In 2022, there were no successful escapes from pre-trial detention centers (SIZOs) and correctional colonies in Russia. This happened for the first time in the modern history of the country, said Arkady Gostev, director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

The export of Russian mineral fuel, oil and oil products in 2022 reached $383.7 billion. This follows from foreign trade statistics published by the Federal Customs Service (FTS). As noted the Agency , judging by Rosstat data , in monetary terms, Russian hydrocarbon exports have reached a record high since at least 1995 (there is no earlier data on the Rosstat website). This was facilitated by high oil and gas prices last year.

The instructions of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces on granting a deferment from mobilization to fathers with three or more minor children continue to be in effect, but are advisory in nature. This is stated in the response of the General Staff to a request from State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nina Ostanina.

Vasily Bolshakov, a resident of the city of Kasimov in the Ryazan region, has been prosecuted under the article on repeated “discrediting” of the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) because of a joke published on VKontakte. This was reported to OVD-Info by his lawyer Andrey Kuryatnikov. Bolshakov faces up to three years in prison.

The monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) will not be evicted from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. This was stated by Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), the abbot of the Holy Dormition Monastery of the UOC, which occupies part of the Lavra. "We do not intend to move out and we will not, because now there are laws that are on the side of the individual. Threatening us that they will deal with us is not [1917].

"Mediazona" contacted them - only one of them condemned the invasion Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta servicemen of pro -Russian forces on a tank with the letter Z in the Donetsk region. March 11, 2022 In September 2022, The New York Times (NYT) published records of conversations of Russian troops who called relatives and friends in the first month of a full -scale war between Russia and Ukraine.

Unable to achieve victory in Ukraine, Putin must perpetuate and routinize the war to stay in power Getty Images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, conceived by Vladimir Putin as a lightning-speed “special military operation,” has entered its second year without any remaining sense of clear military or political objectives. Nor is there any plausible account of how any gains from the invasion could possibly offset Russia’s losses from the war.

The Khoroshevsky Court of Moscow received a protocol on the “discrediting” of the Russian army in relation to the leader of the group “Nogu Svelo!” Maxim Pokrovsky. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the court. It is not known what the claims against Pokrovsky are connected with. His trial will take place on March 27. The artist faces a fine of up to 50 thousand rubles. Maxim Pokrovsky lives in the USA.

Iranian authorities have announced a pardon for 22,000 people held in custody over protests in the country, Associated Press reports. Iran's judiciary chief Gholamhossein Ejei said the pardon did not include people who were accused of theft or violent crimes in connection with the protests. AP notes that there is no independent confirmation that the prisoners have actually been released.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Z-examses. How the new genre of Russian propaganda works-for viewers who are tired of political talk shows and switched to entertaining Z-Excessions is a new type of Russian propaganda, which is gaining popularity on Russian television. In particular, the seer is increasingly becoming guests of political shows on federal television channels, writes The Insider.

The authorities of the island of Bali have asked the Indonesian government to cancel the possibility of obtaining visas on arrival for citizens of Russia and Ukraine, the Jakarta Post reports. According to the governor of the island, Wayan Koster, he wrote corresponding letters to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice of Indonesia.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague intends to open two cases against Russia for alleged crimes committed in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The New York Times reported, citing sources. The court officially declined to comment. One of the cases is related to the kidnapping of Ukrainian children and teenagers and their forced sending to "re-education" camps. The second is related to deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure.

The Ukrainian serviceman Oleksandr Matsiyevsky, whose brutal execution by the invading Russian military was caught on video, was a Moldovan citizen by birth. Moldova’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement about Matsiyevsky Moldovan citizenship, noting that the ministry “strongly condemns the killing of the Moldovan citizen, an act that can be classified as a war crime and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.” Matsiyevsky was born in Chisinau, Moldova.

In his Monday press briefing, the Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on Sunday’s Academy Awards and the Oscar awarded to Daniel Roher and the documentary team behind “Navalny.” According to Peskov, the documentary feature about Navalny’s attempted assassination and his survival, followed by a return to Russia, “politicizes” the opposition leader’s story.

In three districts of Moscow, sites have been cleared for the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and air defense systems have already been placed on two of them, according to The Insider. According to the publication, at the end of 2022, one of the sites began to be equipped on the experimental fields of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. There is no continuous forest, so the builders simply leveled the ground and filled everything with asphalt.