A relative of former St. Petersburg deputy Maxim Reznik, Ivan Dorofeev, during interrogation in the Oktyabrsky District Court, refused to testify about the politician’s involvement in drug possession. this . reports The BBC According to investigators, on March 9, 2021, Reznik was visiting Dorofeeva and left two jars with 18.2 grams of marijuana in his apartment. On the same day, they came to Dorofeev’s place to search him.

Kemerovo customs opened a criminal case for drug smuggling on a large scale (part 3 of Article 229.1 of the Criminal Code) due to the antidepressant bupropion ordered from India by mail. This was reported by RIA Novosti and Novaya Gazeta with reference to local resident Renard Aquila and lawyer Arseny Levinson. 28-year-old Renard Aquila ordered a package in the name of his mother, who went to pick up the order on January 10 and was detained.

Deputy Minister of Transport Vladimir Tokarev was detained in Moscow. This was reported by TASS , RBC and Interfax, citing sources. “I only know that he wrote to resign before the New Year and did not appear at the Ministry of Transport,” said an acquaintance of Tokarev and a former colleague from the ministry confirmed to RBC.

A former policeman who stole a herd of horses from a relative will be tried in Kalmykia. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The security officer is accused of theft on an especially large scale (clause “b” of Part 4 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in May 2021, a policeman was at a relative’s livestock camp near the village of Iki-Chonos.

10 million rubles The magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined the social network Twitter for refusing to delete tweets. this TASS reports with reference to court materials.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Omsk sentenced Nikolai Korneychik, who participated in the detention of musician Dmitry Fedorov, to nine years in a maximum security colony. this reported correspondent An Om1.ru from the courtroom. Korneychik was found guilty of abuse of power (Part 1 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code), possession of drugs (Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code) and three counts of selling them (clause “b” of Part 4 of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code).

In Moscow, the chief doctor of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center, Alexander Kravchenko, was detained. This was reported by RBC , TASS , RIA Novosti and Moscow with reference to sources . PMC members Eva Merkacheva and Alexander Khurudzhi confirmed the information. According to sources, Kravchenko is suspected of receiving a bribe for forging documents confirming that the prisoner cannot be in a pre-trial detention center for health reasons.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a local resident was detained in the case of rape of a minor. This was reported by Baza and the publication’s journalist Kirill Rukov. According to the correspondent, on January 17, investigators opened a case under Articles 131 and (rape and sexual assault). A preventive measure should be chosen for him in the near future. One of the heroines of the Baza text gave evidence against Ludkov . She told investigators about two episodes of violence in 2008 and 2009.

The Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to designate Columbine a terrorist movement. this to TASS . reported The press service of the court The meeting will be held behind closed doors on February 2. Columbine is the name of the American school where two students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, shot and killed 13 people and planted bombs in the cafeteria in 1999. Later, other massacres in educational institutions began to be called this way.

At the end of 2021, the Central Bank requested information from banks about transactions with cryptocurrencies between citizens. this . reports Kommersant The bankers clarified to the newspaper that they had not received such requests before.

A court in Kursk found three police officers guilty of beating a detainee with a Taser and sentenced them to 3 to 3.5 years in a general regime colony. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, on the evening of January 17, 2019, they beat the detainee and hit him with a stun gun at police station No. 1 on Eremina Street (points “a”, “b” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code).

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Twitter that it had completed the withdrawal from Kazakhstan of military personnel participating in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) mission. Today, the last four planes carrying Russian military personnel took off from Almaty and the capital Nur-Sultan.

Former Crimean prosecutor and State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya said that she would not take up the post of Russian ambassador to Cape Verde “due to personal circumstances,” TASS reports . “No, I don’t plan [to go to Cape Verde]. Why didn't I take office? Personal circumstances have changed. <…> I have always said, I will repeat: I want to be useful to our country. Therefore, I am ready for any position where I will be useful to the state,” she said.

Former State Duma deputies Dmitry Gudkov and his father Gennady Gudkov said that their Moscow office was again searched in the case of debts for renting a basement from the Moscow city property department. “Putin’s Russia also congratulated our family on Dmitry Gudkov’s birthday: our office was searched again. Working documentation and equipment have just been restored with difficulty after being confiscated during a previous search,” Gennady Gudkov wrote on Twitter.

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg, at the request of the prosecutor's office, banned an interview with a former car thief on the TOK YouTube channel. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. Video “Shadow business of car thieves. How They Steal Your Cars” was blocked for “promoting a criminal lifestyle, immoral behavior and involving minors and youth in committing crimes,” the court noted.