The Arbitration Court of the Perm Region, at the request of the prosecutor's office, seized shares of the Solikamsk magnesium plant from 2,266 private investors - a total of about 10.6% of the shares. RBC Perm reports this. In May 2022, the court declared the privatization of the plant, a producer of rare earth elements, carried out in 1992 illegal, and seized their share of 89.4% from the four majority owners.

The consequences of the shelling of Belgorod March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP In response to permanent shelling from Russia, Ukraine strengthened the blows in the Belgorod region: from March 10 there Died More than twenty civilians, more than a hundred were injured. Mediazona talked with a doctor, an entrepreneur and a teacher from Belgorod, who told how the regional center and border areas live under the blows of artillery, RSOs and drones and how they adapt to war in the city.

Journalist of the German radio station Westdeutscher Rundfunk ( WDR ) Bjorn Blaschke was removed from a train in Birobidzhan before a fine was imposed in February. This was reported by Echo with reference to an unnamed source. The fine against the journalist in Birobidzhan became known almost a month after the hearing, when Mediazona found information about it on the court’s website.

During voting at the Russian embassy in Riga, Latvian police checked the documents of 1,001 people, the Latvian State Police told Mediazona. Of these, 24 people’s permanent residence permits have expired. The Department of Citizenship and Migration Affairs ( PLMP ), which reports to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, decided to order four of them to independently leave the country within 30 days.

Illustration: Maria Tolstova / Mediazone Many thought about the danger of political prisoners in modern Russia only after the murder of Alexei Navalny. The expense of the Politsyk is now going on hundreds. Many of them do not leave the schizo where dates and ranges are prohibited, and even human rights activists are now difficult to keep track of the fate of everyone. Once every two weeks, the Mediazone reminds of these people.

The European Union imposed sanctions due to the murder of Alexei Navalny in custody in Yamal. The list included the regional governor Dmitry Artyukhov, two colonies, Yamal IK-3 and Vladimir IK-6, and fourteen judges, including the Chairman of the Moscow City Court Mikhail Ptitsyn. In addition to the colonies themselves and their leadership, sanctions were imposed against high-ranking employees of the FSIN, the Ministry of Justice and the FSB.

The Moscow City Court considered the appeal against the arrest of SOTAvision journalist Antonina Favorskaya and upheld the decision of the Nagatinsky District Court, a Mediazona correspondent reports from the courtroom. Favorskaya will remain in the special detention center until March 27.

The Leninsky District Court of Penza arrested a local resident born in 1986 in a case of treason (275 of the Criminal Code), the court’s press service reports . The message does not provide any details about the criminal case. The Penza resident will remain in custody until May 19. The FSB reported on the arrest of a Penzyak man on suspicion of treason the day before.

Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said during a briefing with journalists that the “special military operation” after Western intervention turned into a war for Russia. “Basically, after the collective West entered, it turned into a war for us. This is not related to any legal changes. This is a special military operation de jure, but de facto, for us it turned into a war after the collective West increasingly directly increased the level of its involvement in the conflict,” Peskov said.

The Russian 1st Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction sentenced Denis Rashplu to life imprisonment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the court, the “Mediazona” paid attention to the verdict. Denis Rashpra in court. Photo: Prosecutor General of Russia According to the press service, the military is charged with the murder of 16 civilians and the attempt to kill another nine.

In Moscow, officers of the FSB, the Russian Guard and the SOBR detained seven people, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the FSB public relations center.

On the morning of March 22, Belgorod once again came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in his Telegram channel. A woman died while walking her dogs on Yesenin Street. “The shell exploded next to her, a few meters away, and she died on the spot from her wounds. One of the dogs died, the second was already taken by the woman’s daughter,” Gladkov wrote. The moment of the impact was captured on video; the recording is published by local telegram channels.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, FSB officers detained a resident of Dzerzhinsk. This was reported by NN.ru and NIA Nizhny Novgorod with reference to the regional intelligence agency.