German director and writer Andrei Nekrasov flew out of Moscow almost two months after his arrest in the Smolensk region. This was reported on the director’s Facebook, where his relatives have recently published posts. “Yesterday the bailiffs brought Andrei to Moscow, he left Russia and is now in a “third” country. There is no threat to life or health. He will get in touch himself when it is possible and convenient,” the publication says.

A criminal case was opened against a 21-year-old resident of the Samara region for a terrorist attack due to the arson of a cell phone tower. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of the regional department of the FSB. According to the department, the girl organized the arson “out of financial interest” on the instructions of a “representative of the Ukrainian side,” with whom she communicated through an unnamed messenger.

The military investigative authorities of the Investigative Committee completed the investigation of the criminal case against the former head of the equipment and mechanisms department of the Main Military Construction Directorate No. 14 of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Kushch. This was reported on the department’s telegram channel. Kusch is accused of five counts of receiving a bribe on a large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code).

On the morning of October 16, security forces came to search the Moscow apartment of doctor Irina Listratkina, who was an administrator in a medical chat room where they collected signatures in support of political prisoners. Dozhd reports this with reference to her friend. After the search, Listratkina was released and her phone was confiscated. It is unknown what criminal case the investigative actions were taken in and what status the doctor is in.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow placed the Deputy Governor of the Bryansk Region, Alexander Petrochenko, in a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. The article in the post is not named. They also included two half-minute videos with Petrochenko without sound. Because of this, it is impossible to hear any details of the case on the videos.

Roskomnadzor added the website of the “Return of Names” campaign to the register of prohibited resources. This was brought to the attention of the human rights project Roskomsvoboda, which monitors blockings. The agency at whose request the blocking occurred was hidden from the register. Roskomsvoboda assumes that we are talking about the Prosecutor General's Office.

In the Moscow region, an unknown person shot 44-year-old participant in the war in Ukraine Nikita Klenkov, RBC and Moskovsky Komsomolets reported, citing sources. The Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office and the Investigative Committee published footage from the scene without naming the name of the murdered man. This happened in the village of Melenki near Solnechnogorsk.

State Duma deputy from Ingushetia Bekhan Barakhoev rejected the accusation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, of trying to organize his murder. The words of the parliamentarian are quoted by the Forgang publication. “Allah Almighty is witness to this. I have nothing to do with this and never have,” Barakhoev said in Ingush at the site of a mosque under construction in the city of Malgobek.

Chairman of the Board of VTB Bank Andrei Kostin linked the sharp changes in the level of the key rate with the fact that “women are leading the process.” His words on the Finopolis forum, about toom in Sochi, reported by RIA Novosti. Journalists asked Kostin clarifying questions because of his assumption that the Central Bank could raise the key rate to 21% from the current 19% by the end of the year. “You ask Elvira Sakhipzadovna. Ask her, I don’t rule the bets.

The prosecutor, during the debate in the Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow, asked to assign eight years in prison to the former chief freelance narcologist of the Ministry of Health, Evgeniy Bryun. A RIA Novosti correspondent reports this from the courtroom. The state prosecution also asks to recover one million rubles from Brun as a fine. The drug addict is accused of fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or on a large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

A resident of Bashkortostan, Rifat Dautov, who was detained in connection with winter protests in the city of Baymak, died due to the consequences of a beating. This conclusion was reached by an examination commissioned by relatives. Excerpts from it are published by the publication Idel.Realii . Shift worker Rifat Dautov was detained on the evening of January 25, 2024 in the village of Novye Chebenki - a few days after the dispersal of protests over the verdict of activist Fail Alsynov.

In Ryazan in the morning, security forces came to search the office of anesthesiologist Ekaterina Terekhina. Her husband told the OVD-Info and Avtozak LIVE projects about this. In addition, two more unnamed doctors were searched, Dozhd reports . During the search, all equipment was confiscated, after which Terekhina was taken to the local FSB office.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the journalist and female on the wanted list Natalya Baranova. Information about this "Mediazona" was found in the department of the department. The Baranova search card indicates the control number of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kirov. It was added to the base of the department no later than September 24.

The Sukhinichi District Court of the Kaluga Region considered the case of two girls who made TikToks in a cemetery, including at the grave of a war participant in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the regional courts. According to the police, schoolgirls from the city of Sukhinichi on September 4 “danced near the graves, including with the Russian flag,” and “lay down on the graves” on camera.

The government has approved quotas for the temporary residence of migrants in Russia. The document was at the disposal of TASS employees. If in 2024 the authorities approved the issuance of 10,595 permits, then in 2025 there will be almost half as many - 5,500. The most quotas are allocated to Moscow and the Moscow region - 1,000 and 350. St. Petersburg will receive 200 residence permits for foreigners. Tatarstan and Bashkortostan were allocated 100 permits each.