The Syktyvkar City Court fined human rights activist Ernest Mezak 17 thousand rubles for an action in support of politician Alexei Navalny on January 31. This was reported by 7x7 with reference to his lawyer Vladislav Kosnyrev. The lawyer was found guilty of violating the rules for holding a public mass event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

The government has submitted to the State Duma a bill to create a data bank with extremist materials. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. According to the explanatory note, the bank is needed for “operational search activities and investigative actions” and organizing “preventive measures” to counter extremism. The government proposes to include extremist materials in the bank, and information about them continues to be added to the Ministry of Justice register .

The St. Petersburg City Court registered a criminal case against branch employee Vladimir Grabovsky for disclosing state secrets (Part 1 of Article 283 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the St. Petersburg courts. “The case materials marked “Top Secret” have been handed over to the judge,” the publication added. St.

Fizuli Alesker in the Frunze Court of St. Petersburg. Photo: David Frenkel / Mediazone The Frunzensky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced the extortionists who, for almost two years, lured gays for dates with supposedly minor young men, recorded a video with compelled confessions and threatened with rally in social networks. 17 people were the victims - in terms of the number of victims, this is the largest such business in Russia.

President Vladimir Putin appointed Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev as his deputy on the Council for Science and Education. This is stated in the decree on the official Internet portal of legal information. The document approving the composition was published on March 15. The council was headed by Putin himself. Previously, the position of deputy chairman was held by Andrei Fursenko, ex-Minister of Education and Science and assistant to the president.

proposed returning the killing of stray animals in shelters using “humane methods.” Their bill is published on the website of the lower house. United Russia has prepared amendments to the law “On the Responsible Treatment of Animals,” adopted at the end of 2018.

The head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, suggested not communicating with the families of people who distribute drugs. this . reports Interfax According to the head of the republic, such families should be excommunicated from teips and Muslim communities, as this will help in the fight against drug trafficking. The Ingush clergy made the same decision at a meeting in Nazran in early February, the agency clarifies.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sentenced investigators of the central apparatus of the Investigative Committee, Major Andrei Trinev and Colonel Sergei Dubinsky, to eight and six years in a maximum security colony, respectively, in the case of. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. Both were banned from working in law enforcement agencies for 10 years after their release and were stripped of their ranks. Dubinsky was also fined 10 million rubles.

Politician Alexei Navalny confirmed on his Instagram that he was taken to correctional colony No. 2 in the Vladimir region. “I have not yet seen any violence or even a hint of it, although judging by the tense poses of the convicts, standing at attention and afraid to turn their heads once again, I easily believe the numerous stories that here, in IK-2 “Pokrov”, people were recently they beat me half to death with wooden hammers,” the oppositionist described the colony.

The Urzhumsky District Court of the Kirov Region sentenced forensic expert Sergei Nasonov, who found alcohol in the blood of a six-year-old child killed by a police officer, to six months of correctional labor under article o. This is reported on the websites of the Investigative Committee and the regional prosecutor's office .

Journalists from Novaya Gazeta reported a “persistent, pungent chemical smell” in the building where the publication’s editorial office is located. “The premises retain a persistent, pungent chemical odor, which is felt by all visitors and employees of the editorial office, as well as other organizations located in the building. The source of the attack has not yet been established,” the editors report.

The Investigative Committee opened a case against three employees of the duty unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kemerovo, reported . the press service of the department According to investigators, in January 2020, the suspects did not respond to reports that in the Leninsky district of the regional center the screams of a woman calling for help could be heard.

The company World Picture , which is releasing a film about the gay couple “Supernova” in Russia, commented on the decision to cut three minutes from the film. the BBC Russian service about this .

The 235 garrison military court in Moscow asked the head of correctional colony No. 2 in Pokrov to ensure the participation of politician Alexei Navalny in the meeting via video link. The judge’s letter dated March 1 was published by the “Lawyers” telegram channel. An appeal against the actions of investigators due to the poisoning of the politician was scheduled for 10 a.m. on March 16.

The Mytishchi City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced Ruslan Yakubaev, judge of the Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow, to four and a half years in a maximum security colony in a bribery case. He was also deprived of the right to work as a civil servant for four years. This was reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. Yakubaev was convicted under article about, the department clarified.