News digest for May 31

The month ends not only with trials and arrests - we talk about the main news for May 31:

• “Swelling face, yellow eyes”: the mother of a Crimean man convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir casespoke about the critical condition of her son, who has been kept in a punishment cell for more than a year.
• In Birobidzhan, the prosecutorrequested four years in prison for a Jehovah's Witness - the woman is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to meetings at which believers discussed the Bible and sang songs. In Omsk, the court confirmed the sentences against four Jehovah's Witnesses.
• In Moscow, during the day, a girl was detained who came out with a poster in support of the Russian woman Sofia Sapega, who was arrested in Belarus. Later, the picketer was released from the police department with an obligation to appear to draw up a report.
• A report was drawn up against another resident of the capital for violating the rules of holding a public event due to an interview she gave during a rally in support of Navalny on April 21.
• The leader of the “Left Resistance” was sentenced to six years in prison - the activist was found guilty under articles of justifying terrorism and calls for extremist activity.
• In Elista, the court imposed compulsory labor on two participants of the congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people and a blogger who broadcast from the event.
• The ex-coordinator of Navalny's former Arkhangelsk headquarters, convicted of reposting a Rammstein video, was transported pending consideration of the appeal.
• The court imposed a third fine on the mufti of Ingushetia - this time under the article on illegal missionary work. Apparently, administrative cases are being opened against a Muslim because of his opposition views.
• The Newsru.com publication is closing for “economic reasons” that are related to the political situation in Russia. “We increasingly had to write about the adoption of restrictive laws that could affect us ourselves any day. We were forced to label more and more respected people and sources of truthful information as foreign agents and extremists,” journalists commented on the news.
• And finally, the good news is that the court in St. Petersburg overturned the decision to fine the person detained because of the rally in support of Navalny on January 31. The St. Petersburg resident was assisted in the appeal by a lawyer working with OVD-Info.