Employees of the economic police and the regional department of the FSB conducted a “large -scale special operation” with the searches and detentions of the group members, which is suspected of illegal banking (Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg.

In St. Petersburg, a military "Basic readiness mode" has been operating for almost a month. What is it? And is it concerned with the townspeople? Photo: Alexander Baranov/Kommersant At the end of October, Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced martial law in the annexed territories of Ukraine, as well as the "average response level" in the border regions. The Central Federal District introduced an “level of increased readiness”. In all other regions, including St.

Ksenia Sobchak apologized to the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov for the "actions" of his colleagues arrested in the extortion case. In her appeal, Sobchak wrote that "there is no political context here." “I know that the guys sincerely regret what happened. Their fate will be decided by the court. I believe that law enforcement agencies will show sympathy and condescension, ”Sobchak wrote.

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of Novaya Gazeta and its project “Free space”, follows from the registry of blocked resources. The sites stopped opening in Russia without VPN the day before, and today they appeared in the register of blocked resources. It does not indicate on what basis the resources were included in the register. “We will appeal. And we will continue to work, ”the telegram channel of“ free space ” says .

Russian President Vladimir Putin changed the composition of the Council for Human Rights under the President, excluding well -known human rights defenders from him. Who was excluded. In total, ten people are excluded from the HRCs. Among them is the historian Nikolai Svanidze, who, among other things, opposed the liquidation of the Memorial and at the beginning of the war joined the call to stop military operations in Ukraine.

The Quirfest festival from St. Petersburg will be held for the first time in the online format. From November 18 to 20, you can listen to lectures, watch an online gallery and participate in discussions. This was reported on the website of the event. “The St. Petersburg Pride Festival this year will be held for the first time where everyone can be himself and not be afraid-online.

Evgeny Prigozhin said that the Wagner PMC is not connected with the murder of the prisoner and action movie of the company Evgeny Nuzhin. He said that Juzhin did not ask him to transfer him to Russia and no one returned his PMC. The businessman calls the video of execution a possible “representation from the US Ministry of Culture”. Prigozhin announced this in response to a request from the publication "Dot.ru".

Cover: Dmitry Volkostrelov/Facebook After February 24, many scientists, artists and actors opposed the war in Ukraine - and soon either were dismissed or left their posts in the cultural and scientific institutions of St. Petersburg and Moscow. The pressure continues to this day: for example, on November 14, Governor Alexander Beglov excluded from the Council for the culture of the artist painted the lamp and actress Ksenia Rappoport.

The court in the Hague announced the verdict at the last meeting by the collapse of the Malaysian Boeing MH17. Three of the four accused were found guilty, they were sentenced to life sentences. The former “Minister of Defense” of the self -proclaimed DPR Igor Girkin (Strelkov), retired GRU officer Sergey Dubinsky and former field commander Leonid Kharchenko were found guilty. Oleg Pulatov, the reserve of the Airborne Forces of the Airborne Forces, was recognized as innocent.

The Leninsky court in St. Petersburg arrested three participants in the neo -Nazi “combat terrorist organization” (recognized as extremist and is prohibited in the Russian Federation). This was reported by the United press service of the vessels of St. Petersburg. What are the participants in the group. According to Izvestia , the detainees of Denis Burakov, Andrei Romanov and Roman Orlov are accused of two murders and banditry committed in 2003.

On November 16, the administration of the Vasileostrovsky district took searches in the case of fraud and abuse of authority, Fontanka said . According to the publication on November 17, five people were detained. Searches. According to Fontanka, employees of the economic security department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the district administration of the Investigative Committee came with searches for the procurement department.

On Wednesday night, November 16, at a pedestrian crossing at Ligovsky Prospekt near the Moscow station, the driver of Yandex.Taxi knocked down a woman lying on the road. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. On the morning of November 17, the department was informed “Paper” that the criminal case has not yet been opened - a procedural inspection is carried out. How the accident happened.

On Wednesday, November 16, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg adopted in the first reading a bill to increase the salaries of municipal employees under special working conditions. 231 million rubles will be allocated from the budget for these purposes. The text of the bill was published on the Sachs' website. How the salary of employees will change.