The FSB detained a correspondent for the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun in Sakhalin on suspicion of espionage and took him to Moscow, where the Lefortovo Court ordered him held in custody. The FSB Investigative Directorate opened a case under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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The cassation court partially upheld a lawsuit by animal rights activists from Khabarovsk Krai and invalidated the rule that allowed stray dogs to be euthanized because they were unclaimed. The dispute concerned provisions on the emergency regime in the region.

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