Four experts explain why the Kremlin’s political repressions haven’t provoked more public outrage Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / LETA A man walks through the Butovo Firing Range, outside Moscow, where the Soviet secret police executed more than 20,000 people in the late 1930s. The human rights group Memorial opened the “Garden of Remembrance” in memory of the victims in September 2017.

Social network Facebook will no longer use the facial recognition system to automatically identify people in photos and videos. This is stated in the message of the administration of the social network. Facebook explained that this decision was made against the backdrop of growing public concern about the use of this technology and the lack of clear rules governing its use. In total, the social network will remove the individual facial recognition templates of more than a billion users.

Journalist Ivan Safronov , accused of treason, was placed in a punishment cell in the Lefortovo pretrial detention center for three days. This was reported to RT by Boris Klin, a member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission. Safronov told the POC representatives that he was placed in solitary confinement because he and his cellmate glued a room TV antenna to the wall.

Rapper Yung Trappa (real name - Vladislav Shiryaev) was detained in the Leningrad region on suspicion of sexual crimes against two girls. This is reported by TASS with reference to the management of the UK in the region. The 26-year-old rapper is suspected of two episodes of sexual assault (Part 1 of Article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and of rape (Part 1 of Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

A man has been detained in Astrakhan, who is presumably Magomed Alkhanov, a convicted bandit who escaped from a local psychiatric hospital a week ago, Interfax reports. As the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs press service emphasized, “activities are currently being carried out to identify the identity” of the detainee. Alkhanov was detained in mid-June on suspicion of attacking Pskov paratroopers as part of the gang of Shamil Basayev and Khattab in 2000.

For the first time in Russia, two young people were sentenced to time in prison for “offending religious sentiment.” Blogger Ruslan Bobiev and his girlfriend, model Anastasia Chistova, were convicted over a photo in which they pantomimed oral sex against the backdrop of St. Basil’s Cathedral on Moscow’s Red Square. For this, a Moscow court handed them 10 months in prison. Later, St.

Swiss prosecutors have filed formal criminal charges against former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini. It is reported by Reuters. Blatter and Platini are accused of fraud, breach of trust and bad management. The allegations relate to a transfer of two million Swiss francs, which in 2011 was made by FIFA on behalf of Blatter to Platini. Blatter led FIFA from 1998 to 2015, and resigned amid a corruption scandal at the organization.

Meduza meets the ‘children of the Gulag’ fighting for their right to public housing in Russia Alexander Demyanchuk / TASS A commemorative event at the Levashovo Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg on Russia’s Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression. October 30, 2018.

Four Russians, a Ukrainian citizen and an Uzbek citizen, detained in Turkey on suspicion of preparing an armed attack on Chechen oppositionists, were following orders from the adviser to the head of Chechnya and State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov . This was reported by Daily Sabah and CNN Turk , citing data from the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey (MIT).

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Heavy fog that descended on Moscow on the night of November 2 led to the fact that more than 70 aircraft flying into the city were forced to leave for alternate airfields. It is reported by TASS. From the morning of November 2, the planes were redirected to St. Petersburg, Riga, Kiev , Voronezh, Kazan, and also landed in Moscow, but at other airports. as of 12:00 Moscow time Most of the redirected flights ( more than 30 ) were received by Nizhny Novgorod Airport.

The Presidium of the General Council of United Russia expelled deputy Yevgeny Marchenko from the party, who voted against the adoption of the draft budget in the first reading. It is reported by Interfax. According to Secretary of the General Council Andrei Turchak, members of parliament from United Russia, according to the party charter, are obliged to support the final collegial decision. Turchak emphasized that they can openly express their position in the previous party discussion.

Ozon has canceled orders placed on the night of November 1 at unusually low prices that appeared on the site due to a glitch. This was told to TASS by a representative of the press service of the retailer. At midnight on the Ozon website, more than 100 products from various categories - from household appliances to cosmetics - fell significantly in price, reported 78.ru .

The authorities of the Pskov region intend to keep the system of QR codes for access to catering establishments, fitness centers, concerts and sporting events until the end of the New Year holidays. This was stated by the head of the region, Mikhail Vedernikov, on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel, TASS reports. “QR codes will remain,” Vedernikov answered the presenter’s corresponding question. Perhaps, he added, QR codes will be extended to other areas.

In the verified Instagram account of the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, a post appeared about raising funds supposedly to pay for the services of lawyers. The politician's lawyer said that it was posted by scammers. The post on Instagram appeared on November 2 at about 2 p.m. Moscow time.