Andrei Pivovarov’s whereabouts have been unknown for a month, Tatyana Usmanova, his former campaign manager, told human rights organization OVD-Info.

The whereabouts of former Open Russia director Andrei Pivovarov, who was sentenced to four years in prison under the article on carrying out the activities of an "undesirable organization," have been unknown for a month. This was reported to OVD-Info by Tatyana Usmanova, former head of Pivovarov's election campaign headquarters.

Idris Arsamikov, a gay Chechen man detained at the Domodedovo Moscow airport after returning to Russia from the Netherlands, has appeared in two home videos likely recorded under duress. In his two statements posted on social media, Arsamikov criticizes the LGBT activists’ alarm over his arrest, telling those who were concerned about his rights that he is fine, will soon get married in Chechnya, and maybe even go to war in Ukraine “to defend the country’s honor,” like his two brothers.

In Moscow, two men born in 1978 and 1981 were detained for taking a saleswoman hostage in a flower shop on Taganskaya Street. This was reported in the telegram channel of the Moscow prosecutor's office. “According to preliminary information, two men, one of whom had a traumatic pistol, entered the store and held the female seller there. The men were detained,” the department reported. The prosecutor's office also stated that one of the men fired a traumatic pistol at a police officer.

The authorities claim that water and air in the crash area are safe. Residents do not believe them. Bloggers of right -handed views write about "Chernobyl 2.0" Fire at the place of the train crash in Ohio. February 6, 2023 In OGIO on February 3, 50 wagons of a freight train left the rails and caught fire. The incident occurred near the city of East Palestine, where about five thousand people live. About 20 wagons transported dangerous chemicals.

A gay man from Chechnya, Idris Arsamikov, who was detained at Domodedovo airport after returning to Russia from the Netherlands, recorded a video in which he stated that he was going to get married and go to fight in Ukraine. The videos were published on VKontakte. The crisis group SK SOS, which helps LGBT people in the North Caucasus, drew attention to them. “I especially ask you, LGBT people, to leave me behind with your attempts to protect some of my rights.

Pussy Riot activist Rita Flores has stopped answering phone calls after her apartment was searched and she herself was detained by the Moscow police. Her follow Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina told Meduza that, earlier on February 17, Flores told her lawyer Daniil Berman about the apartment search, and that she herself was in custody at the local detectives’ office. Flores did not explain the reasons for the search and detention, but told Berman that her phone was being taken away.

Three Russian military volunteers left for war, were injured and now they want to return to the front. Report "rain" The rain TV channel released a story about three Russians who went to the war in Ukraine volunteers. Now they are all at home, because they were injured. But they say that they would like to return to the war. 38-year-old Ruslan said that he went to war in May 2022.

The Russian justice ministry has once again expanded its list of “foreign agents.” This week, the additions include journalist Andrey Loshak, the historian Andrey Zubov, and the educational project Shkola Vozrozhdenie (Revival School).

Pussy Riot member Rita Flores went offline shortly after law enforcement searched her and told her she was in custody. Maria Alekhina, another member of Pussy Riot, told Meduza about this. According to Alyokhina, on the morning of February 17, Flores told her lawyer Daniil Berman that her apartment in Moscow had been searched, that she had been detained and was in the Meshchansky Interdistrict Department of the Investigative Committee.

The Ministry of Justice has once again added to the register of "foreign agents." This week, it included journalist Andrei Loshak, historian Andrei Zubov, and the Vozrozhdenie school .

Mediazona and BBC News Russian have confirmed the names of 14,709 Russians killed in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, based on open sources. Journalists have identified 1,679 people who were killed only in the first two weeks of February. This marks the greatest acceleration in weekly Russian losses since the start of the war, as pointed out by BBC News. The outlet connects this trend with Russia’s new offensive in the Donbas.

The BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, together with a team of volunteers, confirmed from open sources the names of 14,709 Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine. This was reported in the BBC article. In the first two weeks of February, journalists managed to confirm the names of 1,679 dead . This is the largest increase in losses of Russian troops since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the BBC emphasizes.

A Ukrainian court has sentenced the RT propagandist Anton Krasovsky to five years in prison. The trial took place in absentia, reports Ukraine Security Service in a press release. Krasovsky was found guilty of inciting a genocide of Ukrainians and urging an overthrow of the country’s legitimate government.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Many Russian families go to give birth to children to Argentina (this gives the right to citizenship), which the country's migration service really does not like. Can this loophole be closed? On February 10, it became known that Argentina’s migration service employees refused to let several pregnant Russians into the country. Some women were detained, but soon released with permission to be in Argentina.