A group of United Russia members has submitted a bill to the State Duma that gives the right to those convicted of serious and especially serious crimes to engage in teaching activities. The corresponding document was published on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The fourth lawyer of politician Alexei Navalny, Alexander Fedulov, left Russia amid the arrest of his colleagues. this He himself announced on his Instagram page. Earlier today, Fedulov did not come to the Kovrov City Court, where the next trial between Navalny and IK-6 in the Vladimir region was supposed to take place; the meeting was eventually postponed. “The situation is strange.

19-year-old Irkutsk activist Ilya Podkamenny, who is charged under five articles of the Criminal Code for attempting to stop a train, pleaded guilty to all counts. A person who was present at the court hearing told Mediazona about this. Podkamennoy’s case is being considered by a trio of judges of the 1st Eastern District Military Court at an off-site hearing in the Irkutsk Regional Court. Today, October 16, the first meeting on the merits of the case took place.

The magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined the company MyHeritage , which conducts DNA tests and helps reconstruct the family tree, six million rubles. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. The company was found guilty of repeated refusal to localize user data (Part 9 of Article 13.11 of the Administrative Code). In August, MyHeritage was fined one and a half million rubles in a similar administrative case.

The Prosecutor General's Office has recognized the Central European University (CEU) in Austria as “undesirable,” according to the department’s channel. In his opinion, now “the organization’s efforts are focused on discrediting the special military operation and the political leadership of the Russian Federation.” The department believes that the university has programs that “devalue and distort” the history of Russia and “downplay the merits” of Russian scientists and cultural figures.

Vacationers on the beach of Lake Baikal, August 11, 2023 Photo: Evgeny Konoplev / TASS Against the backdrop of the invasion of Ukraine and the recognition of the “undesirable” Greenperap and WWF, the two largest environmental organizations in Russia, the deputies returned to discuss forest cutting in Lake Baikal.

A 20-year-old resident of the Kurgan region was detained in the case of “cooperation on a confidential basis” with a Ukrainian organization (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code). this to RIA Novosti .

Russian lawyers published a petition calling on their colleagues to carry out a “preventive action” against discrimination and pressure from the authorities. In particular, those who signed the appeal propose to suspend participation in all trials for three days - from October 25 to October 28. At the time of publication of the news, the petition was signed by more than 30 people, among them lawyers Dmitry Zakhvatov, Katerina Tertukhina, Evgeny Stupin and others.

The Irkutsk garrison military court sentenced conscript Vadim Tarasov to two years in a general regime colony for escaping from his unit in 2005. attention to the publication of the decision The journalistic project “Siberian Express” drew . On April 22, 2005, the conscript, who was then 21 years old, escaped from the military unit and went to his sister on a freight train. An acquaintance to whom the Siberian told that he had lost his documents offered him housing and unofficial work.

The Volodarsky District Court of Bryansk arrested a resident of the Moscow region in the case of displaying Nazi paraphernalia (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code), reports the joint press service of the region’s courts. According to information on the court’s website, the arrested person’s name is Sergei Kondratchikov.

from the short list . of the Ministry of Science’s award for educators “For Fidelity to Science Robots,” was excluded Alexander Baykin, the author of the YouTube blog about robotics “ Pro ” The old list of nominees, published in October, is available in the web archive. Baikin was expelled because of a video about how employees of IT companies can move to the United States, reports , citing Minister of Science Valery Falkov and his deputy Denis Sekirinsky.

Illustration: Sonya Vladimirov / Mediazon A little more than a year ago, on October 9, 2022, the Channel “Excellent: Travelers Club” appeared in Telegram. In this “club” people become “travelers” because of the persecution of the state. The metaphor of the “travel” gave way to a more accurate “evacuation” two weeks after the launch, at that time, thanks to the activists, seven of their wards were safe. Now, a year later, the number of “explosions” evacuated by 90 is approaching 90.

Magadan Governor Sergei Nosov, after a prank by Navalny's associates , suggested that his press service ask journalists to sing the Russian anthem before making comments. “Today, various provocateurs and traitors decided to try themselves in the role of pranksters. Guys, first of all, don't bother. You are very far from Vovan and Lexus. Secondly, in these conditions it is necessary to seriously change the approaches to the work of the press service,” noted the head of the region.

Prime Minister of Thailand Settha Thaweesin announced the decision of the government of the kingdom to temporarily increase the period of visa-free stay for Russians to 90 days. His speech at the briefing is quoted by the publications Matichon and Thansettakij . The increased visa-free regime will be valid next winter. The government's decision has not yet been published, and the exact period is unknown. Thavisinh mentioned the period "from December to March" in his speech.

Former deputy head of Khakassia Sergei Novikov, sentenced to nine years in prison, went to fight in Ukraine. about this . The official himself told the Khakassia news agency According to the news agency, Novikov was recruited into the colony. “The state gave a chance to atone: despite the fact that the Wagner PMC no longer deals with prisoners, the business of this company lives on. Only others are engaged in recruiting convicts to participate in hostilities,” writes Khakassia news agency.