Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2020 was a difficult year for all humanity. Not only humanity! Even the global balance of the ecosystem was gravely disturbed (where is the virus now and where is Man, the king of nature?), putting it … Read More
The Central Bank instructed how to identify phone scammers Specialists of the Central Bank listed ‘red flags’ that can be used to detect a phone fraudster. So, citizens are urged to get suspicious if a ‘bank’ allegedly calls with a … Read More
On 20 December 1699, Peter I issued a decree to postpone the celebration of New Year in Russia from 1 September to 1 January. By this decree, Peter ordered on 1 January 1700 to decorate the houses with pine, spruce … Read More
17 December 2020, the final meeting of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists was held at Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). The meeting was opened by the Union’s President, Igor Matskevich, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor. A special guest of the … Read More
On 26 November 2020, the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, with the participation of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists of Russia, held an international scientific and practical online conference on the topic ‘Countering … Read More
On 4 December 1981, another ‘record’ from the Guinness Book happened: forty-year-old Deuel Wilhelm Davis was sentenced for third-degree murder by an Alabama court. It was the longest prison term in US history – 10,000 years in prison. Igor Dzhokhadze. … Read More
On 6 December 1590, a royal decree prohibiting transfer of peasants from one owner to another was published. Celebrated on 26 November by old style, St. George’s day (Yuri’s day) completed the annual cycle of agricultural work. Peasants who paid … Read More
On 22 November 2020, Summer Law School on the topic ‘Medical criminal law’ was held in Zoom. Among the event participants were students and teachers of Potsdam University, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), Pskov State University, Higher School of … Read More
On 27 November 1891, at a meeting of the Legal Testing Commission at the Imperial Saint Petersburg University, the future leader of the world proletariat was awarded a first-degree diploma for passing the external exams in the law course. The … Read More
A meeting of the Union’s Bureau was held on 25 November 2020. The meeting was attended by O.A. Zaitsev, Yu.E. Shiryaev, E.A. Antonyan, T.V. Rednikova, N.Yu. Prikhodko, N.F. Bodrov, E.V. Bochkareva, M.V. Lebedev, as well as colleagues from the Foreign … Read More
On 23 November the results of the Competition of student research papers dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the All-Russian Emergency Commission (VChK) work to eliminate illiteracy were summed up. The competition was organized by the Union … Read More
Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov was a Soviet linguist, who deciphered the Maya script. Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov was born in the village Pivdenne near Kharkiv. His parents were intellectuals. As a child, Yuri was interested in human sciences and art, wrote poetry … Read More
On 19 November 1581, Tsarevich Ivan, the heir to the throne, died presumably from injuries received the day before in a quarrel with his father, Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The Tsarevich had demanded that his father sent troops stationed near … Read More
The forum takes place on 20-21 November in Moscow! The international scientific practical conference ‘The Lessons of Nuremberg’ is attended by representatives of various ministries and departments, public and youth associations, scientific and creative intellectuals, politicians and public figures, as … Read More
The author’s project ‘Criminal law gatherings at N.A. Lopashenko’s’ together with the Saratov Branch Office of the Union of Criminalists and Criminologists The mono format with Professor Alexey G. Kibalnik On 5 November 2020, a regular online meeting of the … Read More
On 7 November 1990, during a demonstration on Red Square, 35-year-old Alexander Shmonov attempted to assassinate Mikhail Gorbachev. From a distance of 50 meters, the terrorist fired two shots in the direction of the Mausoleum, both unsuccessfully. As it turned … Read More
