Closed all criminal cases on the facts of illegal bureaucratic hunting The Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation closed the criminal case on the fact of the crash in the Altai mountains of the Mi-171 * helicopter, the passengers of which were hunting for rare animals. So it is written in the answer of the head of the committee Alexander Bastrykin to the request ...

After 12 years, the suspect in the murder of Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Mikhail Manevich confessed to everything himself This high-profile crime has already begun to be forgotten: over the past twelve years, detectives have not made any progress in its investigation. 37-year-old Mikhail Manevich is the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, who headed the city committee for managing ...

Activist of the Left Front and youth "Yabloko" suspected of fascism Anatoly Yurkovets, a student at Omsk State Technical University, went to the police after he was beaten up by unknown persons during a picket against police arbitrariness (Novaya reported this in #119). The action was carried out by the youth "Yabloko" and the Siberian Confederation...

The materials of the Spanish criminal case about the leaders of the Tambov-Malyshevsky group and the protocols of listening to telephone conversations of Gennady Petrov The Spanish criminal case, in which Gennady Petrov appears, showed how significant a person with extensive informal ties can be. Petrov is accused of being one of the leaders of the Tambov-Malyshevsky criminal group.

"Yandex" closes its rating of blogs. Others will take his place Created in 2004, "Top Yandex" by blog entries, as runeters call it, quickly became a popular service. And now it won't. Writer and well-known blogger Maxim Sviridenkov, in an open letter to Yandex, described ... Created in 2004, "Top Yandex" by blog entries, as runeters call it, quickly became a popular service. And now it won't.

The week was wasted by the prosecutors: on the interrogation of ordinary employees who knew nothing about oil or theft Day 108 Again, not a word about the stolen oil. Prosecutors continue to discuss the business of MFO MENATEP and its structures, which carried out registration and accounting services for companies, including Yukos subsidiaries. And again as... day one hundred and eight Again, not a word about the stolen oil.

Anti-fascists condemned for walking in a crowd with like-minded people On Thursday, Moscow's Basmanny Court condemned 13 anti-fascists who were detained the day before after the sanctioned action "Russians against fascism" (see "New" dated 05.11.09). Young people were accused of resisting police officers and violating the rules of...

Church evicts veterans for historical justice The Stavropol diocese demands the return of the hut, which once housed the hostel of nuns. Now six people are registered and live here. The barrack was built in 1850 and belonged to the John-Mariinsky Monastery. During the Soviet years... The Stavropol diocese demands the return of the hut, which once housed the hostel of nuns. Now six people are registered and live here. The barrack was built in 1850 and belonged to the John-Mariinsky Monastery.

Officials of St. Petersburg strictly maintain the palace style The Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture (KGA) of St. Petersburg decided to update the interiors of Smolny. About 22 million rubles from the city budget are planned to be spent on two halls in the building of the above committee. This money is going to... The Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture (KGA) of St. Petersburg decided to update the interiors of Smolny.

The crisis did not stop any of the large-scale Russian construction projects. Estimates are frozen in anticipation More than a year ago, we conducted a small study to determine which of the global construction projects in Russia are the most expensive and how much time the state needs to implement these projects (see New, No. 69 of September 18, 2008 - Big ...

What will the people, finally separated from the state, choose? The remarkable prose writer and historian Vladimir Sharov noticed about two years ago that the current period of Russian history is characterized by its withdrawal deep into, to the grassroots level; external events tend to a minimum, because they exhaust the people too much and ...

Who ordered Nikita Tikhonov to kill Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova After the arrest of two suspects in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova, the press and public speeches of public figures came up with quick conclusions of two varieties: the crime...

Human rights defenders lost their offices Last week, Moscow authorities refused to renew a lease agreement with the Moscow Helsinki Group and the Moscow branch of the For Human Rights movement. The head of the MHG, Lyudmila Alekseeva, told Novaya Gazeta that since August 31... Last week, Moscow authorities refused to renew a lease agreement with the Moscow Helsinki Group and the Moscow branch of the For Human Rights movement.

A crowd of thousands on Tverskaya celebrated the anniversary of the revolution - and hoped for a remake I visited the November demonstrations in honor of the October Revolution, but only a long time ago, as a child, and not in Moscow, in Tashkent. But on Saturday, deja vu happened. First of all, because there were a lot of people. They occupied the entire Tverskaya street from...

Bashkir kurultai is looking for ways to squeeze "Internet extremists" On Friday, the State Duma considered in the first reading and rejected a bill on liability for the dissemination of extremist materials on the Internet. The developer of the bill, the kurultai of Bashkortostan, proposed to supplement ... On Friday, the State Duma considered in the first reading and rejected a bill on liability for the dissemination of extremist materials on the Internet.