The Kargopol assembly of deputies (in the Arkhangelsk region) rejected a proposal to erect a bust of Joseph Stalin. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by members of the meeting. Before the vote, a local activist, actor of the Kargopol People's Theater Andrey Agapitov, addressed the meeting, recalling that in the city where Kargopollag, one of the most terrible Gulag camps, was based, the perpetuation of Stalin is unacceptable.

Students and professors of the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg opposed the exhibition convicted for the fraud of the ex-official of the Ministry of Defense Evgenia Vasilyeva Photo: Elena Lukyanova / "New in St. Petersburg" Recall: in the case of Oboronservice, Evgeny Vasiliev was sentenced to 5 years in prison in a general regime colony. But she spent only 34 days in the colony, freed on parole. The court estimated the damage caused to the state at 647 million rubles.

The Investigative Committee opened another criminal case on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities during the action on January 23. This was reported on the website of the department. According to investigators, the young man “hit a National Guard officer in the leg area” while not far from Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street. Currently, he has been detained and taken to a subdivision of the department. The detainee's name has not been released.

The Kozelsky pesticides polygon in Kamchatka was included in the state register of objects of accumulated environmental damage. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov, according to the agency's website.

* The US Department of Commerce has imposed new sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny. The restrictions will come into effect on March 18. They will affect the export to Russia of goods related to national security. The US will suspend licenses to service and replace parts and equipment, technology and software, but will not extend restrictions to the aviation and space industries until September.

Russia summoned its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, to Moscow for consultations on the prospects for relations with Washington. This, as reported on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was stated by the official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova.

More than 40 European and Hollywood actors, directors and musicians wrote an open letter to the Russian authorities demanding to free the defendants in the “sanitary business” - Pussy Riot participant Maria Alekhina and municipal deputy Lucyu Stein. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta by Pussy Riot participants.

The Russian opposition is facing 6 years in prison for watching the video of the Rammstein group. Investigators tried themselves in the role of peeping Andrey Borovikov. Photo: Tatyana Britskaya / "New" -Tell me, have you ever watched porn? - It happened. - Did you write a statement to the police? No? Why did you write now? - But I did not write, the police called me and offered to give testimonies. And how they found out that I looked at this clip on your page, I do not know.

Police officers in Chechnya detained and delivered to one of the police units in Grozny three men - relatives of Suleiman Gezmakhmaev, who told Novaya Gazeta about extrajudicial executions in the republic. This was reported to Novaya Gazeta by Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Board of Memorial HRC*. “They were detained, taken to one of the police units,” Orlov said. According to him, the security forces issued an ultimatum to all the detainees, and then released them, now they are at home.

The Polish authorities will introduce strict quarantine across the country from March 20 to April 9 due to the spread of coronavirus. This was stated by the Minister of Health Adam Nedzielski, the broadcast was conducted by the TV channel TVN24. According to Nedzielski, the situation with coronavirus in the country is not improving: over the past 24 hours, more than 25,000 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected in Poland.

The new action triller "Nobody" is already on our screens Three years after the sensational fantastic trash-beevik “Hardcore”, removed on behalf of the hero (using the Gopro action camera, fixed on the operator’s head), the young director Ilya Nayshuller was waiting for an offer that he could not refuse. Frame from the movie "Nobody" And it came.

The Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow satisfied the suit of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office to block the video on the YouTube channel of journalist Karen Shainyan "Gay Adoption: Will You Choose This Russia?" for information "promoting non-traditional sexual relations". The text of the ruling, which drew MBKh Media attention to, was published in the file of the court. Shahinyan's video is dedicated to the adoption and upbringing of children in an LGBT family.

Tsoi Jr. answers uncomfortable questions: a lawsuit against the teacher, a letter to Putin, prohibitions for execution, the new album "Kino" Photo provided by the press service of the group "Kino" In the unhappy 2020, the Kino group was supposed to give concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow: Tsoi sings from the screen, and on the stage of his songs, participants in the original composition of Kino and other good musicians play.

The Novosibirsk pianist spoke at the concert in support of the political prisoners. Material "Taiga.info" as part of the Association "Syndicate-100" In Novosibirsk, a concert of memory of the pianists of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko, who became a victim of Stalinist repressions, was held. One of the musicians opposed the current persecution of Russians for political reasons. Timofei Kazantsev.

The European Commission has unveiled a draft "green digital certificate" that will help facilitate the movement of EU residents between EU countries. The document will confirm the presence of a vaccination against COVID-19, a negative test or antibodies. It is noted that vaccination against COVID-19 will not be a prerequisite for travel of EU residents between the countries of the Union.