The Federation Council has created a working group that will prepare amendments to combat torture. Now they do not appear in the Criminal Code as an independent crime. This was stated by Senator Lyudmila Narusova at a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction, reports Interfax her words.

The Investigative Committee of Belarus announced the completion of the investigation of the criminal case against four proxies of the ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

The first and the only one - both in fact and in exclusive - to the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev 90 years. Happy anniversary, my dear president General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev, October 1986 Photo: Yuri Lizunov, Alexander Chumichev / Photokhronika TASS There are few people in the world who can boast that they changed the course of history, the fate of the whole generation - Gorbachev from these people.

Mikhail Gorbachev accepts congratulations on his 90th birthday Mikhail Gorbachev is 90 years old. Today he is congratulated by friends, world leaders, politicians, public figures. Congratulatory telegrams addressed to the first president of the USSR were sent by the leaders of a number of countries.

The United States has imposed sanctions on a number of Russian individuals and entities in connection with the attempted assassination of Alexei Navalny UPD: The US Department of Commerce has published a list of organizations that fall under sanctions in connection with the poisoning by Alexei Navalny.

Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, entered in the register of media-foreign agents, announced the dissolution of the public organization "For Human Rights", created on the basis of the movement of the same name, which was also previously recognized as a foreign agent and liquidated by the Ministry of Justice Lev Ponomarev* announced the liquidation of the organization on the air of the Dozhd TV channel after the entry into force on March 1 of laws toughening penalties for violations related to

What Gorbachev managed to do became one of the miracles of the 20th century "On this day, the entire multinational Soviet people and all progressive mankind celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of the faithful Leninist, four times Hero of the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev." This is how all newspapers and TV programs would begin today, if Gorbachev had not

EU and US decide on sanctions against Russian officials MAIN • The US and the EU imposed sanctions in connection with the poisoning and criminal prosecution of Alexei Navalny. Washington's list includes seven "senior officials" and 14 organizations associated with the chemical industry. The US blamed the FSB for the assassination attempt on Navalny . Earlier, UN experts called the poisoning of the politician an "ominous warning" from the Russian authorities to suppress dissent.

Investors of the Da Vinci Capital fund demanded that Pavel Durov compensate losses for investments in the failed TON blockchain project. Within two weeks they intend to file a lawsuit in a London court. According to Forbes, at the end of February, the fund’s lawyers sent Telegram founder Pavel Durov, Vice President Ilya Perekopsky and other top managers and lawyers of the TON project a notice of intent to file a lawsuit. They demand compensation for damages in the amount of $100 million.

Being a change leader is not easy. It is not easy to find understanding in others. It is not easy to be persistent and often fail to succeed. But in the end, you still change the world, and people follow you who also want to change the world. I was a very Soviet child. I liked the pioneer camps, the lightning, the collection of scrap metal, as well as drums, ties and the solemn removal of the banner.

Gorbachev's option did not prevent the collapse of the country (despite the fact that he sincerely tried to save the Union at least in some form), but helped to avoid a full-scale explosion with a civil war Imagine such a picture. A bookstore where there is not and cannot be a single book that you have bought lately (and in those that you have purchased, you need to be able to read between the lines what the author tried to say, bypassing Glavlit).

The time to survive while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and the “golden parachute” in the West is running out Sanctions against Russia: who gets hurt? The inevitable has happened. The US and the EU have rolled out sanctions against Russia for the persecution of Alexei Navalny. Washington is preparing new sanctions for cyberattacks against government agencies, which it blames on Russia. The dead end is obvious.

Due to the use of chemical weapons by the Russian authorities against its own citizens, the United States limits cooperation with the country in a number of areas. This is stated in a statement by the US State Department. The United States will no longer provide assistance to Russia, which was implied by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. An exception will be urgent humanitarian assistance in the supply of food or other agricultural goods.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russian officials who are responsible for the criminal prosecution of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by the agency DPA . According to the DPA, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Kalashnikov and commander of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov were subject to restrictive measures, TASS reports .

The wife of Vadim Krasikov (Sokolov), who is accused in Germany of killing a former Chechen field commander, may be undercover. She travels on planes under a false name and is accompanied by intelligence officers. This is stated in a joint investigation by Der Spiegel, Bellingcat and The Insider.