The Ministry of Justice added banker Oleg Tinkov and actor Nikita Kukushkin to the register of “foreign agents”. In addition, the updated list included critic Anna Narinskaya, philosopher Yulia Sineokaya and director of the Human Rights Center Ichkeria Aslan Artsuev. All of them, according to the Ministry of Justice, opposed the war in Ukraine and criticized the Russian authorities.

Photographer Dmitry Markov died at the age of 42, writes Pskov Province, citing messages from his friends. Markov moved from the Moscow region to the Porkhovsky district of the Pskov region in 2005. The photographer himself told Afisha that then he began volunteering and went to orphanages, hospitals and shelters. At first, Markov took pictures for volunteers, and in 2012 he started an Instagram account, where he posted pictures taken on his phone.

The FSIN Office for Yamal reported the death of Alexei Navalny. Mediazona launched online to follow all the updates of this news - read it here . “02/16/2024 in the correctional colony No. 3 convicted Navalny A.A. After a walk, I felt badly, almost immediately losing consciousness, ”the representatives of the department say. “The medical workers of the institution immediately arrived, an ambulance team was called.

Mediazona found at least five people whom the authorities accused of extremism due to their alleged connections with the underground headquarters of Alexei Navalny. On October 4, 2022, Navalny’s associates announced the restart of their headquarters. Before the ban in 2021, the organizations existed legally and openly, and after being recognized as “extremist,” Navalny’s supporters announced the suspension of their activities.

The Prosecutor General's Office appealed the sentence against Daria Trepova on her birthday, told TASS. the press service of the 2nd Western District Military Court The prosecution considered the punishment imposed on Trepova - 27 years in a general regime colony - insufficient. “The court received an appeal from the Prosecutor General’s Office against the verdict of Daria Trepova.

Mediazona found out that by February 2024, security forces had opened at least 15 criminal cases on the financing of extremism (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). 14 accused were reported publicly; another case was told to Mediazona by a source familiar with the materials. In June 2021, the Moscow City Court declared FBK an extremist organization; on August 4, this decision came into force.

In the city of Orel, two minors were detained on suspicion of setting fire to a relay cabinet on a railway. This was reported by investigators investigating transport-related crimes. An equipment fire occurred on the evening of February 8 in the suburb of Orel, near the village of Steel Horse. He is being investigated under the article of sabotage (clause “a”, part 2 of article 281 of the Criminal Code).

Banner of the Navalny campaign. Photo: Sota For several years, the authorities have been focused on the destruction of structures associated with Alexei Navalny, and the security forces actively pursue his associates. Mediazona studied how the cases of underground headquarters are investigated, how many people were charged with FBK donates and how punishments were tightened for former coordinators.

Memorial co-chairman Oleg Orlov refused to call witnesses in his defense at the retrial in the case of “discrediting” the army and to testify on his own, he made an exception only for the last word, reports the Mediazona correspondent. The criminal case of “discrediting” the army against Orlov began to be reconsidered today in the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow. The reason for it was the anti-war article “They wanted fascism.

The mayor of Magadan, Yuri Grishan, ordered the preparation of amendments to the previously adopted regional law on keeping animals without owners, which will allow the killing of dogs that pose a “public danger.” about this He wrote in his telegram channel. The Magadan Duma adopted the law “On keeping animals without owners in temporary detention centers” on November 16, 2023.

In Kazan, security forces came to search the house of activist Evgeniy Markov in the morning, who was collecting signatures for Boris Nadezhdin. This was announced by the head of Nadezhdin’s headquarters in Tatarstan, Dmitry Rumyantsev. According to Rumyantsev, Markov, like himself, is a member of the “Civil Initiative”, which nominated Nadezhdin. Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which deals with political affairs, came to him.

In the Altai Territory, a case was opened for “desecration of symbols of military glory” because of a snow phallus that schoolchildren made next to the Memorial of Glory in the village of Staroaleiskoye. This was reported by Baza ; Soon, with reference to sources , TASS , “NeMoskva Speaks” and “Siberian Express” also wrote about the case . According to the publications, there are no suspects in the criminal case yet.