Two military units of the Russian Airborne Forces crashed during a parachute jump during an exercise in Belarus, RIA Novosti reports citing the Russian Ministry of Defense. The exercises took place on November 12 near the city of Grodno. Due to a strong gust of wind, the parachutists collided with each other. “Both parachutists’ canopies went out. One of the servicemen attempted to stop the uncontrolled fall of both by using his reserve parachute,” the ministry said.

The Ministry of Justice added one of the founders of the Russian LGBT Network, Igor Kochetkov, to the register of media as “foreign agents,” according to the department’s website.

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Dmitry Zotov, the former general director of the Transfin-M company, who returned to Russia on Titov’s list, to seven years in a general regime colony. This was reported by the Moscow agency with reference to the press service of the court. Zotov was found guilty of especially large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). The defense intends to appeal the verdict, reports Interfax .

The government has submitted two bills to the State Duma that would oblige Russians to use QR codes in transport, shops and restaurants. This was reported by the government press service. The bills are published on the parliament website. “The proposed solutions are an emergency measure against the backdrop of the difficult situation with coronavirus,” the authorities emphasize.

The head of the Duma Committee on Family Issues, communist Nina Ostanina, asked Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov to appeal the arrest of the former head of Navalny’s Ufa headquarters, Liliya Chanysheva. The deputy posted a photo of the appeal on her Telegram channel and Facebook . On November 10, Chanysheva was arrested in Ufa in the case of the creation of an “extremist community” by Navalny’s associates (Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code).

A resident of the village of Ameterkmakhi in Dagestan opened fire in a mosque and shot the imam. Interfax was informed to RIA Novosti about this by the Unified Dispatch Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the details were told by the district administration. The attacker entered the mosque and started shooting from a machine gun; In addition to the imam, it also hit his son and nephew. One of them stabbed the attacker in the neck, and he died.

66% of survey participants responded that they “don’t care” about the recognition of “foreign agents” and other independent media outlets. The results of the study are presented on the center's website. Another 19% said it gave them “negative feelings” and 11% said it gave them “positive” feelings; the rest refused any response.

In Buryatia, a case was opened for giving false testimony against three acquaintances of United Russia MP Bair Zhambalov, who killed a girl (Part 1 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

The Moscow prosecutor's office found signs of justification for terrorism in the publications of the human rights center. this .

Chechnya has banned the sale of a fantasy book about teenage friendship in a magic school. about this on Instagram . spoke Minister of National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information Akhmed Dudayev According to him, the book “Synthonyms” was banned in the republic. It hurts to be with someone who…” by the writer Medina Mirai.

on Rossiya 24 Deputy head of Rosstat Pavel Smelov reported that more than 99% of Russian residents are employees and volunteers of the service. “We see that people have been enumerating quite actively throughout the country, and at this moment we have already practically enumerated the entire population. There, a little over 99% has already been achieved,” the official said.

Actors and actresses who spoke in support of politician Alexei Navalny in winter and went to rallies are being massively denied roles and filming in advertising. This was reported by the Russian BBC service. According to four BBC sources from the Gazprom-Media holding, in the winter of 2021, stop lists of actors who cannot be invited to new projects appeared.

A pensioner from the Orenburg village of Vesely First, Naurzbai Tursumbayev, died after being convicted; he said that the police forced him to write a confession and then beat him. The human rights organization Committee Against Torture, which represented his interests, reported to Mediazona about the man’s death. 67-year-old Tursumbaev said that in winter local police asked him to write a confession for beating a friend who lived with him.

In Sergiev Posad, near Moscow, a drunken traffic police officer shot his daughter in the temple. This was reported by source an RTVI in the Moscow department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; the information was confirmed to the TV channel by an employee of the territorial police department.

In November, Roskomnadzor submitted to the court protocols against the editor-in-chief of the Agency, Roman Badanin , and the publisher of Mediazona, Pyotr Verzilov , who are on the media register as “foreign agents.” attention to this . drew The CTD telegram channel Both are charged with violating legal requirements for the media - “foreign agents” (Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Administrative Code).