A court in Seattle sentenced Roman Seleznev, the son of one of the State Duma deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party, to 27 years in prison for cyber fraud, reports . RIA Novosti According to the agency, a federal judge could have given Seleznev any term, up to life. Earlier, the deputy's son signed a confession of guilt in cyber fraud in the United States. The prosecution argued that Seleznev caused $170 million worth of damage to the country.

The inspirer of California separatism forever moved to Yekaterinburg, tied up with politics and stated that he wanted to be a Russian citizen Photo from the archive of Luis Marinelli The leader of the YES California Independence! California Louis Marinelli decided to move to Russia. The 31-year-old activist announced the suspension of the organization of a referendum to leave the United States and urged supporters to engage in the project without its participation.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has canceled the decision to grant Russian citizenship to the defendants in the criminal case on the explosion of the metro in St. Petersburg, the brothers Akram and Abror Azimov, reports . TASS “The decision of the Sverdlovsk District Court of Perm established the fact that Azimov A.I. (father of Akram and Abror) knowingly provided false information when applying for admission to Russian citizenship,” the agency said.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under three articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation after the attack on the FSB headquarters in Khabarovsk. This was reported on the website of the department.

Local Self -Government Day as the main holiday of Russia Photo: Local Self -Government School The other day, the famous political scientist Alexander Morozov wrote on his Facebook page that now in Russia a “difficult historical moment”: “Here, gays are deported and killed, and there is right away joyfully:“ Call our local government school!

Activist from Serpukhov near Moscow, Nikita Sadkov, has been charged in a case of desecration of the state flag of Russia near the walls of the Kremlin. This information was confirmed to Novaya Gazeta by lawyer Dmitry Dinze. According to him, the defendant "does not admit guilt and does not consider himself guilty." “My client admits that he burned the flag, but not for the reasons indicated by the investigator.

The Dissertation Council of Belgorod State University, which was recommended by the Presidium of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) to submit the dissertation of the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, has a good reputation in the professional community. Andrei Zayakin, co-founder of the Dissrenet project, told Novaya Gazeta about this. “I must say that the discouncil itself is clean. There was not a single false dissertation in this council.

The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) transferred to the colony a former student of Moscow State University Varvara Karaulova (Alexandra Ivanova), convicted of trying to join the Islamic State (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia). This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by her lawyer Sergei Badamshin.

The State Duma rejected in the second reading the so-called “Rothenberg law”, according to which Russians would be entitled to compensation for unjust decisions of foreign courts. for the rejection of the bill . 368 deputies voted According to the conclusion of the State Duma Committee on Legislation, the current legislation already provides for the protection of those whose rights have been violated by processes in foreign courts.

The Guardian contacted two Chechens who left the republic because of the persecution of homosexuals. The publication does not disclose the names of men for security reasons. One of the men, The Guardian calls him Ismail (name changed - ed. ), was detained back in October last year. He exchanged photos with another man and arranged a meeting. Later, he was taken to the forest, where three men in camouflage uniforms stripped him naked and beat him. Another person filmed everything.

The European External Action Service condemned the decision of the Russian Supreme Court to ban the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses. “Jehovah’s Witnesses, like all other religious groups, must be able to peacefully enjoy freedom of assembly without interference, as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as Russia’s international obligations and international human rights standards,” the foreign policy spokesman said in a statement. EU agencies.

Google has released a report on the availability of services and data (Transparency report). The document states that in 2016, law enforcement agencies contacted the company 471 times. In 2015, 464 appeals were made, in 2014 - 227, in 2013 - 193, in 2012 - 155.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Friday, April 21, will hold anti-terrorist exercises in the Genichesk district of the Kherson region, bordering Crimea. This was reported by Krym.Realii with reference to the head of the press service of the Kherson central office of the SBU Victoria Shakula. “These are regular, planned exercises that we conduct from time to time,” she explained.

The State Duma adopted in the third, final reading a bill restricting the activities of online cinemas in Russia, according to the website of the parliament. 355 deputies voted for him. According to the draft law, Roskomnadzor will create and maintain a register of audiovisual services. In turn, the owners of online cinemas and aggregators will have to install one of the programs offered by Roskomnadzor, with which it will be possible to determine the number of users of the service.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a law that obliges banks to transfer cash payments to pensioners and employees of budgetary organizations only to Mir cards. This was reported on the website of the Parliament. The provisions of the law will apply to the payment of salaries, salaries of employees of state and municipal institutions, pensions and scholarships. Service cards for pensioners will be free.