A court in Astrakhan sentenced three Jehovah's Witnesses to eight years in a general regime colony, and another believer to three and a half years in prison. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

The St. Petersburg City Court, at the request of the prosecutor's office, recognized the neo-Nazi groups Nevograd, Nevograd-2, BTO-Nevograd and FirstLineNevograd as extremist. The press service of the court reported this.

Sources of The Bell claim that Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education Marina Rakova had a “very big conflict” with the Prosveshcheniye publishing house, which wanted to supply equipment for the implementation of the ministry’s projects. Prosveshchenie supplies textbooks and equipment to schools and makes money from discounts from suppliers. As specified in, for publishing houses the discounts are 40%.

A gas explosion occurred in a five-story residential building in Naberezhnye Chelny, Interfax reports , citing an “informed source.” Four people were pulled out from under the rubble, including two children aged 11 and 17, the Tatarstan Ministry of Health soon clarified .

The Sharypovsky City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory imposed six years and three months of probation on Jehovah's Witness Anton Ostapenko in the case of an extremist organization. This was reported on the website of the religious organization. The state prosecution requested eight years in a general regime colony for the believer. Ostapenko was found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Tatarstan parliament refused to support a bill that would rename the post of president of the republic to the head of a subject of the Russian Federation. This was reported on the website of the State Council of the Republic. According to State Council deputies, the draft federal law “On the general principles of organizing public power in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation” contradicts the Constitution.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for abuse of power (Part 1 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code) against a Buryat official due to the sale of a UAZ, which his team won at a competition. This was reported on the website of the republican department of the department. At the beginning of 2019, the XV Republican Winter Rural Sports Games were held in Buryatia. The team from the Kabansky district administration won.

A tourist group of seven Russians was detained in the vicinity of Anatalia, where they had come to hike the Lycian Way. They are suspected of setting fire to a forest area, the Russian Consulate General told TASS. According to the Consulate General, the tourists were detained on October 23, after which they were interrogated with an interpreter as witnesses and suspects in the forest arson case.

Illustration: Maria Tolstova / Mediazone In Petrozavodsk, about six months there is a trial over the former head of IK-9 Ivan Savelyev and his deputy Ivan Kovalev. Despite numerous messages about torture in the colony, both are accused only of beating a convicted person whose video in 2019 got into YouTube. During the trial, several dozen witnesses have already performed in court - colleagues of the defendants and former prisoners.

The Astrakhan regional court awarded 1 million rubles in compensation for moral damage to Akhtubinsk resident Lidia Medvedeva due to the death of her husband from coronavirus. about this spoke Lawyer Sergei Bronitsky . The decision was published on the court's website. Bronitsky said that in June last year, Sergei Medvedev repeatedly contacted doctors with complaints of chest pain and cough.

The Tyumen Regional Court awarded compensation for moral damages of five thousand rubles to a local resident, whose ex-wife published an Instagram story where she said that the ex-husband does not pay alimony. This was reported by the joint press service of the regional courts. The court also ordered the author of the video to publish a refutation of her words on Instagram and not delete it within 24 hours.

President Vladimir Putin instructed regional heads to ban public events and the operation of public catering establishments from 11 pm to 6 am until November 30. This was reported on the president's website. The president also recommended that employees with chronic diseases and workers over 60 years of age be transferred to remote work within four weeks. During this time, they will have to be vaccinated if they have no medical contraindications.

Leading representatives of science and education in Russia asked Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov to withdraw the demand to transfer the rector of Shaninka Sergei Zuev to a pre-trial detention center. The open letter was published on the Trinity Option - Science website and was signed by 246 people. On October 13, Zuev was placed under house arrest in connection with the theft of 21 million rubles.