27 - 31 March

“There is absolutely no freedom in North Korea, there is absolutely no sense in life ... Yes, we are not like that yet. But they got such a country in North Korea, they were born in it, accepted it like that. They cannot change her, but we, my friends, have been licked our country ourselves, understand? Nobody did this for us, and therefore, of course, we are not the same as in North Korea. We are much worse, ”the director Vitaly Mansky at the presentation of the Nika film award, cut out of the TVEVERSIA Ceremony

March 27, Monday

Courts began in the country over the participants of the anti-corruption shares that had passed on the eve of the on the eve of the on the eve of them. In Moscow, the Tver district court sentenced Alexei Navalny to 20 thousand rubles. A fine and 15 days of arrest for “organizing mass simultaneous stay and (or) movement of citizens in public places that have entailed a violation of public order” and disobedience to the police. Also, for a period of 5 to 15 days, 12 employees of the Corruption Fund (FBK) of Navalny were arrested for refusing to leave the office, from where online broadcasting of protest performances was carried out due to an unconfirmed report of the impending explosion. The head of the Moscow branch of the unregistered Party of Progress Nikolai Lyaskin was arrested for 25 days. In total, 1030 participants in the action were detained in Moscow on March 26. Read more on page 18.

March 30, Thursday

The NTV channel cut out of the TV version of the presentation of the Nick film awards of directors Alexei Krasovsky and Vitaly Mansky, as well as actress Elena Koreneva about the political situation in the country, leaving only words of gratitude for the award received. During the ceremony, Krasovsky spoke out in defense of the detainees on the protest on March 26, Koreneva reminded of political prisoners, including Oleg Navalny and Oleg Sentsov.

March 31, Friday

In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the court fined the trucker Vasily Kostin for 20 thousand rubles. for the “organization of mass simultaneous stay of citizens” in Surgut on March 27. According to Kostin, the prosecution was based on the testimony of another detained driver who signed the papers without looking due to poor health-he was kept without food and water for 10 hours. Earlier in Surgut, 19 participants in the action against the Plato system were detained. Similar performances were held in other cities of Russia. Read more on page 10.

Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofiev/TASS