovniki district, received two administrative notices regarding calls for participation in the rally. This is reported by the publication itself and “Apology of Protest” .

The reflector of the Moscow Philharmonic Stas Semenyuk, who projected the inscription “Freedom to political prisoners” in the building of the musical institution, quit, said Igor Yakovlev, member of the Yabloko party on Facebook. “After four days of pressure, not only on him, but also on his colleagues in the department, he wrote a statement of dismissal of his own free will,” said Yakovlev.

In Nizhny Tagil, the police came to the local resident Eugene because of the Banner of Freedom Navalny, who was hung on the balcony. This was reported in the group "Tagil for Changes", Znak.com paid attention to the publication. As follows from the audio recovery published in the group, the local resident of Eugene was called by a man who introduced himself as the head of the police department No. 20 Alifov.

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised an article about the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the medical journal Lancet . His words are quoted by TASS. “This is a very important publication, which very convincingly demonstrated the reliability and effectiveness of the Russian vaccine and which, among other things, confirmed the justification for the accelerated registration of this vaccine in the Russian Federation,” Peskov said.

Hard from the video: Fontanka.ru During the promotion in support of Alexei Navalny on Sunday, on January 31 in St. Petersburg, a policeman took out a table weapon from Kobura and threatened them as a protester. The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs hastened to announce that the actions of the employee were legal and reasonable.