New amendments to the Criminal Code and criminal cases, the outcome of IT specialists and the sentence to Navalny The legislation “against fakes” in Russia is expanding - now you can get up to 15 years for publications on the work of any Russian state bodies abroad. The first famous journalist who went under the article “On Fakes” was Alexander Nevzorov today. Oppositionist Alexei Navalny today received a new prison term - 9 years on charges of fraud.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow announced the verdict in the case of Alexei Navalny. He was found guilty of particularly large-scale fraud and insulting a judge. On charges of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code), Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime colony, reports Mediazona (recognized as a foreign agent in Russia). On charges of insulting the court (Article 297 of the Criminal Code) - to a fine of 1.2 million rubles.

The first hearing in the case of journalist Ivan Safronov, who is charged with committing treason, is scheduled for 14:00 Moscow time on April 4. Today, March 22, the Moscow City Court extended the defendant's arrest until September 9, and also retained the ban on visits and calls and rejected all petitions from Safronov's defense. Yesterday, March 21, a preliminary hearing on the journalist's case began at the Moscow City Court.

Russians will be able to conclude real estate purchase and sale transactions with foreigners from "unfriendly" countries. This decision was made after the appeal of the citizens. The fact that the Russians will be able to sell real estate to non-residents associated with "unfriendly" states, and buy housing from them, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement. However, the money for the purchase, according to the presidential decree, must be credited to accounts of type "C".

Russia has lost 78 aircraft - they were arrested abroad after the imposition of sanctions, Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev said during a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy. “There were 1367 aircraft in the country in 111 airlines. We lost 78 aircraft, they were arrested during flights,” he said ( quoted by RIA Novosti). According to him, the airlines have already transferred almost 800 aircraft to the Russian register.

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin sent proposals to the head of the Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov to stabilize corporate relations in the face of tougher sanctions. They are contained in Shokhin's letter, writes RBC. The authenticity of the letter was confirmed by a source in the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Almost every tenth resident of the land of working age works in his business. In Russia now - a little less. But the situation can become more complicated: only 2.5% of high school students want to become entrepreneurs. The development of technologies can turn the trend: it can spur interest in entrepreneurship and change the business landscape.

Exporters, who are now required to sell 80% of foreign exchange earnings within three days of receipt, will have their fines reduced, but not canceled, for violations of foreign exchange controls, writes RBC. Strict Russian norms were not easy to comply with even under normal conditions; with the introduction of harsh Western sanctions, many companies experienced involuntary violations.

In February, the population's funds in Russian banks decreased by 3.5%, or by 1.2 trillion rubles, RBC writes , citing a review of the Central Bank. This is the largest outflow of deposits since at least 2008 in absolute terms (earliest data available). In relative terms, the savings of Russians in banks declined more strongly only in October 2008 (by 6%, or 354 billion rubles). The outflow of money occurred mainly in the last week of February, according to the materials of the Central Bank.