Anthropologist Dmitry Gromov on how ‘moral panic’ fueled widespread fears about a ‘criminal network’ influencing Russian youth Valery Melnikov / Kommersant In 2020, the Russian Supreme Court declared AUE an illegal extremist organization and banned its activities.

Data Leakage & Breach Intelligence ( DLBI ) reported that the cost of “breaching,” or illegally obtaining personal data of citizens, more than doubled in 2021. DLBI announced the release of a review of the Russian black market for “breaching,” with some of the data presented by the Kommersant newspaper. The median cost of purchasing data from bank clients, mobile operators, and government agencies has increased from approximately 7,000 to 18,000 rubles over the year.

As of November 30, 44 cases of infection with the new strain of coronavirus omicron have been registered in 11 EU countries , the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports, citing data from open sources. All known cases of the disease were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms. No severe or fatal cases of the disease have been registered in the EU, the center emphasized. Most of the infected had previously visited African countries.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has refused to satisfy the complaint of Russian politician Alexei Navalny that the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against him for fraud . This was reported on Twitter by the opposition leader's lawyer Veronika Polyakova. Alexey Navalny participated in the court hearing via video link from the penal colony. Polyakova published a photo with Navalny.

The American organization Property of the People received a document from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation about the work of law enforcement agencies with popular messengers. Rolling Stone magazine reports on this in detail. The document, dated January 7, 2021, states that WhatsApp provides more information about users than other well-known apps.

We answer the most important questions about the omicron option. How the Kremlin is trying to control historical memory. PCR test in Russia will be valid for 48 hours instead of 72 Good evening, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the main events of the day.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Not only in Russia politicians like to contact history to justify their actions. We are talking with historian Ivan Kurilla about his book "Battle for the past" The educational and human rights organization Memorial (declared in Russia a “foreign agent”, we indicate this at the request of the authorities) is under the threat of liquidation.

The head of the Belarusian Football Federation, Vladimir Bazanov, has been detained in the Czech Republic. According to local publication Denik N, he is suspected of violating entry rules into the country. Bazanov arrived in the Czech Republic together with the Belarusian women's football team, which is playing a match against the Czech team on the evening of November 30. His wife also arrived in the country.

In an interview with RIA Novosti, Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed on a visit to Crimea. According to Lukashenko, this trip will signify Minsk’s recognition of the peninsula as part of Russia. “If the president [of Belarus] has already arrived there with the president of Russia, what other recognition can there be?! It’s redundant,” Lukashenko said on Tuesday, November 30.

Australian bank Westpac will pay out 113 million Australian dollars (about 80 million US dollars) due to numerous violations committed by the bank over the past 10 years. This was reported on the website of the State Commission on Securities and Investments (ASIC). In total, the regulator filed six lawsuits in federal court against the banking corporation itself and seven of its structures, including insurance and pension companies, as well as capital management companies.

Answers Konstantin Skorkin (carnegie.ru) Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Zelensky with Dmitry Uchumkov immediately after being elected the last speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. August 29, 2019 During a conversation with reporters on November 26, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he has information on the preparation of a coup, which can be the richest man of the country, oligarch Rinat Akhmetov.

The validity of the PCR test for visiting public places in Russia will be reduced from 72 to 48 hours. This was announced by the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova. Such a decision, Popova said, was made due to the characteristics of the new omicron strain. In addition, Popova said that travelers coming to Russia from countries with a high risk of omicron infection will have to be in quarantine for two weeks. She did not specify the list of these countries.

The governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Mikhail Degtyarev, said that in order to attract tourists to the region, it is necessary to make an adventure film. It is reported by TASS. As Degtyarev stated at a meeting on the socio-economic development of the region, he had already approved the synopsis of the film. Its genre will be Western, and the action will take place in the autumn of 1916. The plot is based on the huntsman's pursuit of the robbers, quotes the words of the governor.

Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti that he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a visit to Crimea. According to him, this trip will mean the recognition of Crimea as part of Russia. “If the president has already arrived there (in Crimea) with the president of Russia, listen, what other confessions can there be?! This is oil, as they say in Russia,” Lukashenka said. Lukashenka did not say when such a trip might take place.

Petersburg police detained four people who, according to investigators, were selling certificates of vaccination against coronavirus in one of the city's clinics, Fontanka reports. According to investigators, the organizer of the criminal scheme was a 25-year-old former investigator who worked for a year in various divisions of the Investigative Committee.