The Investigative Committee has combined into one proceeding the cases of anarchist Dmitry Buchenkov and Maxim Panfilov accused of riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, Grani.ru writes with reference to the lawyers of these defendants, Svetlana Sidorkina and Sergei Panchenko. It follows from this that the court will consider the case against Buchenkov and Panfilov in one trial.

The Civic Assistance Committee has begun collecting money for an operation for citizen of Tajikistan Sulaimon Saidov and assistance to his family, according to the organization’s website. Saidov's life is now out of danger, but he will need another operation to save his eye, the committee notes. After this, he will undergo a long course of rehabilitation. Saidov, 38, was wounded in the Moscow metro on April 8.

A third criminal case has been opened against the founder of the Smotra.ru automobile community, Eric Kituashvili. He was suspected of slander, coupled with an accusation of committing grave or especially grave crimes (Part 5 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code), according to the website of the Moscow Investigative Committee. On February 22, 2016, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow considered the police petition to arrest Kituashvili.

The house of Anti-Corruption Foundation lawyer Ivan Zhdanov is being searched, foundation founder Alexei Navalny reports on Twitter. A search is also being carried out at his mother's home. As Zhdanov told Mediazona, investigative actions are taking place within the framework of a criminal case of draft evasion. The FBK lawyer clarified that searches began after his interrogation at three addresses: at him and his relatives.

In the Pskov region, a 31-year-old local resident was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum security colony in a case of sexual abuse of children. According to the Investigative Committee, the court banned the accused from engaging in activities related to working with children for 17 years.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, a criminal investigation has been completed against an 18-year-old resident of the city of Sovetskaya Gavan, accused of murdering his 42-year-old uncle (Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. The incident occurred on December 9, 2015, when the accused was celebrating his birthday.

In the Voronezh region, a criminal case has been brought to court against a 44-year-old resident of the Talovsky district, who is accused of causing grievous bodily harm, with the reconciliation of objects used as weapons, resulting in death by negligence (Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

In correctional colony No. 10, located in the city of Rubtsovsk, Altai Territory, a 35-year-old prisoner died a few days after being beaten by other convicts, the Investigative Committee reports . Investigators opened a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code - intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, resulting in his death through negligence. Presumably, on the afternoon of April 14, a prisoner was beaten on the territory of the colony by two other convicts.

The Moscow City Court returned to the prosecutor's office the case of Patimat Gadzhieva, a student at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, who is accused of promoting terrorism and extremism for a post on her VKontakte page. this with reference to the press service of the Moscow City Court.

In the Kaluga region, a resident of Kozelsk killed his neighbor because his TV was too loud, according to the website of the Investigative Committee. On the night of April 19, a man came to his neighbor’s apartment to complain about the noise from the TV. The 45-year-old neighbor and another man were in the apartment. There was a conflict between the suspect and two men. According to investigators, a resident of Kozelsk stabbed each of his opponents in the neck.

In Moscow, a criminal case has been brought to court against 48-year-old Sergei Sinelnikov, accused of deliberate destruction of someone else's property by arson, resulting in significant damage (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the capital's prosecutor's office. The incident occurred on the night of October 6, 2015. According to the department, Sinelnikov placed a Molotov cocktail on the hood of an Audi Q5 parked on Leninsky Prospekt.

In Buryatia, a criminal case has been opened against a 16-year-old teenager who is suspected of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, life-threatening, to the 47-year-old partner of his mother (Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the regional Investigative Committee. According to investigators, the teenager lived in the Kabansky district of Buryatia with his brothers, mother and her partner.

The Bashkortostan prosecutor's office approved an indictment in a criminal case against 26-year-old drummer Arkady Chistyakov. He is accused of committing three robberies against the offices of microfinance organizations (Part 2 of Article 162 of the Criminal Code), according to the website of the regional prosecutor’s office.

Two men and a woman from the Moscow region tried to sell two 15-year-old girls into sexual slavery for 400 thousand rubles. A criminal case has been opened regarding trafficking in minors (points “a”, “b” of Part 2 of Article 127.1 of the Criminal Code), according to the website of the Investigative Committee.

The Krasnodar Regional Court issued a second verdict against local resident Galust Keshinyan, finding him guilty of the murder of police colonel Nodarii Bagishvili, which he committed out of revenge for the death of his brother. As reported on the website of the regional prosecutor's office, in 2003, in the Sochi cafe "Rosary" during a conflict with security guards, the brother of the defendant, police inspector Artak Keshishyan, was killed.