The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against the private Moscow university European Institute USTO and its rector Dmitry Soin due to ties with the DPRK, according to the ministry’s website. According to American officials, the university has helped North Korean construction workers obtain hundreds of student visas. Some of these workers are linked to a North Korean organization involved in the creation of weapons of mass destruction, the ministry says.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told the radio station “Moscow Speaks” that “there can be no talk” of arresting director Alexander Sokurov for speaking at a meeting of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The HRC meeting took place the day before, on December 9.

The jury of the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala acquitted a 21-year-old law firm employee who stabbed his boss to death because of harassment. This was reported by the press service of the court. In August 2020, the young man got a job at a city law firm. “Soon the owner of the organization invited the new employee to visit him, where he began to physically harass him, trying to persuade him to commit sodomy,” the report says.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after the body of a missing National Guardsman was discovered in the village of Anishino, Tula Region. Interfax was informed about this by the regional department of the National Guard. The death “is not related to professional activities and is of a domestic nature,” the department added. No other details were given there. According to TASS , the case is being investigated under article of murder (105 of the Criminal Code).

under the pseudonym Insa Lander , under house arrest for two months The Nalchik City Court of Kabardino-Balkaria placed blogger Insa Oguz, known . Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court and the reception office of judge Raisa Kushkhova, who chose the preventive measure. “She was placed under house arrest for two months inclusive until February 8,” the press service said. The meeting took place on December 9.

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee withdrew lawyer Vladimir Voronin from defending the ex-head of Ufa Lilia Chanysheva. about this The lawyer spoke on Twitter. According to Voronin, he learned about the recusal when he tried to visit Chanysheva in Moscow women's pre-trial detention center-6. The decision itself has not yet been served on him, and the reasons for the decision are unknown.

The Moscow Arbitration Court upheld Rosneft's claim to protect its reputation against RBC. This is stated in the claim card. RBC clarified that the company went to court because of their last year article “Rosneft will sell shares in 6 projects and buy Payakha from [former Rosneft president Eduard] Khudainatov.” The material talked about Rosneft’s plans to buy the Payakhskoye field in Taimyr from Khudaynatov and sell it shares in six of its projects.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow ruled to liquidate the League of Voters foundation. The case file is this . was the first to report on the court’s website; Golos member Vitaly Averin “The decision was made in our absence, despite the fact that an application was sent to the court to postpone the consideration of the case.

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has allowed the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. this reports The Guardian . Assange's fiancée Stella Maurice told reporters that the court's decision would be challenged "as soon as possible." The United States has long asked for Assange's arrest, but in January the court refused to extradite him due to the WikiLeaks founder's depression . The defense insisted that if arrested, Assange might commit suicide.

The central apparatus of the Investigative Committee brought final charges against 19-year-old Kazan resident Ilnaz Gilyaviev in the case of an attack on his former gymnasium No. 175. This is stated on the department's website. Galyaviev is accused of killing several people in a generally dangerous way, manufacturing and storing explosives, as well as damaging property (part 2 of article 105, part 1 of article 222.1, part 1 of article 223, part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code).

Philologist Alexander Kobrinsky filed a lawsuit against the Kholod magazine and the Higher School of Economics (HSE). this reports The publication itself ; the case file is on the website of the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg. The claim was registered on October 13, but on October 20 it was left without action. The defendants are the correspondent Sofya Volyanova, who wrote the text about the philologist’s harassment of female students, and the Higher School of Economics.

The Irkutsk Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Ramzan Albakov to two years probation for writing “Ingushetia” on the backs of conscripts. This was reported in the 2nd Eastern District Military Court. According to the press release, Albakov wrote shaving foam on the conscripts’ backs, threatening “physical harm”, took a photo in front of them and posted the photo on the Internet.

The Moscow Arbitration Court ordered Bloomberg to remove the note at the request of Rosneft. attention to decision the court's I paid . untrue and discrediting the business reputation of Rosneft As stated in the decision, the court found the information from the note , which stated that the Russian authorities this year may spend part of the funds from the national welfare fund on investments in Vostok Oil.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a local resident was suspected of cruelty to animals (part 1 of article 245 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the agency, in November, a resident of the city of Nazarovo turned to the police, finding a cat with damage in the entrance. The police detained a 24-year-old man. He explained that he had beaten the cat because the animal was meowed.

A US court sentenced 41-year-old Russian Oleg Koshkin to 4 years in prison for cybercrimes. this The US Department of Justice reports . In June, a jury found Koshkin guilty of conspiracy and computer fraud. malware According to the Justice Department, a Russian created an encryption service that was used to hide the Kelihos , which allowed hackers to infect hundreds of thousands of computers around the world with viruses.