Public order and security

Svetlana Bessarab, a member of the State Duma Committee on Labour, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, on February 8, commented on the law on life imprisonment for pedophiles.

During a pandemic, it is worth keeping silent in the subway, as in many other public places.

The FSB told the details of the case of a Ukrainian spy, whom the court sentenced to 12 years in prison.

As of 00:00 on February 3, a total of 44,641,667 people received the first dose of the vaccine in the country. The vaccination rate in South Korea was 87%. This was reported on February 3 by "Newsis" with reference to its sources.

About 80% of COVID-19 cases in Moscow and St. Petersburg are caused by the Omicron strain, sequencing data show.

The increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia will continue for some time, the peak will come by mid-February.

The company's management explained this step by the deteriorating human rights situation in the country, where a military coup took place in February 2021.

At the end of November, the authorities in Minsk recognized the Telegram channel of Nasha Niva and its accounts in other social networks as extremist.

The court should dismiss Ukraine's and the Netherlands' complaints in the case of the crash of Malaysian plane MH17 in Donbass in 2014.

Russia should support the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics by sending certain types of weapons there. Such an appeal was made by the first Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak.

The Polish NGO WOT Foundation was involved in organising forums and seminars with Russian activists and journalists.

The head of the republic called the situation in the country before the protests a «powder keg».

The Omicron coronavirus strain has already been recorded in 55 regions of Russia. This was announced on Thursday, January 20, by the operational headquarters for combating coronavirus infection.

A video appeared on social networks where police officers are trying to push back the crowd.