The European Court of Human Rights, as an interim measure, ordered the Russian authorities to provide the court with information about the condition of the arrested Zarema Musayeva every two weeks. This was reported by the Committee against Torture. “The ECtHR asks to ensure that Zarema Musayeva respects the rights provided for by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,” the CAT added.

Senator Lyudmila Narusova proposed adding a separate article on torture to the Criminal Code and prohibiting the recognition of evidence obtained by force as reliable. This was reported by RIA Novosti with the contents of the package of bills. Narusova proposed adding Article 286.2 (use of torture) to the Criminal Code. For torture or incitement to it, civil servants face from three to 15 years in prison.

The Investigative Committee recognized four people as victims in the fraud case against politician Alexei Navalny, including a tow truck operator from Moscow, the father-in-law of fellow lawyer Ilya Remeslo and two entrepreneurs. about this spoke The politician’s ally Ivan Zhdanov . Supporters of the oppositionist also published a resolution to charge him as an accused.

Sochi resident Evgeniy Bondar told the Committee Against Torture that the police beat him and hit him in the groin several times with a stun gun, demanding to know the whereabouts of his businessman acquaintance, who had been put on the wanted list.

The Severodvinsk City Court of the Arkhangelsk Region imposed real sentences on Artem Lavrentyev and his partner Anna-Victoria Gromovich, who abused Lavrentyev’s mother’s cat named Kuzya on camera. this 29.ru correspondents reported from the courtroom.

The FSB directorate for Komi suspected Syktyvkar activist Andrei Ivashev of calling for extremism because of his comments on VKontakte. This was reported by “7x7” with reference to the resolution to initiate the case.

Lawyer Ivan Pavlov was included in the register of media outlets as “foreign agents” due to payment for his work, publication of materials from other “foreign agents” and comments for media with this status. about this The lawyer himself writes with reference to a document from the Ministry of Justice. According to the department’s response, in 2020 Pavlov received three transfers as salary from the International Bar Association “St. Petersburg”.

United Russia deputies Viktor Vodolatsky and Artem Turov submitted to the State Duma a draft resolution on recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics. In mid-January, deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation introduced a similar project . According to an Interfax source, both projects are planned to be considered on February 15; yet been posted on the parliament website The agenda for the meeting has not .

Russian directors, screenwriters and producers contacted Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova and expressed “extreme concern” about the draft decree on the preservation of traditional values. about this with reference to a letter that was provided to them by the film company.

FSB officers detained a 14-year-old schoolboy in Norilsk in connection with the case of false mining of Volgograd schools. This was reported by the Krasnoyarsk department of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, in January the student corresponded with a 16-year-old acquaintance from Volgograd and received from him about 10 thousand rubles for sending emails three times about mining Volgograd schools.

The Podolsk City Court sent the former head of the Ramensky district of the Moscow region, Andrei Kulakov, to a pre-trial detention center in the case of the murder of a colleague (Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code). This was reported in the telegram channel of the regional prosecutor's office. In October 2021, the jury acquitted the former official in the murder of the deputy chairman of the district public chamber, Evgenia Isaenkova.

The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided not to hold an awards ceremony for the winners of the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics. The press release was published on the IOC website. In addition, the committee stated that if 15-year-old Kamila Valieva wins in women's single skating, the award ceremony will also be cancelled.

Gallery owner Marat Gelman was summoned to Roskomnadzor to draw up a protocol due to the lack of mention in the publication of his media status as a “foreign agent” (Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the head of the human rights group “Agora” Pavel Chikov. The Ministry of Justice included Gelman in the register of media outlets as “foreign agents” at the end of December 2021.

The Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg made a decision in the case of the hacker group Lurk . This was reported by 66.ru and Znak.com . Programmer Konstantin Kozlovsky, whom investigators called the leader of Lurk , was sentenced to 14 years in a maximum security colony.

The Ministry of Culture suspended public discussion of the draft decree “On approval of the fundamentals of state policy for the preservation and strengthening of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values” due to criticism. this with reference to the press service of the ministry. reports Interfax The department emphasized that such measures are necessary to “develop new approaches” to discussing the document.