For whom did Lukashenko arranged a performance with PMCs near Minsk? Photo: EPA-EFE / BELTA POOL Of course, of course, they don’t pull the introduction of a state of emergency and the abolition of elections in Belarus, whether they are at least three times from the Wagner PMC. It will not be enough. And the whole story is very similar to a single political technological shot.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow sentenced ex-head of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO) Sergei Fedotov to five years in a penal colony in the case of embezzlement of more than 760 million rubles, the press service of the court told Novaya Gazeta. The prosecution requested 5.5 years for Fedotov, notes RIA Novosti . A year and a half under arrest will be credited to him for three in a colony, he will be able to apply for parole.

Alexander Korol, a resident of Voronezh, who was detained on July 13 during a “mass raid” on representatives of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (an extremist organization banned in Russia), was tortured during interrogation. This is described on the website of the religious organization. The king was detained after a search and taken to the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region, where he was interrogated several times.

The Far East should talk about its first person problems Khabarovsk. Photo: Dmitry Morgulis / TASS The revitalization of the policy that happened in Khabarovsk this summer showed the whole void of political elites: the parties simply fled in different directions, as soon as they opened before them, a non -illusory opportunity to communicate with “their” voters. Party flags never appeared in city squares - literally not one.

Vitaly Shklyarov, a political strategist and author of Novaya Gazeta, was detained in Minsk, he said on his Telegram channel. The press secretary of the headquarters of the unregistered candidate for the presidency of Belarus, Valery Tsepkalo, Aleksey Urban , told Dozhd that Shklyarov’s detention was connected with work for blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky, the husband of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who has been in jail since the end of May.

The case of Konstantin Kotov a year later: an unspoken ban on communication and “torture” with entertainment channels A year ago, an inconsistent campaign was held in Moscow for admission of opposition candidates for elections to the Moscow City Duma. The protest ended with mass arrests and initiation of a series of criminal cases against protesters. More than 30 people fell under the rink of the same type of “Moscow case”, some of which were sentenced to real terms.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was not fined for violating the mask regime during his trip to the Coffeemania cafe, as there was no evidence of this. This was told to Dozhd by Alexei Karnaukhov, director of the Center for Anti-Corruption Policy of the Yabloko party, which filed an appeal with the Main Control. The department's response states that an authorized person who directly recorded the violation, or if there is evidence of what happened, can draw up a protocol.

If the system is very tightly controlled, it stops moving. Interview with Professor Skoltekh Boris Fayn Photo: Sergey Mostovshchikov / "New Gazeta" When we talk about ideals, riots, or droves, in fact, we are somehow talking about dynamic thermalization, quantum decoherence, chaos and, perhaps, the effect of Zeno. Just in order to realize this, you need to talk with a scientist.

Sergey Aslanyan about why the idea to oblige alcohols in machines is an “bribery initiative” Alcosas. Photo: Volvo By the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is going to develop a “concept of implementation in mass consumption” of alcohols that would block the ignition in cars when the driver’s breathing is detected in breathing, Kommersant found out. About what difficulties will arise among motorists after the introduction of new devices, says autoexpert Sergey Aslanyan.

The municipal deputy of the Basmanny district of Moscow, Lyusya Shtein, was offered to sign an acceptance certificate for a major overhaul in one of the houses, where the cost of the work was written in disappearing ink. She herself spoke about this on Twitter. Stein brought a lighter to the document, after which the cost (1,774,921.01) disappeared. She later said that a contractor called her and asked her to delete the post, saying that he would be fired.

FSB investigators refused to explain to the lawyers the essence of the charges brought against the ex-journalist of Kommersant and adviser to the head of Roskosmos Ivan Safronov, reports . Kommersant Safronov's defense filed a petition asking for clarification under what circumstances he was involved in cooperation with Czech intelligence, what specific tasks he performed after that, from whom exactly he received them, to whom and in what form he transmitted information.

Putin’s Far East problem — Endangered Baikal — Police brutality Photo: Dmitry Morgulis / TASS This Week’s Highlights As Russia’s Far East uprising keeps swelling, we investigate how trustworthy is the criminal case against the local governor and what could have triggered his arrest; we explain how Russian authorities keep disassembling key environmental protections; plus, we publish a new investigation exposing the depth of systemic police brutality in Russia. Want to get the full story?

an emergency President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at an urgent meeting of the Security Council called the detention of several dozen mercenaries of the Russian PMC Wagner near Minsk . He instructed to seek clarification about their presence in Belarus from the Russian side, the BelTA news agency reports . “I look at the reaction of the Russians. They are already justifying themselves by saying that we almost brought them here ourselves,” Lukashenka said.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested Murtuzali Medzhidov, the son of the former head of the government of Dagestan Mukhtar Medzhidov, for two months in the case of the murder of a MGIMO student. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the press service of the court. In April 2018, 21-year-old student Tomiris Baysafa from Kazakhstan fell out of the fourth floor window of the university building. Three weeks later, the girl died in the hospital.

At a debate in the Golovinsky Court of Moscow, the prosecutor's office asked to sentence 29-year-old American Trevor Reed, a former marine and student at the University of North Texas, to 9 years and 8 months in prison in the case of assaulting police officers. It is reported by TASS. In August 2019, residents of a building on Leningradskoye Shosse in Moscow called the police because of a drunken man who was arguing with several women.