The city council of Kerch prematurely terminated the powers of the local deputy Konstantin Ermanov, who was one of the main critics of the Crimean authorities and personally the head of the region, Sergei Aksyonov. The decision was made on January 29 at a session of the city council. As Novaya Gazeta was told in the Kerch City Council, the Republican Anti-Corruption Committee considered that Yermanov intentionally concealed his income.

According to the "sanitary case", the court sent under house arrest the brother of politician Alexei Navalny Oleg , as well as FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol, the head of the Moscow headquarters of Oleg Stepanov, the Head of the *** "Alliance of Doctors" Anastasia Vasilyeva and Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow placed the brother of politician Alexei Navalny Oleg under house arrest until March 23 in the case of violating sanitary and epidemiological rules (part 1 of article 236 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to Novaya Gazeta in the press service of the court.

False reports began to appear in the student groups of the social network VKontakte about the postponement of the rally of Navalny's headquarters in Chelyabinsk from January 31 to February 2. Employees of the Chelyabinsk headquarters reported this to Novaya Gazeta, calling these reports a provocation. In particular, such information began to be disseminated by the public PoiskovichOK SUUGM.

Felix Hufeld, the head of the German Financial Supervision Authority (Bafin), resigned from his post due to a scandal involving the trading of papers by the bankrupt Wirecard company. about it . writes Sueddeutsche Zeitung Law enforcement officials suspected that Hufeld had sold Wirecard shares at the underlying price just a day before the €1.9 billion shortfall in the company's accounts was discovered last summer. After that, Wirecard filed for bankruptcy.

1,028,591 people received the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Russia. This follows from the data of the regional media as of January 29, which were collected by Novaya Gazeta. More than 30% of those vaccinated (320 thousand people) are in Moscow. In other regions of Russia, about 700 thousand vaccinated people are concentrated. In four regions, more than two percent of the population has been vaccinated - these are Moscow, the Altai Republic, as well as the Magadan and Sakhalin regions.

The European Union has banned the export of coronavirus vaccines from its territory from January 30 to March 31 without special permission. This is stated in the message of the European Commission. “The aim of this measure is to ensure timely access to COVID-19 vaccines for all EU citizens and overcome the current lack of transparency in the export of vaccines outside the EU. <…>.

The Tver District Court of Moscow sent under house arrest the head of the Moscow headquarters of Navalny Oleg Stepanov in the case of violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules (part 1 of article 236 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Novaya Gazeta in the press service of the court. Photo: press service of the Tver court The measure of restraint Stepanov was elected until March 23. The investigation petitioned for the house arrest for the coordinator of the Moscow headquarters.

The Investigative Committee in Nizhny Novgorod demands the arrest of businessman Mikhail Iosilevich, one of the heroes of the Novaya Gazeta publication on the improvement of the Switzerland park for 3.7 billion rubles. He himself told Novaya Gazeta about this. “The police came to my house. They demand that I go to the Investigative Committee. They are going to take me into custody in a criminal case on “Carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization,” Iosilevich said.

President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the agreement between Russia and the United States on the extension of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START-3). This was reported on the Kremlin website. The agreement will be valid until February 5, 2026. Earlier, Russia and the United States agreed to extend it without additional conditions.

In Kursk, Ivan Zvyagin, a freelance author of "7x7", does not get in touch. Oleg Grigorenko, editor-in-chief of the publication, told Novaya Gazeta about this. UPDATED 21:39 A protocol was drawn up against Ivan Zvyagin on organizing an uncoordinated rally (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of told Administrative Offenses), lawyer Roman Lyzlov the publication. The journalist allegedly called for protests via the Internet.

What is a sharp decline in the incidence of coronavirus in Russia? Research "New" Photo: RIA Novosti According to official statistics, over the past two weeks, the number of new cases of coronavirus in Russia has fallen by more than 20%. The authorities began to weaken restrictions - in Moscow they canceled the ban on the work of the cafe at night, and the Ministry of Education and Science allowed universities to conduct full -time classes.

From January 30, a number of restrictions imposed in the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be eased in St. Petersburg. This was reported on the website of the St. Petersburg administration. Smolny announced the following concessions: All catering establishments, including those located in shopping centers (with the exception of food courts and food places), will be able to receive visitors around the clock.

The Pskov Regional Court sentenced a resident of the city of Pechora to seven years in a strict regime colony in a case of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). to decision . the court's drew attention Mediazona In addition, the convict was given another year of restriction of liberty.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Andrei Lomov until March 22, accused of using violence against a police officer at a protest on January 23 (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the United Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg.