April 24th

Today is the second day of the trial in Kirov in the case of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny. He is accused of organizing the theft of products of Kirovles in the amount of 16 million rubles. Navalny faces up to 10 years in prison. Freedom correspondents Maryan Torocheshnikova, Victoria Ushakova and Ivan Vasiliev work in Kirov. See on the main page of the site direct video broadcast from the courtroom and follow the twitter-reports of our colleagues.

The picture of the day today will complement the story about another "Prisoner of Bolotnaya." April 24 is Sergey Udaltsov's Day.

We are also waiting for human rights activists. Today, the reports of Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International will be published , devoted to situations in Russia. The owl information and analytical center will also present its study today.

The new information continues to arrive about the Belgorod Strelka Sergey Pomazun, detained the night before. Today it became known that he will be aimed at a forced psychiatric examination.