Team Navalny says it obtained real photos of \u2018Putin\u2019s palace\u2019International: the Belarus constitutional referendum is set, Moscow\u2019s new CAR ambassador makes some allegations, and Moldova and Gazprom face offLaw and order: Chechen police travel to Nizhny Novgorod and grab human rights activist\u2019s mother, Russia\u2019s Central Bank wants an end to crypto, and the federal censor draws up new charges against Mediazona<\/p>\n
Alexey Navalny\u2019s investigative team operating abroad has released a new report devoted to \u201cVladimir Putin\u2019s palace\u201d \u2014 a seaside mansion that\u2019s been under construction for years in Gelendzhik and linked to the Kremlin and the president\u2019s close friends. Exactly a year and a day ago, Team Navalny published an investigative report about the residence that has attracted more than 121 million views. In these new revelations, the jailed opposition leader\u2019s researchers say they\u2019ve obtained real photographs of the palace\u2019s interior. The images apparently corroborate the accuracy of last year\u2019s 3D mockups that were created using leaked blueprints and furniture catalogs (including a design for a hookah lounge that contains a \u201cdance pole\u201d).<\/p>\n
\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f Lukashenko sets a date for referendum on amending the Belarusian constitution <\/strong>(The vote is scheduled for February 27, 2022. There will only be one question on the ballot: \u201cDo you accept the amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus?\u201d. You can about the proposed changes here.)<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\u00a0Moscow\u2019s new ambassador to the Central African Republic accuses rebel group \u20183R\u2019 of murdering Russian journalists<\/strong> (Alexander Rastorguyev, Orkhan Dzhemal, and Kirill Radchenko were killed in the CAR in 2018. They had traveled there to film a documentary about Russian mercenaries from the Wagner private military company.)\u00a0<\/p>\n \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Moldova introduces state of emergency amid crisis over payments to Russia\u2019s Gazprom<\/strong> (Moldova made an unsuccessful bid to defer its advanced payments for January, and now Gazprom has threatened to cut off gas supplies.)<\/p>\nLaw and order\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n