The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow sent Sergei Bazanov to a pre-trial detention center on charges of murder in 2011. This was reported by the press service of the capital's courts of general jurisdiction. According to the court materials, he acted “as part of a group, guided by selfish motives, in order to commit robbery attacks on citizens and their murder on the territory of Moscow”; he was charged (points “g” and “h” of part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code).

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow sent Nika Novak to a pre-trial detention center for two months in a case of confidential cooperation with a foreign organization (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code), the press service of the capital’s courts of general jurisdiction reported . No details of the criminal case are provided. The press service statement called Novak “a representative of a foreign organization.” Which one exactly is not specified.

The prosecutor's office appealed the verdict to sociologist and editor-in-chief of the Rabkor magazine Boris Kagarlitsky, the publication itself reports . This information was confirmed to TASS by the press service of the 2nd Western District Military Court. During the debate between the parties, the state prosecutor again asked to assign a real sentence to Kagarlitsky - 5.5 years in prison.

At least one of the participants in the anti-Semitic pogrom at the Makhachkala Uytash airport was accused of attempting to kill a policeman. Mediazona learned about this from data published on the website of the Supreme Court of Dagestan. On December 18, the court received another complaint about the arrest of five accused in the case of participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) from the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala.

The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses Alexander Rumyantsev, Sean Pike and Eduard Sviridov. This was reported on a website that covers the persecution of believers. On December 22, Judge Sergei Khomyakov found all three guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin about taking control of the city of Marinka near Donetsk. footage of the department head’s report . publishes The Kremlin press service The president responded by saying that the capture of Marinka allows the Russian army to “enter a wider operational space” and “break into the fortified area” that the Ukrainians have been building since 2014. Later, the Armed Forces of Ukraine commented on Shoigu’s statement.

Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, convicted under an article about military “fakes,” was hospitalized in a prison hospital in serious condition with a body temperature of 40 degrees. Gorinov's support group reports that the lawyer was able to visit him. On December 15, the deputy’s associates said that they did not know where he was. On that day and the day before, December 14, the lawyer came to IK-2 Pokrova, but was unable to meet with his client.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced pensioner Nadezhda Kornilova to five years in prison in the case of setting fire to the door of a military registration and enlistment office in Komi. this to TASS . reported The press service of the court According to the card on the court’s website, Kornilova’s sentence was handed down on December 19. She was found guilty of committing a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

The investigation asked to arrest a man named Novak, accused of collaborating with a foreign organization (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona found information about this on the website of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow. The press service refused to give the name, patronymic and gender of this person; only his initials are known - N.A. The details of the case are also unknown.

Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which Russians will be able to do military service in the FSB; the innovations will not affect “foreign agents” and people who use drugs. The document is published on the website of legal acts. The changes affected the law “On the Federal Security Service”, Article 16.4 “On conscription military service in the FSB bodies”.

The authorities of Karelia erected a memorial in memory of the “victims of the Finnish occupation” in the Sandarmokh tract, where mass executions took place during Stalin’s Great Terror. This was reported by Emilia Slabunova, a member of the regional legislative assembly from Yabloko.

Politician Alexei Navalny is in penal colony No. 3 in the village of Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, said his press secretary Kira Yarmysh . This is a special regime colony. “The lawyer saw him today. Alexey is fine,” Yarmysh wrote.

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Trans-Baikal Territory adopted in the first reading a law allowing the killing of stray animals. This was reported on the website of the regional parliament. The law allows stray animals to be killed if they have not been removed from a temporary holding facility within 30 days. The document also suggests that dogs “with owner characteristics” will be sent to shelters first.

A criminal case for negligence (Part 2 of Article 293 of the Criminal Code) was opened against the head of the guardhouse due to the death of a conscript. The human rights organization “Public Verdict” reports that it is being investigated by the department of the Investigative Committee for the Joint Group of Forces. The publication “People of Baikal” clarifies that the mobilized man’s name is Alexander Tirskikh.

A case was opened against a loader from Magnitogorsk, Gaziz Davletbaev, for justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of his comment on the news about the sentence imposed on the arsonists of the administration building. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to the man’s support group. Now Davletbaev is in pre-trial detention center-7 in Chelyabinsk, previously he was kept in custody in Ufa pre-trial detention center-1. “Men with a capital M.