20-year-old Alina Nevyanova was sent in a pre-trial detention center by a decision of the Butyrsky district court, writes Mediazona. A criminal case on the obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights or the work of election commissions, committed by a group of persons, had brought a criminal case against the girl. Nephemyanova threatens up to five years in the colony. Earlier, Baza and Shot wrote that someone “instructed” the girl by phone.

Latvia's State Security Service (VDD) has initiated a criminal investigation into possible connections between European Parliament member Tatjana Ždanoka and Russian intelligence services, Delfi reported on March 16th. While declining to provide detailed comments, the VDD confirmed the investigation has been ongoing since February 22nd, 2024.

The Russian Volunteer Corps announced the captivity of 25 Russian military during the "operation in the Belgorod and Kursk regions." One of the prisoners - senior lieutenant Alexei Kolotov - was shown on the camera, his mother confirmed Astra that he was captured. The woman said that her son served under a contract, in 2023 his term expired, but he was not released from the service.

The operation to attack two oil refineries in the Samara region managed the SBU, reports the BBC with reference to sources in Ukrainian law enforcement agencies. “The SBU continues the implementation of the strategy to demolish the economic potential of Russia, which allows it to wage war in Ukraine. The season "cotton" at Russian refineries is in full swing. Each such defeat reduces the flow of petrodollars that feeds the military economy of Russia, ”the source said.

The drones attacked the Syzran and Novokuybyshevsk refinery in the Samara region, the local media reported and the regional governor Dmitry Azarov confirmed . He said that as a result of the attack there was a fire on the installation for the processing of oil products and that there were no victims. Since 2007, the Syzran refinery has been part of the Samara group of oil refineries Rosneft.

In the Moscow district of Ramenka, the voter was detained on the Bulletin’s inscription “Putin - killer” on the ballot, Rusnews reports . The man took the ballot and wrote something on it for a long time, which attracted the attention of a police officer on the site. When the man threw the ballot, the paper fell with a filled side and the policeman saw the inscription. The voter was taken to the Ramenki police department.

Bicheviorist scientist Francescu Gino, who studied honesty in the behavior of people, and in whose research they found signs of manipulation, recommended to dismiss a Harvard business school (HBS). This was reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to the documents of the educational institution. The fact that Gino is suspected of manipulations in June 2023 reported The New York Times.

Latvia's State Security Service (VVD) has initiated a criminal investigation into possible connections between European Parliament member Tatjana Ždanoka and Russian intelligence services, Delfi reported on March 16th. While declining to provide detailed comments, the VVD confirmed the investigation has been ongoing since February 22nd, 2024.

The activist previously published several photos from the sites in which Putin’s image is located on stands next to the flag and emblem of Russia.

On the evening of March 16, Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) reported on voter turnout in the ongoing presidential election, claiming that more than 50% of the country's voters had already cast their ballots. In February, the CEC put the number of eligible voters in Russia at 112.3 million — a statistic that includes the occupied territories of Ukraine. If the agency's figures are to be believed, more than 66 million people had participated by the evening of the second day of voting.

Policy Diplomacy without obligation. The West communicates more and more actively with Armenia, but is not ready to guarantee its safety Alexander Atasuntsev 16 march 2024 This week, the Armenian leadership for the first time directly announced the possible withdrawal of the country from the organization of the collective security agreement (CSTO). The crisis in relations with Moscow forces Yerevan to look for other guarantors of security in case of new aggression of Baku .

In Odessa, 20 people were killed as a result of Russia's missile attack, 75 were injured, 40 of them are in the hospital by the morning of Saturday. This was announced by the head of the local administration Oleg Kiper. Nine victims are employees of the rescue service who arrived at the place to provide assistance after the first explosion. The rescuer and paramedic died.

Voters in Yekaterinburg and Artyomov discovered that their data moved to new territories of the Russian Federation, writes Ean. In the site No. 1261 in the Verkh-Isetsky district of Yekaterinburg, several citizens said that they were fixed for voting in the Donetsk People’s Republic. In one of the sites in the Chkalovsky district, voters learned that they "moved" to the Zaporizhzhya region. The publication writes that he knows about 10 of the same cases in Artemovsk.

The Khoroshevsky court of Moscow sentenced Alexei Zmanovsky to 14 years in prison for the murder of the senior employee of the Gamaley Andrey Botikov Center, who was one of the developers of the Vaccine from the Coronavirus "Sputnik V". This was reported by the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow.

News Forced photography and a stack of vodka as a gift. How the regions of Russia are trying to ensure the appearance in the presidential election The Insider March 16, 2024 By the evening of March 16, the CEC of Russia reported on the turnout - according to the election commission in the country, more than 50% of voters voted. In February 2024, the CEC determined the number of voters in Russia in 112.3 million people, taking into account the occupied territories.