The 2nd Western District Military Court declared insane and freed from criminal responsibility conscript soldier Anton Makarov, who killed three colleagues in a military unit in Voronezh. This was reported by the press service of the Voronezh garrison military court, where the meeting was held.

Ukraine’s improved but still longshot odds of withstanding a full-fledged Russian invasion Sergey Supinsky / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Ukrainian military drills outside Kyiv on December 25, 2021 After last week’s talks between Russia, the United States, and NATO led to no apparent breakthroughs on European security, speculation has resumed in the West that Moscow is preparing an expanded invasion of Ukraine that could begin at any time.

From May 28 to 31, Riga's Dailes Theatre will host the premiere of director Timofey Kulyabin's play "In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields," starring Lithuanian actress Ingeborga Dapkunaite and American actor John Malkovich. This was reported to Meduza by the Territory Foundation for the Support and Development of Contemporary Art. Rehearsals for the play by French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès began on January 15 and will be held in two stages.

The prisoners’ rights group Gulagu.net (No to the Gulag) has released a new video evidencing the abuse of inmates in prisons in Russia’s Omsk region. Gulagu.net published the recordings on YouTube on Tuesday, January 18, describing the release as “part one of a video archive” obtained from the Omsk regional branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

Russia is capable of attacking Ukraine at any moment, US authorities believe. This was stated by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. “President Putin created this crisis by amassing 100,000 Russian troops along Ukraine’s borders, including the recent deployment of Russian troops to Belarus for joint exercises and additional exercises on Ukraine’s eastern border,” she added.

A Moscow court has fined Novaya Gazeta and its editor-in-chief, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, for failing to appropriately label a “prohibited organization” in the newspaper’s reporting. On January 14, the court found Novaya Gazeta and Muratov guilty of violating Administrative Code Article 13.15, part 2 — abusing freedom of mass information. The court fined the newspaper 40,000 rubles ($520) and its editor-in-chief 4,000 rubles ($52).

Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The Ryanair passenger plane after the emergency landing in Minsk. May 23, 2021. The UN’s civil aviation agency has released its fact-finding report on the May 2021 diversion of a Ryanair passenger plane to Belarus. The Athens to Vilnius flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Minsk after Belarusian dispatchers warned of an alleged bomb threat.

The World Court in Moscow imposed fines on Novaya Gazeta and its editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov for not labeling a banned organization. was told about this Interfax in the press service of the court. On January 14, the court found Novaya Gazeta and Muratov guilty of an offense under Part 2 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The newspaper was fined 40,000 rubles, and its editor-in-chief - 4,000 rubles.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva after visits to Ukraine and Germany scheduled for January 18-20. This is reported by TASS and Interfax with reference to the words of a senior representative of the US State Department at a briefing for journalists. According to a State Department spokesman, Blinken and Lavrov agreed to meet during a January 18 telephone conversation.

The Koptevsky District Court of Moscow arrested Shugaib Bolatukaev, who became a defendant in the case of inciting hatred and enmity (paragraph “a” of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) after a conflict in one of the city’s buses. This was reported to the Moskva agency in the press service of the court. Bolatukaev's arrest was requested by the Investigative Committee.

Russia is evacuating diplomats from Ukraine. Nazarbayev made an appeal. Microsoft bought the publisher of World of Warcraft 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 most important things that happened during the day.

On January 18, the Moscow Exchange index fell to 3,328.94, having lost 6.5% since the start of trading (18:50 Moscow time). This is evidenced by the exchange data. As RBC notes , the last time the Moscow Exchange index fell by more than 5% during a trading day was at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 15, 2020. At the same time, the RTS index fell by 7.29% to 1,367.45.

They were explained that the copyrights were arranged wrong Alain Jocard / AFP / Scanpix / Leta page of one of the copies of the book by Alejandro Khodorovsky, exhibited in the Gallery of the Christiegn auction House in Paris. November 19, 2021 At the end of last year, at the auction, Christiegn was sold a rare copy of the book by Alejandro Khodorovsky, where he presented his vision of the film adaptation of Dune.

The Gulagu.net project has published the first part of a video archive on its YouTube channel, featuring footage of abuse of prisoners in the institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Omsk Region. It shows footage from a quarantine unit of one of the region's colonies .

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. In Russia, they are about to instill schoolchildren from Covid. Which vaccine? Will this cause parental? Will officials decide for forced vaccination? Already this week, the vaccination of adolescents should begin with the recently registered drug Sputnik-M. In addition, in the near future, clinical trials of another vaccine will begin - intended for young children (the study will take about three months).