Petersburg becomes, if not a cradle, then the main protest on the map of the country. Report from the action January 31 Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New in St. Petersburg" A week ago, a column of protesters walked along Nevsky Prospekt from Palace Square to the Kazan Cathedral, almost not meeting resistance from law enforcement officers. This Sunday, both sides increased the rates: the headquarters of Navalny in St.

Who was Boris Yeltsin for Russia? Photo: RIA Novosti February 1 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the first president of Russia Boris Yeltsin. The author of the publication says: as one person managed to destroy the monopoly of the whole party; Whether he was simply a product of his time (“if not Yeltsin, it would be found another”) or really changed the course of history by opening the door to changes; When Yeltsin was reborn from the Party Functioner into this policy.

How Tiktok frightened the Russian authorities After shares in support of Alexei Navalny, who passed throughout the country on January 23, 23 criminal cases of violence against security forces, hooliganism, calls for mass riots and damage to property have already been instituted.

The report of our specialists from Moscow streets, along which protesters led riot police Photo: Vlad Dokshin / "New Gazeta" On the morning of January 31, the Moscow Center was a completely extinct city. The territory from the Kremlin to the Lubyanka, including the Okhotnoye Row, theatrical passage and Kitay-Gorod, was completely protected from any encroachment of insidious citizens: both opposition and ordinary passers-by.

Gleb Pavlovsky about “how easy to manage idiots” and how difficult it is for President Putin Photo: Victoria Odissonova / "New Gazeta" By the middle of the day on January 31, a large number of people were again detained in support of Alexei Navalny throughout the country in support of Alexei Navalny. The detentions, especially in St. Petersburg, were extremely rigid: people who lost consciousness and a young man with a bloodied face were recorded on the video.

During the protests, which took place in almost 90 Russian cities, at least five thousand people were detained. This is reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info". Protests in support of Alexei Navalny took place today from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. Among those detained at the action, 82 were journalists, including Novaya correspondents Serafim Romanov and Yelena Kostyuchenko. According to the project, most of all detentions - 1608 - in Moscow.

Journalist Sergei Parkhomenko, who was detained today at an unauthorized rally in Moscow, was released from the Nagatino police department. He himself spoke about this on Facebook. Initially, Parkhomenko reported that they wanted to keep him in the police department until the trial. against him A protocol was drawn up on participation in the action that interfered with the operation of the infrastructure (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Moscow, a criminal case has been opened on obstructing the movement of vehicles and pedestrians (Article 267 of the Criminal Code). This is stated in the telegram channel of Human Rights Defenders of the Postcard, also told TASS about the initiation of the case. lawyer Sergey Badamshin In this case, the detainees were interrogated in the Perovo police station.

What did the correspondents of "New" Komsomolskaya Square. Photo: Yuri Kozyrev / "New Gazeta" See photos of Novaya Gazeta correspondents from Moscow on January 31. Here, read a detailed online about how this day has passed in Russia. And here are reports on promotions in Moscow and St. Petersburg .

Report of Elena Lukyanova Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St. Petersburg" Read the report of the new correspondents from the mass protests in St. Petersburg. Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St. Petersburg" Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St. Petersburg" Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St. Petersburg" Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St. Petersburg" Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St. Petersburg" Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New Gazeta in St.

How the protest Sunday has passed in the regions of Russia. Photos, videos and texts right from the scene The shares of January 31 in Russia were not as numerous as a week ago, but the security forces acted tougher. The correspondents of the "New" personally were witnesses of today's events. Read direct reports from Vladivostok, Crimea, Sevastopol, Samara, Saratov, Petrozavodsk, Smolensk, Perm, Yekaterinbrga, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan.

The Chinese company Xiaomi filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon and the US Treasury, protesting its inclusion in the list of enterprises associated with the Chinese military. It is reported by Reuters. Xiaomi said the US decision to designate it as a "communist Chinese military company" was "factually wrong". The company noted that 75% of the voting shares were held by co-founders Lin Bin and Lei Jun, with no ownership or control by a person or entity associated with the military.

Spain extradited businessman Andrei Kushul to Russia, who is accused of tax evasion (part 3 of article 33, paragraph “b” of part 2 of article 199 of the Criminal Code and paragraphs “a”, “b” of part 2 of article 199 UK). This was reported by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. “Accompanied by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and the Russian bureau of Interpol, Andrey Kushul will be taken to Moscow,” the agency writes.

Filming of the clip for the song of the group "Cockroaches!" ended with detention and dispersal Photo: Maxim Fomenko Filming began as a quest: reached the location and did not get riot police. The place was changed three times. At first they wanted to shoot in the Lubyansky passage, the club “Chinese pilot”, but it was completely utopia, as Dmitry Spirin told me later. You just do not physically go there.

The Free University will offer participation in all its courses to students who have been expelled from Russian universities “for citizenship”. This was announced by one of the founders of the Free University, Kirill Martynov. “Our best teachers will be able to advise on the continuation of systematic education in Europe,” he wrote on Twitter.