French prosecutors have launched an investigation into links with the Russian shadow fleet regarding the oil tanker Boracay . This was reported by Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) and Reuters . According to Reuters , a tanker with crude oil left the port of Primorsk in the Leningrad region on September 20 and was heading to India. Rounding the northwestern coast of France, Boracay encountered a French warship.

The authorities of annexed Crimea have lowered gasoline sales quotas. According to the Russian-appointed head of the peninsula, Sergei Aksenov, you can now buy no more than 20 liters at a time. The official promised that public transport, utilities and emergency services, as well as social facilities will be supplied with fuel in the required volume. The first restrictions on the sale of gasoline and diesel in Crimea were introduced on September 29.

Russia shelled a substation in the city of Slavutich near Kyiv. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported that the sarcophagus above the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was left without power supply. The department claims that “an emergency situation has arisen” at the nuclear power plant. The sarcophagus, left without power supply, “prevents the release of radioactive materials into the environment.” It is not yet known whether the radiation level has changed.

A criminal case was opened against the developer of the Battle of Kursk memorial complex, the Capital Construction Management company, for tax evasion (clause “b” of Part 2 of Article 199 of the Criminal Code). The regional prosecutor's office reported this to RIA Novosti. The department filed a claim with the Arbitration Court of the Kursk Region to invalidate the contract for the unfinished construction of the memorial.

The Ministry of Culture refused to issue a distribution certificate for the film “A Mere Chance” by Iranian director Jafar Panahi. This was reported by the distribution company “Russian Report”. The film was supposed to be released in Russia on October 30.

Before his dismissal, former deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak proposed to Vladimir Putin to reform the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs. The Faridaily project reports this with reference to sources . According to the project, Kozak proposed expanding the powers of the business ombudsman, raising his status in the structure of government bodies and creating a state commission for the protection of business.

The 1st Eastern District Military Court sentenced a 42-year-old resident of the village of Vanino in the Khabarovsk Territory, accused of high treason and calls for terrorism, to 14 years in a maximum security colony. The regional prosecutor's office reports this.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced 33-year-old native of Zaporozhye Dmitry Remez to 18 years in a maximum security colony in the case of participation in a terrorist community and training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. Remez served in the Ukrainian Azov battalion, which is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia, the court clarified.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for the dissemination of military “fakes” against the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Maxim Kruglov. This was reported by the Moscow department of the department. Investigators reported that they had detained Kruglov and were going to take him to a unit of the Moscow Investigative Committee. Deputy Chairman of the Moscow branch of Yabloko, Kirill Goncharov, writes that Kruglov was detained in St. Petersburg.

The Kalmansky District Court of the Altai Territory sentenced 54-year-old Vitaly Manishin, accused of murder and rape of 11 women and girls, including minors, to 25 years in prison. This was reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office . Manishin previously headed the village council of Shadrino, and before his arrest he was deputy head of the Kalman district administration.

Entrepreneur from Krasnodar Ivan Marchenko, the son of the owner of the Marton hotel chain, was sent to a pre-trial detention center. Information about this is published on the website of the regional court. The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar chose a preventive measure; an appeal of this decision will take place today. According to the case file, Ivan Marchenko is accused of fraud and money laundering on an especially large scale.

Lawyers managing the rights to the work of Boris Pasternak refused to grant publicist and writer Alexander Arkhangelsky permission to publish the poet’s works in the collection he is preparing. Arkhangelsky reported this on Facebook, and Echo read the lawyers’ response.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced 40-year-old Alexander Gladchenko to 17 years of strict regime. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. Gladchenko was found guilty under Part 4 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code - organizing the financing of terrorism, or organizing inducement, recruitment or aiding terrorism. He will spend the first three years of his sentence in prison.

Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) once again failed to agree with the Russian authorities on a deal to sell the bank's subsidiary in Russia, Reuters reports , citing sources. According to one of the agency's interlocutors, the Russian authorities do not agree to the deal, among other things, because of fears that Raiffeisenbank could fall under Western sanctions if it has an owner from Russia.

Judge of the Moscow Regional Court Natalya Valikova sentenced 49-year-old Kyiv resident Tatyana Omelchenko to 12 years in a general regime colony on charges of treason (275 Criminal Code). This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. She was also given a fine of 400 thousand rubles. State prosecutor Viktor Rodionov asked Omelchenko to be sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of 400 thousand rubles.