Two Ukrainian citizens living in Moscow told the human rights project that police called them for interviews or detained them to check their documents, after which they examined their phones. According to an unnamed MIPT student, on March 2, when he was about to leave Moscow by bus to Riga, his and other Ukrainian citizens’ passports were checked, some of the people were released, and some were taken to. There they were photographed, fingerprinted and their phones checked.

Deputy head of the National Guard Roman Gavrilov submitted a report of dismissal from the department, said in his Telegram channel. State Duma deputy from United Russia Alexander Khinshtein According to the deputy, this happened on March 9. “This has nothing to do with any fake detention or equally fake interrogation,” Khinshtein emphasized.

The head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu sent a letter to the Minister of Culture Olga Lyubomova with a request to exclude the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and producer Alexander Rodnyansky “from the cultural agenda” of Russia. This is stated in a letter to Shoigu, a photograph of which was provided to Mediazona by a source close to the Ministry of Culture.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has suspended the work of Russian judge Mikhail Lobov, according to the organization’s website. “Judge Lobov’s activity is currently suspended pending consideration of the legal consequences […] on the work of the court,” the ECHR noted. Lobov took office in early January 2022. Prior to this, the post of judge from Russia was held by Dmitry Dedov.

A student at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Polina Lysenko, told Mediazona that she was expelled retroactively because of her stories against the war with Ukraine. about a similar expulsion .

The Federal Tax Service has allowed stores not to issue paper receipts, according to the government’s telegram channel. “The Federal Tax Service has decided to temporarily not fine stores for failure to issue a cash receipt. But at the request of a citizen, a cash receipt must be issued. In the near future, it is planned to switch to electronic checks,” the government noted.

The office manager and eight other Russians who lived in the same hotel were expelled from Kazakhstan, reported Dozhd presenter Anna Mongait on her Telegram channel. The name of the Dozhd employee has not been revealed. “Considered “undesirable.” Sent to Russia. It's dramatic for her, but not very dangerous. For some, this could result in tragic consequences,” Mongait wrote.

The Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Tatarstan opened a criminal case under Part 1.1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code (inducement, recruitment or other involvement of a person in mass riots), it follows from the search warrant, which was published by the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov . It follows from the resolution that the case was initiated on March 14.

The Ministry of Finance reported that it paid coupon income in foreign currency on two issues of Eurobonds in the amount of $117.2 million. “Based on the results of crediting funds to the payment agent for Eurobonds (Citibank, NA, London Branch), the Russian Ministry of Finance will provide additional information,” the statement said. The evening of Wednesday, March 16, is the last day on which Russia had to pay coupons on these Eurobonds, notes Bloomberg .

fined a local resident 30 thousand rubles for ... The Naberezhnye Chelny City Court According to the case file, on the night of March 14, she wrote “No to war,” “an offensive note against the head of state and a crossed out Latin letter Z ” on the floor of the elevator car and one of the floors. The press service noted that the girl admitted guilt and repented.

The investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Tverskoy district of Moscow opened a criminal case against Evgenia Feklistova under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), reports . According to lawyer Alexey Vasiliev, the woman is accused of hitting a security officer with a bag on Pushkinskaya Square on February 24. Feklistova fully admitted her guilt, the case will be considered in a special manner.

Buyers at the shelf with granulated sugar in Omsk. Photo: Alexey Malgavko / Kommersant Daily bypasses of city supermarkets, many hours of queues and fights at grocery carts - this is how the Russians responded to the disappearance of sugar from the shelves of stores across the country after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The authorities claim that there is no deficit of this product, and in interruptions in supplies and its rise in price they blame dishonest suppliers and packages.

Near St. Petersburg, a man was detained who on March 16 set fire to a monument to “Warriors of the First Division of the NKVD and residents of the village named after Morozov, who defended Leningrad land on the Nevsky Borders,” reports Investigative Committee. Investigators classified arson under paragraph “b” of Part 2 of Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code (damage to memorial structures perpetuating the memory of those killed defending the Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War).

Searches are underway at the homes of two activists in Kazan, reports . SOTA According to the publication, searches are being carried out at the designer of the local online magazine for students “Wind” Anna Katser and activist Gulnar Ravilova. Ravilova reported that the security forces were breaking down the door. It is not known why the searches are being carried out.

Скотт Келли. Фото: Pat Sullivan / AP "Dimon, why did you delete that tweet?" Arguing with people online is nothing special but former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who made four spaceflights to the ISS, knows how to make his tweets count. Kelly made waves on Russian Twitter rebuking Dmitry Rogozin of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, and mocking Russian officials for their hypocrisy about the war in Ukraine — in fluent Russian.