‘Novaya Gazeta’ investigation reveals evidence of extra-judicial killings in Chechnya Elena Afonina / TASS The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has published a new investigation into alleged extra-judicial killings carried out by security forces in Russia’s Chechnya. Reportedly, at least 27 people were killed in the region’s capital, Grozny, in January 2017.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, has opened two administrative cases for disseminating fakes against the editorial board of Novaya Gazeta and its editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov. This was reported by the publication itself. The cases were opened because of the article “So that the cops don’t beat people up…”, which was published on January 23. It said that students from Moscow universities were offered money for provocations at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny.

Mount Etna erupted in Sicily. This is reported by the agency ANSA. The volcano throws ash to a height of more than 1 kilometer. Due to the ash and smoke generated, the nearby Catania Airport has suspended operations. The authorities have already reported that the eruption does not pose a danger to residents of nearby settlements. Etna is Europe's largest active volcano and has erupted every few months in recent years. Usually they do not lead to any destruction.

The main thing from an interview with Julia Navalny magazine Harper= Bazaar is about fear, dreams, visits to her husband to the hospital and participation in public life Geert Groot Koerkamp / Alamy / Vida Press In the March issue of Harper= Bazaar, an interview with the wife of politician Alexei Navalny Julia was published.

On Tuesday, February 16, St. Petersburg’s Third Court of Cassation allowed the 13-year prison sentence given to historian and activist Yuri Dmitriev to stand. Following this ruling, the investigative outlet Proekt released a report connecting Yuri Dmitriev’s persecution to presidential aide Anatoly Seryshev — the former head of the Karelian FSB.

On March 7, CBS will broadcast an interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which they will give to Oprah Winfrey. According to the announcement of the interview, Oprah Winfrey will first talk with the wife of the British prince. Meghan Markle will talk about marriage and motherhood, how she joined the British royal family and became involved in charity, as well as how she copes with public pressure.

Politician Alexei Navalny's wife Yulia gave a long interview to Harper's Bazaar magazine. The publication publishes excerpts from the conversation on its website, and it is available in full in the March issue. The interview was conducted on January 11, before Navalny returned to Russia from Germany and was detained and later sentenced to imprisonment for violating the rules of conduct for a suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case.

What the security forces think about the acceleration of rallies, Putin and Navalny. Why medicines disappear from pharmacies. How the third (and not the last) meeting in the case of the "slander for the veteran" has passed. Good evening, This is the daily newsletter "Medusa", where we talk about the main news of the day. And today the majority of the news are from the courts. Before moving to them, we advise you to see a short puppet cartoon with the best roles of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Deputy Valery Rashkin wrote a request to the Prosecutor General's Office demanding that the words of TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov be checked for rehabilitation of Nazism. This was reported by RBC. Rashkin's claims are related to the fact that on air at Rossiya-1, Solovyov, explaining why he does not respect politician Alexei Navalny, compared him to the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, and the saboteur Otto Skorzeny.

Jailed Mediazona editor-in-chief Sergey Smirnov has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), reports the rights organization Apologia Protesta . This comes after a Russian court sentenced him to 25 days administrative arrest for reposting a joke on Twitter.

Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by Kremlin-linked oligarch Evgeny Prigozhin against Meduza and editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov, Dovod chief editor Ilya Kosygin, and politician Maxim Shevchenko. This was reported on Telegram by lawyer Sergey Badamshin from the human rights organization Pravozashchita Otkrytki, who represented Ivan Kolpakov in the proceedings. Prigozhin vs.

A state prosecutor has asked Moscow’s Babushinsky District Court to fine opposition politician Alexey Navalny 950,000 rubles (nearly $13,000) for slandering a World War II veteran, Meduza’s correspondent reported from the courtroom on Tuesday, February 16. Navalny’s defense team, in turn, has asked the court for his acquittal.

The persecution of Karelian historian Yuri Dmitriev was supervised by the Russian President's aide, former head of the FSB of Karelia Anatoly Seryshev. This is reported by the publication " Proekt " with reference to sources. The case of Yuri Dmitriev In December 2016, Yuri Dmitriev was accused of producing pornography involving his underage adopted daughter and indecent acts towards her, as well as illegal possession of weapons.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Activists in Russia adopted the Belarusian tactics of protest - female "chains of solidarity." Their participants are not openly dispersed, but threatened and persecuted The artist, Themactivist Daria Serenko was among the people who supported the “chain of solidarity” that had passed on February 14. She emphasizes that she was not the organizer of protests-including because of the legal consequences that may follow this role.

This is the text "Mediazons". We publish him in solidarity with her chief chief Sergei Smirnov, arrested for retweet Daria Serenko page on Facebook The feminins from the "male state" even on the eve of the female "chain of solidarity", in which activists lined up on February 14 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, began to send it to the participants of threats and insults.