The Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced 12 members of the nationalist movement "Russian Community" to administrative arrests on charges of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the press service of the city courts. Two members of the "Russian Community" were sentenced to three days of arrest. Another 10 people were arrested for one day.

As a result of the Russian strike on the Zaporizhia region, a 14-year-old teenager died in the hospital, the head of the region Ivan Fedorov reports . According to him, the children's cafe "Lavanda" in the village of Malokaterinovka was hit. A total of five children were injured, all of them were hospitalized. Another person was killed in the village of Zmiivka in the Kherson region. According to the head of the region, Oleksandr Prokudin, the man was fatally wounded in a drone attack.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Russian Igor Korchinsky, accused in the case of the assassination attempt on the head of the annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, to 18 years in prison. This was reported to Mediazona by the court's press service. Korchinsky must spend the first four years of his sentence in prison, and the rest of his term in a maximum security penal colony. The man was also fined 350,000 rubles.

The FSB reported on the initiation of a criminal case for treason against "an employee of one of the scientific organizations" in Moscow. The release was published on the website of the special service. The man had previously been detained and arrested in connection with another case. According to the FSB, he "conducted DDoS attacks on critically important facilities of the Russian Federation on the instructions of [Ukrainian special services]" (Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code).

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has decided that Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artem Kriger must finish reading 50 volumes of the general criminal case by August 27 and one additional volume. This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the court. Konstantin Gabov was limited in terms of familiarization with the case the day before, on August 19, Karelin and Krieger - today.

Vladimir Putin arrived in Beslan and visited the building of school No. 1, where a terrorist attack took place in 2004. This was reported by the Kremlin press service. Putin also met with representatives of the Mothers of Beslan association and told them about “our enemy from abroad.” "We have a saying: "You wouldn't wish it on your enemy." But our enemy is different. He is not like us.

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced the creation of the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk troop groups, the department’s Telegram channel reported . These groups will be responsible for “protecting citizens and territories from attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles and other means of attack.” As "Important Stories" notes , before this the Russian army had six military formations and they were used to seize Ukrainian territories.

In Makhachkala, an employee of the patrol and guard service regiment was charged in the case of the death of a participant in the war in Ukraine, Akhmed Dzhabrailov, after his arrest. This was reported by the head of the public monitoring commission (PMC) of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev.

Former deputy of the regional legislative assembly, participant in the war in Ukraine, Alexander Grigorenko, was appointed director of school No. 87 in Perm. He himself spoke about this in an interview with the local newspaper Zvezda. In 2014-2015, Grigorenko took part in military operations in Donbass, and after the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he continued to travel to the front.

Racing driver Joshua Carta, who was put on the US international wanted list in connection with a case of defrauding investors in binary options trading, was detained at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, 47news reports . Cartu, 45, and his two brothers involved in the scheme were citizens of Canada and Israel. According to the U.S.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has issued recommendations for information security for residents of border territories, security forces and military personnel -later it turned out that this is the rewritten memo of the Za -channel “Veteran”. Attention to this was drawn by the Mediazon.

The three judges of the Supreme Court refused to change the jurisdiction of the case against the lawyers of Navalny Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin and transfer the consideration of the case to Moscow, and also did not soften the preventive measure. This was reported by the correspondent of "Mediazone" from the courtroom.

The St. Petersburg Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case due to the detention of members of the nationalist movement "Russian Community". This was previously demanded by the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin. On the evening of August 19, a conflict between taxi drivers occurred near the Komendantsky Prospekt metro station on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, and members of the Russian Community also arrived there.

Suzha, Kursk region, August 16, 2024. Photo: Yan Dobronosov / Reuters The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region has been going on for two weeks. After the rapid jerk of the first days, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine practically did not meet serious resistance, the battles on Russian territory become more fierce.

A criminal case has been opened against Nizhny Novgorod incel activist Alexey Podnebesny under two articles. This is reported by 78.RU and Fontanka . The information about the case was later confirmed by the Investigative Committee. The investigation is being conducted under articles on indecent acts (Part 1 of Article 135 of the Criminal Code) and sex with a minor under 16 (Part 1 of Article 134 of the Criminal Code).