In 2021, 517,795 Russians died with coronavirus. this RBC reports with reference to Rosstat data. The total number of deaths in Russia in 2021 was 2.4 million. According to the service, coronavirus was registered as the main cause of death in 446.38 thousand people, and as a concomitant cause in 71 thousand people. The overall mortality rate from coronavirus is 3.2 times higher than in 2020, RBC notes. In December 2021, according to Rosstat , 54,630 people died with coronavirus.

The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow arrested photographer Alexander Strukov, who collaborated with a Moscow photographer, in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This follows from the case file on the court website.

The wife of the former judge of the Supreme Court of Chechnya, Saydi Yangulbaev, Zarema Musaeva, refused to become a lawyer for the Committee against Torture. this Human rights activists report .

The judge of the 15th magistrate district of Ingushetia, Isa Daurbekov, released from punishment the pediatric gynecologist Izyana Nalgieva, who performed female circumcision on a 9-year-old girl. “Mediazone” was told about this in the project. Nalgiyeva was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code (intentional infliction of minor harm to health), fined 30 thousand rubles and released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

During a hard landing of a Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the Ministry of Defense, all crew members were injured, one of them died. this with reference to the department. reports RIA Novosti “There were three crew members on board. One of them died from injuries, two were wounded,” told TASS. a source in the emergency services As RIA Novosti writes with reference to the regional Ministry of Health, a military helicopter landed on the ice of the Volga and crashed near the Dubki sanatorium.

In the Moscow region, two employees of the rear division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were detained, who are suspected of involvement in the sale of drugs. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The German federal government expelled a Russian diplomat from the country on charges of espionage. This was reported by Der Spiegel , citing sources “familiar with the process.” According to the publication, a consulate employee in Munich was also declared an “undesirable person.” Sources claim that he was accredited as a diplomat, while working for Russian foreign intelligence services.

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow fined him 3 million rubles because of an article that mentioned the “sinister” and “draconian order” of Marshal Georgy Zhukov, known as “ciphergram 4976”. Director of Radio Liberty Andrei Shary spoke about this to Mediazona. The case file is on the court website. “We consider the court’s verdict unfair,” he added.

A World War II shell exploded in Rezh, injuring six people and killing one. This was reported by Interfax, citing a source in the ambulance, and Znak.com , citing the press service of the Ministry of Health of the Sverdlovsk Region. The Ministry of Health noted that one of the victims underwent surgery, three were hospitalized with multiple wounds, two more were examined by doctors and sent home. According to an Interfax source, the shell was discovered during repair work.

The Central District Court of Kemerovo did not satisfy the claim of the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to recover more than 750 thousand rubles from local activists for police work at the January rallies in support of Alexei Navalny. This is reported with reference to lawyer Sergei Chuvichkin.

The Sovetsky District Court of Voronezh decided to send to a women's colony a transgender man sentenced to three years in prison in a case of large-scale drug sales (clause “d” of Part 4 of Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the court. “The court also found that G. changed his gender from female to male, and therefore appropriate changes were made to the civil status records,” the press service said.

The Ministry of Justice drew up a protocol against the “Human Rights Group “Citizen.Army.Pravo”” under the article on violation of the procedure for the activities of an NGO - a “foreign agent”. The lawyer of the human rights group “Agora”, Alexander Peredruk, who represents the interests of the association, reported this to Mediazona.

The prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the case of a resident of Kaluga, who was photographed with her skirt raised in front of the Church of the Transfiguration. This is reported on the department's website. The girl is accused of insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code). As the investigation established, in July 2021, a 26-year-old Kaluga woman published “naked photos in front of the Temple” on Twitter and Instagram.

In St. Petersburg, the chief physician of the city consultative and diagnostic center No. 1 was detained due to the death of three patients after a stomach examination. This was reported by the local department of the Investigative Committee. The criminal case is being investigated under articles on causing death by negligence (Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code) and the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements (Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code).

Lawyer Sergei Sevruk of Shashinka rector Sergei Zuev, who is in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center, said that his client’s health has deteriorated, reports . Novaya Gazeta “Yesterday I saw Sergei Eduardovich, his condition is clearly worse than even a week ago. Difficulty walking with a stick, weakness, dizziness. […] The day before yesterday he was unable to go up to the 5th floor to see the neurologist, she had to come to Zuev’s cell herself.