A 22-year-old resident of the city of Bor, Nizhny Novgorod region, was charged with public calls for extremist activities for calling for a socialist revolution. As reported the press service of the Bor city court on January 15, the case has already been submitted to the court. The accused was not named in the message.

On January 15, the relevant committee of the Federation Council on constitutional legislation refused to support the bill of communists Ivan Nikitchuk and Nikolai Arefiev, which would introduce administrative liability for publicly recognizing one’s non-traditional sexual orientation. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the chairman of the committee, Andrei Klishas.

is accused of distributing On January 15, the Taganrog City Court began considering the merits of the case of a leaflet criticizing the police, which anarchist Yelizaveta Tsvetkova — a case has been opened against her for inciting hatred and enmity on the basis of belonging to the social group “police officers”. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". The meeting, previously scheduled for December 21, was postponed due to the absence of witnesses for the prosecution.

The authorities of St. Petersburg refused to approve actions in memory of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were killed on January 19, 2009. This was reported on January 15 by Zaks.ru.

Investigators are again questioning people who donated money to Alexei Navalny's election campaign before the 2013 Moscow mayoral election. RBC wrote about this on January 14 with reference to one of these witnesses, who wished to remain anonymous. Information about the renewed calls for interrogations was confirmed to the publication by a member of the central council of the Progress Party, Leonid Volkov, who said that he is aware of four such cases recently.

Police officers in Simferopol detained journalist Zair Akadyrov, who came to court on the February 26 Case, and after almost an hour of talking about his professional activities, they released him. “In the regional department, they asked me what I do, where I live, what and where I write, and why I do it. It was called "explanatory". They asked me to turn out my pockets, they took the things that were there, however, they later returned them.

In Buryatia, the republican authorities announced a tender for the purchase of a tinted paddy wagon for 2.5 million rubles. The paddy wagon, according to the documentation, must be new - 2015 release. Capacity - 20 people. A separate place is intended for the driver, eight - for law enforcement officers, the remaining 11 - for violators. The body must be a wagon type, all-metal. Double cladding with thermal insulation.

Vadim Tyulpanov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities, and Andrey Klishas, ​​Head of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building, propose to discuss the introduction of a jury trial for those accused of economic crimes.

The defense of the deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Vladimir Bessonov, accused of attacking police officers during an uncoordinated rally in Rostov-on-Don in December 2011, filed a cassation appeal against the court's decision on his arrest in absentia. This was reported on January 15 by the RAPSI with reference to the lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, representing the interests of Bessonov.

Two employees of the Moscow metro, who wrote to the president with a letter describing the catastrophic situation that has developed within the organization, have been transferred, and one of them has already been fired. This is reported by portal BFM.ru. the The employees of the Moscow metro sent a collective letter to the President of Russia the day before, in which they spoke about massive violations during repair work and about incompetent leadership.

On January 14, the Sevastopol City Court once again extended the detention period for two of the four accused of organizing activities in Crimea of ​​the Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir banned in Russia and participating in it. This is reported by the Internet edition "15 minutes" with reference to the lawyer of one of the suspects Emil Kurtbedinov. “The term of detention for Ruslan Zeytullayev and Vaitov Rustem has been extended until March 22!

Dear friend! You signed up for this yourself, and we’ll ruin your first Friday night today. We almost never have good news, but you won’t be bored. What happened (09.01 – 15.01) On Saturday, January 9, on Manezhnaya Square during single pickets , Mark Halperin , who has already been charged with repeated violations at street rallies, and Irina Yatsenko were detained - for her this was the first detention in her life; she said that the reason was the actions of provocateurs.