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The other day, an OVD-Info participant happened to speak on a talk show dedicated to freedom of assembly. In particular, the question was discussed whether the supporters of Alexei Navalny would agree on actions against corruption demanding Medvedev's resignation. Here is the answer - at least in seven regions of Russia, including Moscow , these actions have already refused to be approved . In addition, Moscow did not agree on the action of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation dedicated to the annexation of Crimea, since the organizers planned to put forward a demand for Medvedev's resignation. This, however, is not the only objectionable topic in the country: in the outgoing week, regions four refused to agree on actions in support of LGBT people. "March in defense of St. Petersburg" agreed , but with a significantly smaller number of participants than planned. In Volgograd, they did not agree on a motor rally against the cancellation of minibuses, in Moscow - a picket against the procession of former SS legionnaires in Riga.

Lack of freedom of assembly

So what about freedom of assembly? People are being detained. In Moscow, on the Arbat, musicians were again detained , their instruments were taken away, at an event dedicated to the centenary of the abdication of Nicholas II, an were detained near the city prosecutor’s office “Orthodox banner-bearer” was detained, employees of Zhilischnik , and people similar to Muslims were detained near the Moscow Historical Mosque (detained "bearded"). In Novy Urengoy, a local resident, Musa Mammadov, who was standing in a solo picket against eviction from his own house, and two people who had come to support him, were detained . In St. Petersburg - an activist who called on the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to release the participants in the actions of "non-parasites" arrested throughout the country.

People are fined. For example, communists, and also for communists: in Rostov-on-Don for the fact that at the rally organized by them, dedicated to the 99th anniversary of the October Revolution, speeches were made not only on a historical, but also on a topical topic, and in Kineshma for the fact that that at a rally against the construction of the plant they campaigned for a candidate from the Communist Party.

In Chuvashia, Open Russia coordinator Dmitry Semenov was again fined for deputy Vitaly Milonov, this time the reason was a repost of a publication about how Semenov had previously been fined for photographing Milonov in a T-shirt with the slogan “Orthodoxy or Death.”

The fined are trying to find justice for the authorities in the European Court of Human Rights. This week, the court communicated a complaint from Sochi pastor Alexei Kolyasnikov about a fine for reading the Bible to parishioners in a cafe.

In the meantime, the citizens of Russia are left with fewer and fewer opportunities to take to the streets en masse within the limits of the legal profile. The profile committee of the Duma supported the bill , which prohibits holding meetings of deputies with residents without approval.

Criminal proceedings

Oksana Sevastidi, convicted of sending an SMS about the movement of Russian troops and pardoned by Putin, has been released . After that, the Supreme Court reduced her sentence . In addition, it turned out that she wrote a petition for pardon under the dictation of the head of the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center.

The release of a few people has led some observers to speculate about a thaw and liberalization. Something doesn't look like it. The other day, Kirill Bobro, a Stavropol activist of Youth Yabloko, was charged with possession of drugs. Bobro claims that drugs were planted on him during a search .

Courts continue to hand down verdicts in ridiculous speech cases. In Vladivostok, an English teacher was given a two-year suspended sentence for "humiliating" Russians. In Moscow, rapper Ptakha was fined for inciting hatred against activists of the Antidealer movement.

They still threaten people with terrorism under the guise of Hizb ut-Tahrir, although there is no evidence of the participation of members of this organization in terrorist acts. In Kazan, ten people were arrested and one was placed under house arrest on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir.

The “Bolotnaya case” continues, and it is not possible to defeat it in Russian courts: the Supreme Court recently refused to consider a supervisory appeal against the sentence of Sergei Udaltsov. So here again, there is only hope for the ECtHR, which refused Russia to review the decision to pay compensation to Yaroslav Belousov, convicted in the Bolotnaya case. The European Court also ruled in two very old cases: it held the Russian authorities responsible for the kidnapping of human rights activist Oleg Orlov in Ingushetia and communicated the complaint of journalist Irek Murtazin, who was tried for criticizing the former president of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and blogging about his possible death.

Other types of harassment

Special warming is not visible even at a shallower level. Only the case of a lecture about yoga in St. Petersburg was never launched: the decision to dismiss the case was upheld . And, for example, everything is still the same with the publication of swastikas: was detained activist Alexei Mandrigel in Krasnodar, arrested for ten days for a picture with Putin and a swastika, and an explanation was taken from Oryol human rights activist Dmitry Krayukhin in connection with the publication of a frame with German tanks from the film Mikhalkov.

Navalny’s supporters are not only not approved for actions, but they continue to spoil with polyurethane foam: in Tomsk, Navalny’s headquarters employees were damaged by doors and a car , and the headquarters itself was evacuated under the pretext that a bomb was allegedly planted there.

at a checkpoint in Crimea were detained Ukrainian human rights activists in Moscow with the intention of deporting him at the request of the Uzbek authorities, from where he left back in 2009 and unsuccessfully tried to obtain refugee status in Russia. detained . Ali Feruz, a freelance correspondent for Novaya Gazeta, was

The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking recognition of the Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organization and subsequent liquidation.

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