News digest for June 2

Arrests, appeals and new criminal cases - the political pressure machine works without sparing any effort. We talk about the main news for June 2:

• The Krasnodar court chose a preventive measure for the former director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov in the case of cooperation with an “undesirable organization.” He was sent to a pre-trial detention center for two months.
• Lawyers for OVD-Info spoke about the details of the case, in which on June 1 searches were carried out at the home of politician Dmitry Gudkov, his relatives and colleagues.
• The court of the Vladimir region rejected Alexei Navalny’s claim to remove him from the list of those prone to escape. Previously, the oppositionist complained that due to registration he was not allowed to sleep normally.
• The sentence for the defendant in the “palace case” Timur Salikhov was left unchanged. In March, the court sentenced him to two years in prison.
• The Moscow City Court found it legal to expel actionist Pavel Krisevich from the university. The management of the educational institution believes that he violated the university’s norms because he held an action against political repression.
• Jehovah's Witness from the Krasnoyarsk Territory Dmitry Maslov was found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. The court fined him 450 thousand rubles. Jehovah's Witnesses from the Lipetsk region, Alexander Popras and Valery Khmil,were detained by police and sent to a temporary detention facility.
• The court rejected the appeal to extend the preventive measure against libertarian Gleb Maryasov. The activist is a defendant in the case of blocking roads during protests in support of Navalny on January 23.
• In the Orenburg region, a case was opened against a lawyer under the article of disrespect for authority. The reason was a picture published on VKontakte.
• A Novosibirsk deputy was summoned for questioning at Center “E” because of a post about a traffic police officer who is accused of murdering a detainee.
• In St. Petersburg, the activist was detained during a court hearing. She is charged with violating the rules of the rally due to protests in support of Navalny on January 23.