A student at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Antonina Begacheva, told Mediazona that she was expelled retroactively because of her stories against the war with Ukraine. On February 24, Begacheva posted four stories on Instagram: an image of a dove of peace and the slogan “I don’t need war,” a photo of a wall with an insult to Vladimir Putin, an anti-war text in English, and a video about protests against the invasion of Ukraine.

The Council of the St. Petersburg Bar Association reviewed the complaints from the Ministry of Justice and suspended the status of a lawyer, indicating that he had not been fulfilling his duties for six months. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to lawyer Alexander Meleshko. “Usually such a decision is made if a person is in a coma,” Meleshko noted.

marketplace The Wildberries has been subjected to a large-scale hacker attack; the company is talking about technical errors. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to a source and representatives of the marketplace. users On March 14, Wildberries reported malfunctions in the application and marketplace website. The problems continue for the second day.

The Yandex company has decided to sell its “News” and “Zen” services, told RBC. three sources familiar with the plans According to them, there are several potential buyers. The main one is the VK company, which was recently headed by Vladimir, deputy head of the presidential administration of Sergei Kiriyenko. A source in VK confirmed that such negotiations are indeed underway.

Russia, in response to sanctions, banned the entry of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and 312 other citizens of the country. this . reported The Russian Foreign Ministry Several ministers, parliamentarians and “aggressive pro-Banderite elements” were banned from entry, the Foreign Ministry indicated.

The Ostankino television center on March 15, 2022. Photo: AFP The Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikov, who ran out onto a live broadcast with an anti -war poster, could not find all night. The police did not say where the detainee, lawyers did not allow her. Only in the middle of the day on March 15, she unexpectedly found in the Ostankino court of Moscow - the court fined the journalist for 30 thousand rubles for calls to participate in inconsistent demonstrations.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed over a letter to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe about Russia's decision to leave the organization. This was announced by deputy, former head of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Petr Tolstoy. For Russia to leave the Council of Europe, the State Duma will have to pass a law denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights.

Russia has imposed sanctions against US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, the Foreign Ministry announced . The list included Biden's son Hunter, his press secretary Jen Saki, CIA Director William Burns, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and USAID head Samantha Power - a total of 15 people.

Channel One correspondent in Paris Zhanna Agalakova and NTV correspondent in Brussels Vadim Glusker quit after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. this . reported Journalist Roman Super Glusker clarified to the editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Alexei Venediktov, who stopped working, that he has not been working on the channel since March 2. Agalakova herself did not comment on her departure. Earlier, also spoke about the dismissal.

In Moscow, near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Anastasia Parshkova was detained, standing with a poster “6th commandment. Thou shalt not kill." This was reported by telegram channel the Avtozak Live . Parshkova is being taken to the Khamovniki police station. According to estimates by the human rights project, almost 15 thousand people have been detained in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24 at anti-war rallies. Of these, more than 900 were at the rallies on March 13.

The court sent St. Petersburg resident Dmitry to a pre-trial detention center in the case of the inscriptions “No to war!” and “Putin is a fascist!” at the memorial “Mass grave of soldiers of the Soviet Army who died defending Leningrad in 1941-1943.” This is reported with reference to human rights activist Dinar Idrisov. The St. Petersburg resident is suspected of desecrating the bodies of the dead and their burial places based on political hatred (Part 2 of Article 244 of the Criminal Code).

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Bitcoin course teacher Mikhail Kapilkov for 11 days for , reports the joint press service of the city courts.

A resident of Yekaterinburg was fined 45 thousand rubles under article about an anti-war art object, according to the website of the Verkh-Isetsky District Court of the city. Kommersant notes that the reason for the administrative case was an art object that a Yekaterinburg resident installed on March 8 in front of the regional government building - a pack of cigarettes with an inscription about the invasion of Ukraine, similar to a warning about the dangers of smoking.

During the debate, representative of the prosecutor's office Nadezhda Tikhonova requested 10 years in prison for opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of fraud in collecting donations for work and for trial. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. In addition, the state prosecution demands a fine of 1.2 million rubles for Navalny. Taking into account Navalny’s previous sentences, the prosecutor asks that he be sentenced to 13 years in prison.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined the chairman of the committee, Svetlana Gannushkina, who was fined 10 thousand rubles because of the anti-war rally on February 27. This was reported by the committee's press service. Gannushkina was found guilty of violating the rules of holding the rally (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).