The Memorial human rights center was recognized as a graduate student at Moscow State University Azat Miftakhov, who was arrested in the case of arson of the United Russia office, a political prisoner.

In Moscow, FSB officers on suspicion of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code) and the organization of the criminal community (Article 210 of the Criminal Code) detained the former Minister on Open Government Mikhail Abyzov. According to RBC, this was announced by a source close to the FSB, and confirmed the interlocutor in law enforcement agencies. No one answered the RBC calls to RBC numbers. Abyzov recently lived in Italy, said one of his acquaintances.

Deputies of the European Parliament canceled the mandatory transition to the summer, reports the BBC. Since 2021, each state of the European Union will be able to independently determine whether to translate the arrows twice a year - an hour ahead in the spring and an hour ago in the fall. In accordance with the existing rules, each country from the EU from the last Sunday of March transfers hours to summer time, and on the last Sunday of October returns to the winter.

The former Minister of Open Government Mikhail Abyzov was charged. According to RBC, this was stated by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia Svetlana Petrenko. “He was already interrogated before. He was detained, processively detained, and he was charged, ”she said.

Doctors of one of the maternity hospitals of the city of Salavat of the Republic of Bashkortostan, who heard an official report on the size of their salaries, laughed and applauded the head of the hospital, who spoke about these figures. A video hit the Internet, which shows how the head of the maternity hospital reported to a member of the Human Rights Council Natalia Evdokimova.

Wastefulness at someone else's expense The Avtodor State Flood discovered 11 problem points that interfere with the movement on the future central ring road around Moscow ... To eliminate them, additional budget injections will be required - preliminary Avtodor and the Ministry of Transport evaluate the work of 44–45 billion rubles ....

The defense of the football player, Alexander Kokorin, sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights. This was told by athlete lawyer Andrei Romashov, writes Championship.com. “Our complaint has gone to the ECHR. This complaint there can either communicate for a month or not. It itself does not affect Russian legislation.

Oil companies agreed with the government to extend until July 1 agreements on freezing fuel prices, which were concluded at the end of 2018 until March 31. The first vice-president of the Russian Fuel Union, Oleg Ashshimin, told The Insider that he considers this decision to be correct, and the situation on the domestic market has now stabilized, in connection with which the price jump after July, most likely, would not be.

In 2018, Russian athletes committed 2.5 times more violations of anti -doping rules compared to 2017. This is stated in the report of the Russian Anti -Doping Agency of Russia. According to Rusad, last year, Russian athletes committed 146 violations of anti -doping rules compared to 59 in the year before last, and 349 violations for testing are available compared to 173 a year earlier.

Open Russia sent documents to the Ministry of Justice for registration of a public organization. This was announced by the press secretary of the movement Natalya Gryaznevich. “Today, documents were submitted to the Ministry of Justice for the registration of the Russian Public Organization“ Open Russia ”, whose constituent meeting was held on February 24 in Moscow,” said Gryaznevich.

The state prosecutor asked the court to put a maximum security colony and a fine of 500 million rubles by 21. The former head of the Republic of Komi Vyacheslav Gaiser, accused of creating an organized criminal community, bribery and fraud, reports TASS. The prosecutor said that the thefts took place for a long period of time as part of an organized group. “The members of the criminal group considered the resources of the Komi Republic, belonging to the people as a tidbit for their own profit.

The co -chair of the World Congress of the Ingush people Mousse Massagov declared an indefinite rally agreed with the authorities in the capital of Ingushetia Magasa, Kommersant reports . According to the estimates of the participants in the action, at least 8 thousand people gathered in the city center near the national television building. The speakers require the resignation of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov and the return of direct elections of the head of the region.

President Vladimir Putin was informed in advance of the detention of ex-minister on Open Government, Mikhail Abyzov. According to RBC, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov reported this. “The president was reported in advance,” he said. Earlier, the source of Interfax, familiar with the situation, said that the FSB Abyzov, detained by the employees of the FSB, recently lived in Italy and the USA. The operatives lured him to Russia.

Three more Russian troops died in Syria as a result of hostilities. This was reported to the Ministry of Defense. The department noted that the death of the military came as a result of the attack of terrorists, which occurred at the end of February. From the moment of receipt of information about their disappearance, continuous work was carried out to search for them. The bodies of the military were taken to Russia.

The second mass shutdown of electricity on Tuesday night left 88% of Venezuela without light. This is reported by local media. As of 22:00 local time (05:00 Moscow time), light, in particular, lost Karakas, Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Barinas, Valencia, as well as the states of Lara, Aragua, Falcon, Merida and partially Nueva of Esparte. Problems with energy supply are observed in 20 states of the country.