Almost two -thirds of Russians (63%) believe that the country has people convicted of their political views or the desire to participate in political life. This follows from the survey published on the Levada Center website . This is the maximum for the entire time of research since 2004, a year ago 50%thought so. 68% of respondents (approximately at the level of previous surveys of 2014 and 2015) feel a free person in society, 32% speak of personal lack of freedom.

Leonid Volkov “Excuse me, and what, there was at least someone, at least one reasonable person who believed that Putin plans to abandon the authorities before it dies? No. Well, ok, I won’t say for everyone, but we never examined such a scenario,” writes the ally Alexei Navalny on Facebook . "It was completely clear that Putin plans to rule forever.

On Monday, several hundred people from the first caravan of migrants from Central America in the current year tried to break into Mexico across the border with Guatemala. They took such a step after the authorities of the North American state refused the possibility of an organized manner to their territory, the newspaper Milenio said.

“I believe that the appointment of the deputy head of the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General in any situation indicates the end of the long -term confrontation of the two law enforcement agencies. Moreover, the consequences can be more significant,” writes the head of the Agora human rights organization in his Telegram channel . “For example, the TFR may even wait for the liquidation with the return of investigative powers to the prosecutor’s office.

In December 2019, the Syrian parliament adopted laws on the conclusion of contracts for the development of three blocks of gas and oil deposits with Russian companies Velada and Mercury. The total area of ​​deposits is at least 12 thousand square kilometers, and gas reserves, according to the Syrian side, are three quarters of the trillion cubic meters.

General Secretary of the Russian Football Union (RFU) Alexander Alaev criticized plans to expand the Russian Premier League (RPL) from 16 to 18 clubs, for which its representatives have already voted . In his opinion, this measure is unlikely to solve the pressing problems of the league. Alaev noted that the reforms will affect the football National League (FNL) and the professional football league (PFL), as well as the Russian Cup.

Each year, the Russian Guard purchases special equipment and equipment for dispersing protests - starting with handcuffs and "universal sticks" and ending with laser emitters and armored vehicles. In 2019, the department spent 1.52 billion rubles on the fight against protesters - this is 2.5 times less than in 2018, writes MBH Media .

On Monday, the Solntsevsky District Court of Moscow appointed on February 14 the selection of jurors for consideration on the merits of the criminal case on the supply of cocaine from Argentina to Russia and European countries. This was announced by the lawyer of one of the defendants in the case, Alexander Kostanyants. The large channel of drug smuggling was blocked after suitcases with cocaine were found on the territory of the Russian embassy.

Last week, the Foundation for Combating Corruption (FBK) called on the new Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to disclose the source of the multimillion -dollar income of his wife Vladlena. For 10 years, she earned about 800 million rubles, but the fund did not find a single legal entity issued to Mishustin in the databases. For the head of the government, Kommersant was explained, noting that he was following the business and the condition of Mishustin and his family since the 90s.

Mark Solonin “I support the proposal and approve. The falsification of the history of the 2MW is time to“ plug up ”with true documentary information. It’s high time! And V.V. Putin has all the possibilities for this,” the historian writes on the blog on the website of the Echo of Moscow radio station, commenting on the need to create an archival center to shut up the “filthy mouth” for those who are trying to re -reinvent history.

All -Russian vote on amendments to the Constitution may take place on Sunday, April 12. As sources close to the presidential administration told RBC , this is the most likely date that is discussed in the Kremlin. According to the interlocutors, another date is discussed, on April 26, but it is less likely. And April 19 is inconvenient for voting, since Orthodox Easter falls on this day.

The opposition decided to apply to the Moscow City Hall an application for a procession against constitutional reform on February 29. As the politician Ilya Yashin said in his Facebook , the decision on the procession was made at the Organizing Committee of the Machis Memory Boris Nemtsov with the participation of representatives of the Solidarity movement, the Fund for the fight against corruption of Alexei Navalny, the Parnassus, the Libertarian Party and the “Party of Change” Dmitry Gudkov.

A startup called ClearView AI created a person recognition system and collected a base with more than three billion photos illegally collected from social networks. According to The New York Times , the company provides access to this base to American law enforcement agencies.

The State Committee on Hygiene and Health Care of the PRC on Monday confirmed the possibility of transmitting a new type of pneumonia from man to person. The authorities are afraid of epidemics. In addition, the disease has already gone beyond the limits of China, the Xinhua agency reports. According to the Chinese authorities, there are objective evidence that the virus can be transmitted in contact with infected, and therefore the need for emergency measures arises.

The Moscow City Court confirmed the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court, which recognized as legitimate that the Ministry of Justice was introduced by the Foundation for the fight against corruption (FBK) of Alexei Navalny to the register of NPO-foreign agents. The court rejected the FBK appeal, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Moscow City Court.