Vladimir Zelensky dismissed Sergei Shaptala from the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Anatoly Bragilevich, head of the Defense Forces, in his place. this The President of Ukraine announced during his evening video message.

The Pacific Fleet Military Court sentenced Vladivostok resident Artem Sinenko to two years in prison in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the court.

In the Sumy region, three people were killed as a result of shelling. This was reported by the press service of the regional administration. Four more people were injured. Regional authorities specify that Russian aircraft dropped seven guided bombs. In one of the villages of the Sumy region, they destroyed residential buildings and a workshop of an agricultural company.

The Ministry of Justice included in the register of “foreign agents” the organization “ELKIN CARTON”, created by cartoonist Sergei Elkin. “ELKIN CARTON” is the legal entity of Sergei Elkin, whom the Ministry of Justice declared a “foreign agent” in April 2022.

Police in Udmurtia have seized 400,000 copies of Boris Nadezhdin’s campaign newspaper, the politician’s headquarters reports . Interlocutor of the publication Idel . Realii" from Nadezhdin's Kazan headquarters said that the newspapers were arrested as "extremist material." The politician’s press service clarifies that the campaign was transferred to the Baikal Service delivery service. The company was supposed to send newspapers to Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod.

In Moscow, the concert of the Pskov band “Put”, which performs in the black metal genre, was canceled twice. this The musicians reported in their public page on VKontakte. The group's concert was supposed to take place on February 10 at the Artist hall club . According to the musicians, three days before the performance, the administration of the capital's Begovaya district demanded that it be cancelled.

Human rights activist and member of the Presidential Human Rights Council Eva Merkacheva said that after trying to enlist in the war from a colony, convicted Interior Ministry colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko was placed in a punishment cell. According to Merkacheva, Zakharchenko, who is serving a sentence in IK-5 of Mordovia, is trying to enlist in the war in Ukraine.

Vasily Elephants, April 7, 2014. Photo: Ilya Naymushin / Reuters In Krasnoyarsk, in the case of a demonstration of extremist symbols, artist Vasily Elephants was detained. Over the past decade, his work served as a slightly straightforward, but accurate ironic commentary on what was happening in Russia. Elephants sewed toy disabled bears in quilted jackets with orders, made children's nipples from barbed wire and painted the Nevalyas with prison tattoos.

The Tagan District Court of Moscow fined 500 thousand rubles online cinema more.tv because of the scenes from the series "Chronicles of Shannara", which "demonstrate" LGBT reasons. The decision was issued on January 23, but the decision was published on the court website only now, the Mediazon paid attention to this.

The Central District Court of Volgograd decided to send Samara resident Alena Agafonova, who “tickled” the “Motherland” monument on video, to a pre-trial detention center. this . reported The regional department of the Investigative Committee The preventive measure was chosen until March 9 as part of the case on the rehabilitation of Nazism.

The administration of federal prison No. 2, known as the Vladimir Central, sent the imprisoned Memorial member Bakhrom Khamroev to a punishment cell for five days, his wife Zukhra told Mediazona. “For violating the dress code. During those days when he was not given medicine and was in pain, he was forced to take off his uniform. For this reason, they appointed a punishment cell,” she says.

Four musical performers who were included in the new list of “banned” artists were removed from the lineup of the Wild Mint festival for 2024. attention to this . drew The “Intro/Outro” project Thus, Shortparis , “Lomonosov’s Plan”, “Operation Plasticine” and Rita Dakota were removed from the festival program. Previously, all of these performers were included in the list of “banned musicians” published by Meduza on February 8.

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow today received protocols against seven participants in the register of “foreign agents,” Mediazona noted. We are talking about economist Sergei Guriev , entrepreneur and philanthropist Boris Zimin , ex-deputies Gennady Gudkov and Konstantin Borov , journalist Gleb Pyanykh , TV presenter Andrei Karaulov and lawyer Anatoly Fursov .

The former head of Rusnano, Anatoly Chubais, plans to open a research center in Israel that will study Russia. about this with reference to sources close to the politician’s circle.

Illustration: Maria Tolstova / Mediazone With the outbreak of war, the risk of being behind bars due to disagreement with the authorities in our country is growing day by day. The account is now on hundreds of political prisoners, and even human rights activists are difficult to keep track of the fate of everyone. "Mediazona" considers it important to remind of these people.