Human rights activists have published new video services for torture in the Yaroslavl IK-1 and the story of the wife of a prisoner who became a disabled person in Irkutsk IK-6. Where are new accused in cases of terrorism, and how can you go to prison for a web series or Minecraft? Twenty per one New video tests of torture in the Yaroslavl colony No.

The Moscow City Hall and the Presidential Administration of Russia dispersed in the views of which candidates should, with the support of power structures, run in the State Duma elections this year. This is claimed by Medusa with reference to sources. According to the publication, the Moscow City Hall proposed a bet on "creative people": director Alexei Teacher, actors Dmitry Pevtsov and Vladimir Mashkov, former director of Gorky Park and official Sergei Kapkov.

The prosecutor's office requested 6 years and 7 months in a colony for activist from Tatarstan Karim Yamadayev. At the end of 2019, he laid out a video settings, where they tried the namesake of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov and Igor Sechin. The investigation saw in this a call to terrorist activity

In Yerevan, on Thursday, rallies and processions of supporters of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikola Pashinyan and the opposition were held-after the statement of the General Staff of the country's armed forces about distrust of the government. It is reported by Radio Azatutyun. Pashinyan took part in the procession along the streets of Yerevan, which his supporters organized. The Prime Minister spoke to them on the Republic Square.

Memory of memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the Jewish Museum of Tolerance in Moscow The leadership of the St. Petersburg State Economic University (SPbGEU) fired Professor Vladimir Matveev, who, during a lecture for teachers, denied the Holocaust. It is reported by TASS. SPbGEU previously reported that the circumstances of Matveev’s speech were to be considered by the university commission on ethics.

Frame from the cartoon "Winnie the Pooh is coming to visit", 1971, the artist-winner-Vladimir Zuykov In Moscow, Vladimir Zuykov died from a coronavirus infection at the 87th year of his life, the artist of Soyuzmultfilm studio, at which he created more than thirty animation works. Among the most famous of them are “Winnie the Pooh”, “Winnie the Pooh is coming to visit”, “Winnie the Pooh and the Day of Carries”, “I Give You a Star”, “Tari Bird”, “Girl and Bear”, “Film, Film, Film”.

Felix Dzerzhinsky statue in the Moscow Museum On February 25, a survey of citizens began in Moscow: who to stand on Lubyanskaya Square . Two "candidates" - a monument to the founder of the Cheka to Felix Dzerzhinsky and the monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky, who has not yet existed, were brought to the vote - who has not yet existed. Other options - not to erect a monument at all, to erect a fountain, to erect a monument to another historical person - rejected.

The air transportation market due to coronavirus pandemia is experiencing the largest crisis. The Czech Airlines - one of the oldest airlines in the world - said that she could dismiss all her employees. As a result - ending of flights and a complete stop of business. Airlines around the world declare financial problems. The restoration of the air transportation market will take several years.

The German prosecutor's office accused the Federal Republic of Germany of espionage in favor of Russia. This is stated in the statement of the department. The accused worked in a company that regularly conducted electrical appliances in the territories of the Bundestag and had access to the drawings of buildings that the parliament uses. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the accused handed over secret information on his own initiative to the Russian intelligence services.

After Nikol Pashinyan fired the deputy chief of the General Staff, the army demanded his resignation. According to the military, the Pashinyan government is no longer able to make adequate decisions.

Daria Polyudova For the first time in Russia, according to the organization "Agora", a criminal case was terminated on calls for violation of the territorial integrity of Russia - after a partial decriminalization of this article of the Criminal Code. According to the head of the Agora human rights organization Pavel Chikov, the case was dismissed against the activist of the Left Resistance organization Daria Polyudova. The prosecutor's office granted the petition of her lawyer.

The year of science in Russia began recently, and a decision has already been made on the actual liquidation of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning (NIITIAG). The number of employees is supposed to be reduced from 144 to 19. The institute team is fighting for its preservation. This is the only scientific center in the country where they are engaged in fundamental study of ancient and modern architecture.

On February 25, a vote urgently initiated by the Public Chamber of Moscow began. Muscovites on the Active Citizen portal are proposed to choose between monuments for Lubyanskaya Square: to put the statue of the Cheka and Red Terror to Felix Dzerzhinsky or the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky. Why the "choice" is exactly that, the authorities cannot really explain. The initiative is noisily advertised.

Video camera in the Moscow metro The Moscow City Hall will install 316 multimedia screens with video surveillance cameras at 85 metro stations equipped with facial recognition function. They will monitor the behavior of passengers, will be able to recognize, for example, quick movements, intersections of lines and "celebrations". The corresponding order worth 932 million rubles is published on the public procurement website, Kommersant reports.

Pro et contra. Philosopher Arkady Weeks discusses the manifesto of the director of thestandin Bogomolov