Summer begins with interrogations and searches, but there is good news. About the main thing for June 1 - in the political pressure digest:
- It became known that a criminal case was opened against the former director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov because of a post on Facebook - the politician is accused of collaborating with an “undesirable organization.” Tomorrow a trial will take place in Krasnodar, at which a preventive measure will be chosen for him - the investigation intends to insist on detention.
- Security forces came to search the home of politician Dmitry Gudkov, as well as his relatives and associates. Investigative actions took place within the framework of a criminal case regarding damage to the Moscow Property Department.
- Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev, a defendant in the “Ingush case,” was sentenced to eight months in prison. The court found him guilty of using violence against a government official.
- The courtsentenced Jehovah's Witness from Mari El Ekaterina Pegasheva to a suspended sentence. According to the believer, she was tried for reading the Bible and talking about God.
- Irkutsk civil activist Dmitry Nadein, arrested because of a comment about an explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate, is going to be sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment.
- The Moscow City Court reduced the prison term of former FBK operator Pavel Zelensky - the punishment imposed because of tweets after the self-immolation of journalist Irina Slavina was reduced to a year and eleven months.
- The head of the Violence.net center, Anna Rivina, was fined 150 thousand rubles. A court in Moscow found her guilty of violating the law on foreign agents.
- Arrested Rosderzhava journalist Alexander Dorogov, who is in the Serpukhov pre-trial detention center, went on a hunger strike due to being placed in a punishment cell. He is suspected of extortion. The journalist is sure that a case was opened against him due to his professional activities and investigations.
- In Moscow and St. Petersburg, administrative cases in the wake of protests in support of Navalny have been terminated. The interests of the detainees were represented by lawyers from OVD-Info. In Izhevsk and Tula , the courts overturned the decision on fines for participation in the January rallies.