The Supreme Court of Tatarstan recognized the journalist of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Freedom to Alsu Kurmashev guilty of the spread of the so-called fakes about the Russian army and sentenced it to six and a half years in the colony. The journalist was charged with the distribution of the book “No War. 40 stories of Russians opposing the invasion of Ukraine”, which the editors of the Tatar-Bashkir service Radio Freedom presented in the fall of 2022.

The Basmanny Court in absentia sentenced the writer Mikhail Zygary to 8.5 years in a general regime colony in the case of the dissemination of inaccurate information about the Russian army. The reason was the publication on Instagram on the murders of the civilian population in the Ukrainian city of Buch. "Bucha is the satellite of Kyiv, from where the Russian troops left-and left the corpses of civilians everywhere, many of them with their hands tied behind their backs.

Olga Komleva Investigators have added a new article to the arrested Ufa activist Olga Komleva - about the spread of “fakes” about the Russian army. The Mediazona publication reported this on Tuesday with reference to its correspondent in the Basmanny Court of Moscow. Komleva, who was arrested in the case of participation in the Anti-Corruption Foundation of Alexei Navalny, was finally charged on July 11.

Southern District Military Court The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Malik Gandaloev, a native of Ingushetia, to 20 years in prison on charges of manufacturing and transporting explosives and participating in the activities of the recognized terrorist group "Islamic State". Gandaloev is one of two surviving participants in the hostage-taking in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don on June 16, notes Kavkaz.Realii .

Kimberly Cheatle US Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned after the federal agency came under scrutiny for its failure to prevent an attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump. The White House announced this on Tuesday. Reuters notes that the agency, whose tasks include protecting current and former heads of state, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The State Duma of Russia adopted in the third reading a package of laws banning drug propaganda and criminal and administrative liability for it. This was reported on the State Duma website. Propaganda will be understood as information disseminated in the media and the Internet about methods of their production, storage, shipment, sale, places of purchase, as well as justification of drug use as a generally accepted norm of behavior.

Fires in Yakutia, July 23, 2024 Since the beginning of the year, five million hectares of forest have already burned in Russia, mostly taiga, according to data from the Avialesookhrana. The area of ​​burned forests, over 99% of which is in the regions of Siberia and the Far East, has reached a record level over the past four years. “In 2022 and 2023, we were very lucky with the weather in most large taiga regions, which make the main contribution to the final area of ​​forest fires.

The most interesting of our common past. Incomplete story. Unjust wounds. Still live hopes. Could Russia go the other way? Radio Liberty this week 20 years ago. Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy chooses from our ether still relevant and turned out to be eternal.

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The State Duma at a plenary meeting on Tuesday adopted a package of bills that tighten migration control in Russia. The police are allowed to decide on the expulsion of foreigners abroad, a special “expulsion mode” has been introduced for them, which sharply limits their rights. The maximum term of residence without a residence permit or visa in the country has been reduced from 180 to 90 days. Before the adoption of bills, only courts and border services could make a decision on expulsion.

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Information digest "Time of Freedom", July 23 Information digest "Time of Freedom", July 23 Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was sentenced in Russia to six and a half years in prison under an article about “fake stories” about the Russian army; Hungary and Slovakia demand that Ukraine resume the transit of oil supplied by the Russian company Lukoil through Ukrainian territory; Mass protests in the Krasnodar region against interruptions in electricity supplies; Kamala Harris has already

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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree on an increase in a one -time payment to those who will conclude a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense on military service to 1.9 million rubles. The new payment is established from the date of signing the document - July 23, 2024.