The Supreme Court of Russia commuted the sentence of Sochi resident Inga Tutisani, who was convicted of high treason for sending a text message about Russian military equipment to a friend in Georgia. “Having considered the complaint of the defense, the Supreme Court changed the sentence, reducing Tutisani’s sentence from six years in prison to four years and one month in prison,” Interfax quoted the court’s message as saying. Tutisani will be released in nine days, lawyer Ivan Pavlov said.

The Kaluga Regional Court found Ivan Lyubshin guilty of extremism and the rehabilitation of Nazism. Pictures and videos on the VKontakte social network were the reason for the criminal prosecution, Ilnur Sharapov, lawyer for the Agora International Human Rights Group, said, noting that the verdict would be appealed as illegal and unfounded.

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep during the presentation of the journalistic award, admitted her admiration for the host of Echo of Moscow, Tatyana Felgenhauer. Streep was one of the presenters of the International Press Freedom Award, awarded by the international Committee to Protect Journalists. The award is given to those who have shown courage in the name of freedom of speech. Streep noted that now is a particularly dangerous time for journalists, especially many injustices against women.

On November 16, the Tagansky Court of Moscow sent under house arrest the former head of Naftogaz Ukrainy, Igor Bakai, accused of embezzling more than 630 million rubles from the Metalloinvest holding, Alisher Usmanov, Business FM reports .

The Ministry of Justice of Russia has sent a notification to 9 media outlets that they can be recognized as foreign agents on the basis of amendments to the legislation adopted by the State Duma.

The founding board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided not to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). This was announced on the WADA official Twitter .

Actionist Pyotr Pavlensky, who is in custody in France for setting fire to a local bank, announced the tenth day of the hunger strike in a letter to gallery owner Marat Gelman. Gelman posted the letter on November 15 on Facebook . In it, Pavlensky speaks of the closed nature of the courts in France. “Today is the tenth day of a dry hunger strike, I never thought that I would have to face this, but closed cabinet courts are unacceptable ...

reports on Thursday, November 16 After an anonymous call about mining, people were evacuated from the reception rooms of the Federation Council and the State Duma, Znak . More than 200 people were evacuated. Also in Yekaterinburg, five shopping centers were evacuated due to anonymous calls about the bomb. Since the beginning of September, a wave of evacuations has swept across Russia due to anonymous reports. The FSB stated that the calls were made from abroad.

Former Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has returned to the country following the ouster of President Robert Mugabe, Sky News reports . Morgan Tsvangirai is called the main political opponent of Robert Mugabe. He is the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe and was the country's prime minister from 2009 to 2013. In the 2013 presidential election, Tsvangirai lost to Mugabe.

Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, in an interview with Arguments and Facts , said that the state does not have the funds to pay pensions in full. Kudrin said that in 2016, for the first time, Russia violated its obligations and did not index pensions for all pensioners. A one-time payment in the amount of 5 thousand rubles was made, but it did not cover what the pensioners did not receive. The reason is the deficit of the Pension Fund.

Astrakhan sculptor Viktor Kropachev created a statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a bear body, wings and a sturgeon in his hands, according to the VKontakte group “ Overheard Astrakhan” . The name of the sculpture is "Mind, Strength and Soul". The sculptor told the portal kaspyinfo.ru that the body of the bear symbolizes Russia, the symbol of the Astrakhan region, the sturgeon, is Putin's kindness and sincerity.

The police raided the editorial office of Novaya Gazeta with a sudden check, according to Thursday, November 16, on the website of the publication. Law enforcement officers work in the migration department of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Central Administrative District of Moscow. They are interested in employment issues in the publication of foreign citizens. The newspaper suggests that the visit may be related to the case of journalist Ali Feruz.

In Russia, an unprecedented process is being prepared about political terrorism. In the case, comparable to the swamp, more than 15 activists from different regions are already held Photo: b-port.com “Revolution of November 5”, announced by the Saratov oppositionist and video blogger Vyacheslav Maltsev, never took place, but turned into a series of criminal cases and arrests throughout Russia.

“There is no insider anywhere, I assure you. Do not be Olukhs " Photo: Evgeny Feldman For the project "This is Navalny" The reason is one: everything that is written in the telegram channel is not known where. For example, I read the channel of the editor -in -chief of the Mediazone Sergey Smirnov. He regularly writes very cool posts. He understands politics. And they simply disappear in this (our already) telegram. You will not give a link to it.

The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, promised to fulfill “all necessary conditions” for participation in the trial of ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev when the schedule allows, Vedomosti reported on Thursday, November 16. Sechin said that I would strive to fully comply with the requirements of the law, but now his priority is the management of Rosneft. The head of the oil company did not answer whether he received a subpoena.