The ex-commander of the 58th Guards Army, Ivan Popov, arrested in the case of fraud and official forgery, filed an open letter to Vladimir Putin. Quotes from the appeal of Major General are given by Kommersant. Popov said that he was a “faithful soldier” by Putin, for whom the “army is the whole meaning of life”. Major General asked the “most important commander” to figure out his “difficult situation” and “return it to duty”.

The bailiffs of the Nagatinsky court of Moscow detained the journalist Sotavision Ekaterina Anikievich. This was reported by the publication itself. Anikievich was in court in the process of journalists who were accused of “participation” in the “extremist community” of the FBK. After the detention, the journalist Sotavision was taken to the police department of the Nagatin-Sadov.

The European Union stopped the discussion about the possible confiscation of frozen Russian assets, the Deutsche Welle correspondent said , which received the text of the EU summit of March 20. “In accordance with the EU legislation, Russian assets must remain without movement until Russia stops its aggressive war against Ukraine and compensates it for the damage caused by this war,” the text says.

The service car of the Russian Guard fell on the attack of the Ukrainian drone on the section of the Grafovka -Reppyakhovka highway in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district of the Belgorod region. This was announced by the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to the official, one security official died. The Russian telegram channel "Rybar" claims that in the past three days the Krasnoyaruzhsky district has been attacked by the Ukrainian army.

The FSB officers came to the Moscow offices of IT companies Krok and Lanit. This was reported by RBC , REN TV and TASS with reference to sources. Investigative actions are associated with the development of a comprehensive information system of courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow (KIS Soi), in which Krok and Lanit took part, says a source of RBC. CROC did not confirm and did not refute information about searches.

On March 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On the features of the legal status of certain categories and stateless persons in the Russian Federation”. The published copy of the document states that the citizens of Ukraine, who are in Russia, “have no legal grounds for staying in the Russian Federation”, are obliged to independently leave the country until September 10, 2025.

The Switzerland Secretariat on Economic Affairs on March 19 excluded seven Russian citizens from the sanctions list. This is stated in the documents on the organization’s website.

In the center of Grozny, Petersburger was detained by Elena Patyaeva, who came out with the poster "Where is Suda Suleimanov?!" In the square of journalists by Putin Avenue. This is reported by Sota and the "Word of Protection" . Patyaev “without the use of force” was taken to the police building, from where they released without drawing up the protocol. The 25-year-old Sudyimanov’s set in the fall of 2022 escaped from relatives who forced her to marry and threatened her “killing honor”.

The journalist and member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Eva Merkacheva published a photograph of the back of the battered stand-up comic Artemy Ostanin, who is accused of inciting hatred of a monologue about a man with disabilities, who was “blown up on a mine”.

On March 12, Rospatent registered the trademark of the Swedish company Ericsson for the Russian producer of R-Klimat air conditioners (Rusklimat), Kommersant drew attention . According to the publication, the Russian court for the first time canceled the legal protection of the trademark of a foreign company, which left the country due to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ericsson Kommersant reported that the trial was still ongoing, but they refused further comments.

In the regions of the Urals and Siberia there was a failure in the Internet, reports the Downdetector service, which collects user complaints. Several communication operators have problems (for example, Rostelecom and MTS), Epicgames games and Genshin Impact , Platforms for Discord and Twitch gamers. Roskomnadzor explained the problems with access to the “use of foreign server infrastructure, at which failures are fixed,” and recommended that the sites switch to Russian hosting providers.

In Kaliningrad, on March 19, activist Oleg Savvin was detained on suspicion of spreading military “fakes” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Sotavision with reference to lawyer Maria Bonzler. The investigation charged the activist with a comment on VKontakte, published in May 2022. “We followed him for a long time, already four volumes of affairs, examinations.

The Khabarovsk Regional Court sentenced Lieutenant Colonel of the reserve from the village of Testami Ilyich to 13 years in a maximum security colony in the criminal case of the Stateizer (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the courts of the region. The former soldier was also a fine of 300 thousand rubles and restriction of freedom for a year and a half after serving the sentence. In addition, he was deprived of the title of lieutenant colonel.

The Trans -Baikal Regional Court sentenced two teenagers from Chita in the case of arson of mobile toss tower, the regional prosecutor’s office said . One was sentenced to six years and six months of the educational colony, and the second - to six years. They were accused of sabotage committed by a group of persons (paragraph “a” of part 2 of article 281 of the Criminal Code).

Alexander Mukhin. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazon In the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, the process of prisoners of war from the Ukrainian Azov brigade is nearing completion. The Mediazone publishes the decryption of the last words, with whom yesterday, March 19, four accused made - Alexander Mukhin, Oleg Zharkov, Nikita Timonin and Anatoly Gritsyk. Alexander Mukhin Shooter. He served in the Azov regiment from September 2017 to November 2018.