The uniforms of employees of the department responsible for secret bunkers will also be updated. Employees of the Federal Security Service (FSO) will wear ponchos in bad weather, a draft corresponding order on the rules for wearing military uniforms was discovered by Vorstka. If adopted, this document will replace a similar order from 2021.

Chichvarkin was sentenced to nine years in prison, Kotrikadze - eight. The reasons were publications on social networks about the war in Ukraine The Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow sentenced businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin in absentia to nine years in prison on charges of failure to comply with requirements for “foreign agents” and dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian army . This is exactly the period the state prosecution requested.

According to deputies, a complete blocking of the messenger is not planned, but restrictions will remain Roskomnadzor is slowing down the work of the Telegram messenger due to the fact that the platform is “too slow in blocking anonymous channels.” This was stated to the National News Service by Andrei Svintsov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.

People continue to punish for mentioning a politician even after his death Since 2021, Russian judges have reviewed at least 213 administrative protocols drawn up against Russians because of photographs of Alexei Navalny, his last name and red exclamation marks - the symbols of “Smart Voting” and “Navalny’s Headquarters,” Vorstka calculated.

In Moscow and the regions, people came to memorials of victims of political repression On February 16, rallies were held in Russia and abroad in memory of opposition politician Alexei Navalny , who died in the Polar Wolf colony in the village of Kharp exactly two years ago. In Moscow, dozens of people came to the Borisov cemetery to the politician’s grave. Navalny's mother and his widow Yulia, as well as diplomats from Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Spain and other countries, visited there.

Over 170 drones were shot down over the region in more than 12 hours. Energy facilities damaged On February 15, the Bryansk region was subjected to the most powerful and massive drone attack during the entire war. This was announced by the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz.

Switzerland will ensure the safety of the flight of the Russian delegation The next round of negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement will take place on February 17–18 in Geneva. The meeting will be trilateral - between representatives of Russia, the United States and Ukraine. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, European countries will not participate in the negotiations.