Russia’s former deputy education minister stands accused of embezzling millions of rubles. She’s also nowhere to be found. Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS Russia’s former deputy education minister Marina Rakova was charged with fraud in absentia and put on a wanted list, Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk confirmed to TASS on Friday, October 1.

Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The ex-president of the country Mikhail Saakashvili was detained in Georgia . Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that law enforcement agencies were aware of Saakashvili from Ukraine to Georgia and controlled its movements. It is reported that the former president was detained in the office of his party "Unified National Movement" in Tbilisi. He was sent to prison in the city of Rustavi near Tbilisi.

Oleg Tinkov and the US Department of Justice have reached a settlement agreement under which the Russian businessman will pay $506 million to settle tax claims. According to RBC, this amount is made up of US tax losses, taking into account interest and penalties. At a hearing in the Northern California District Court, Tinkov pleaded guilty. The representative of the businessman said that Tinkov would not sell shares of TCS Group (the parent company of Tinkoff Bank) to pay off debts and fines.

St. Petersburg sees highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in eight months Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS / Scanpix / LETA St. Petersburg registered 2,281 coronavirus cases on Friday, October 1 — the highest daily increase since January 2021. The city also recorded 55 deaths due to COVID-19 and 450 hospitalizations. The day before, St.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has become a laureate of the Knight of Freedom award, which was established by the Polish Kazimierz Puławski Foundation . This was reported on the foundation's website. The Knight of Liberty Award has been presented since 2005 to people "who have made significant contributions to the advancement of democracy, freedom and equality throughout the world." Previously, the only Russian to receive it was Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Mikhail Saakashvili returned to Georgia - and was detained. The audit of electronic voting in Moscow did not find violations. In St.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Ilya Sachkov from Group-Ib was arrested for the Stateizer. Due to what prevented pro-Russian hackers? On September 29, the court arrested the founder and general director of the Group-IB cyber security company Ilya Sachkov on suspicion of state reception. On the eve of the company's headquarters, searches were held.

In the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica, a businessman, former director of the Cherkizovsky market, Telman Ismailov, was detained. This was reported by sources of the Montenegrin edition of Vijesti. According to them, Ismailov was detained on the basis of a warrant issued by Russia. When asked by Meduza whether the businessman was detained, Marina Rusakova, Ismailov’s lawyer, replied “There is such information,” refusing to answer other questions.

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested upon returning to the country on Friday, September 1, Interfax reported. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili confirmed Saakashvili’s detention during a briefing on Friday, saying that the former president had been transferred to a penitentiary facility. “Our law enforcement officers carried out an operation at the highest level to detain Mikheil Saakashvili, [who was] wanted.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been detained. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the Republic Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Channel One reports. According to Garibashvili, Saakashvili is currently under arrest in one of Georgia’s penitentiary institutions. “Law enforcement agencies had preliminary information about his movement from Ukraine to Georgia, and this process was under complete control,” Garibashvili said.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Russia must not deport migrant rights activist Valentina Chupik to Uzbekistan until at least October 17. Chupik, who is an Uzbek citizen, has been in custody at an immigration detention center at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport since September 25. The ECHR suspended Chupik’s deportation under Rule 39, which authorizes the court to take interim measures in cases where there’s an imminent risk of irreparable damage to the applicant.

It turned out to be a former police officer. He committed suicide and left a note confessing to the crimes. A serial killer and rapist nicknamed Pockmarked has been found in France, who had not been caught since 1986. It was one of the oldest unsolved cases of the Paris police. Francois Verov, a 59-year-old former policeman who committed suicide, confessed to the crimes. Ryaboy operated in Paris in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Memorial Human Rights Center was fined 300 thousand rubles for contacting the Russian Foreign Ministry without indicating its “foreign agent” status.

Russia hosts first ‘royal wedding’ since the 1917 revolution Pyotr Kovalev / TASS / Scanpix / LETA Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov and his Italian fiancée Victoria Romanova Bettarini tied the knot at St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg on Friday, October 1. George Romanov is the son of Russian Grand Duchess Maria Romanova and Prussian Prince Franz Wilhelm of Hohenzollern.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) released a new list of information that “could be used to threaten the security of the Russian Federation.” Though the list doesn’t concern state secrets, collecting any information included in the new order carries the threat of a “foreign agent” designation. The creation of this list was provided for by an amendment to the law on “foreign agents” adopted in late 2020.