Update January 13th. Earlier in the news it was said that Daria Belyaeva was suspected of drug smuggling due to the purchase of antidepressants. This is not so: the suspect in this case is her namesake, 24-year-old activist Daria Belyaeva. POC member Daria Belyaeva, who suffered from the attack, has nothing to do with her and this criminal case. The editors of the portal “Takie Dela” apologize for the mistake.

Residents of the village of Novy Put in the Krasnoyarsk Territory were left without heating in 30-degree frost. Utility workers are carrying out restoration work after accidents in heating networks. This was reported to the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 8 houses in the village, in which 188 people live, have been disconnected from the central heating supply. The water in the internal systems has been drained.

The Atamanov family from Kiselevsk received back their apartment, which was taken from them by fraud. After a year and a half of proceedings, the court canceled the real estate transaction, and a criminal case was opened against the buyer. Activist Natalya Zubkova, who has been helping the family all this time, told Takim Dela about this.

Early in the morning in the center of St. Petersburg, a car drove into a bus stop. The Mercedes driver lost control and two women were injured. Interfax reports this with reference to its own sources. According to the news agency, the victims are in serious condition. One of the women received a broken arm and a traumatic brain injury, and the other suffered a fractured hip and two legs, TV channel 78.ru reports.

In the city of Verkhneuralsk, Chelyabinsk region, three pensioners secretly launched a distillery, the operation of which was suspended in 2016. The women managed to produce 40 thousand bottles of alcoholic beverages and earn 7.1 million rubles, the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office reports. According to investigators, the women gained access to the distillery.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the government to purchase drugs not registered in Russia based on the decision of a medical commission. The corresponding document was published on the official legal information portal. Most of the provisions of the law will come into force on March 1, 2020.

On December 28, FSIN officers removed electronic bracelets from the eldest and middle of the three Khachaturian sisters, Angelina and Krestina, TASS reports , citing lawyer Alexei Parshin. The day before, the bracelet was removed from Maria’s younger sister. The girls are still not allowed to communicate with each other, witnesses in the criminal case and the media. However, now they can move freely.

In Ingushetia, eight leaders of actions against amendments to the law on a referendum and for the resignation of the head of the region, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, became involved in a criminal case about organizing an extremist community. Lawyer Magomed Bekov reported this to MBKH Media with reference to the activists’ lawyers. Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov and Malsag Uzhakhov are suspected of organizing an extremist community (Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code).

In Moscow, a picket line in support of political prisoners is taking place on Pushkin Square. About 30 people came to the rally, Novaya Gazeta reports . In Moscow, a series of single pickets in support of political prisoners are taking place on Pushkin Square. There are about 30 people in the picket line.

In Chita, two convicted patients who were in the institution for compulsory treatment escaped from the regional clinical psychiatric hospital named after V.Kh. Kandinsky for the second time; the police are looking for them. The prosecutor's office began an investigation. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the news agency, one man was previously convicted of murder, the second - of theft.