The Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended the detention of architect Sergei Akhmetov, who is accused under Article 318 of the Criminal Code (Violence against government officials), until May 23, 2016. The defense insisted that the accused does not look like the person who tore off the policeman's shoulder straps at the rally in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place in the center of Moscow on July 18, 2013, near the State Duma building.

The Supreme Court of Crimea overturned the sentence of Euromaidan supporter farmer Vladimir Balukh, who in February 2016 was sentenced to 320 hours of correctional labor for insulting a police officer, reports . Novaya Gazeta “The reason for the cancellation of the sentence is its literal coincidence with the indictment. There weren’t even the words “found guilty” there. Only “accused,” the publication quotes Balukh.

Nizhny Novgorod anarchist Ilya Romanov, sentenced to nine years of strict regime for preparing for a terrorist attack, was placed in a punishment cell in IK-22 in Mordovia, Larisa Romanova, an employee of the Committee for Civil Rights, told Mediazona. According to her, on April 26, an orderly approached Ilya Romanov and said that a prison officer wanted to see him.

The city court of the town of Ramenskoye near Moscow arrested local activist Yan Katelevsky for 10 days for filming the building of the local police department, reports . Zhukovskie Vesti Previously, Katelevsky had already been sent to 12 days of administrative arrest. For two days in a row, the Ramensky activist filmed the territory of the local police department, which, in his opinion, had seized municipal land for parking. Both times he was detained by police.

In Volkhov, a criminal case was opened in connection with the death in the intensive care unit of a district hospital on the evening of May 9 of 91-year-old veteran Klavdiya Malashkina, who, being locked by her granddaughter, lay outside the door in her apartment for three days without food or water. This was reported on the website of the investigative department for the Leningrad region.

In the Leningrad region, the Luga City Court arrested for two months 28-year-old Ukrainian citizen Mikhailo Gusto, accused of deliberate arson, which through negligence resulted in the death of a 77-year-old resident of house No. 13 in the village of Gorodets, reports the regional online publication 47news.

In Vologda, FSB officers detained blogger and participant in the truckers movement Sergei Gorodishenin, Rosbalt reports with reference to the leader of the regional branch of PARNAS Larisa Trubitsina. “There are special forces in Sergei Gorodishenin’s apartment. The last time I managed to get on the phone with Sergei was when he was being taken for a search. They either ask him questions about some post on the Internet, or are interested in his connection with some Makarov.

In Kiselevsk, a pre-investigation check is being carried out after the body of a missing father of five children was discovered in the city cemetery, writes the regional publication “City of News” with reference to the investigation department for the Kemerovo region. The man's body was discovered on May 3, 2016. According to investigators, he committed [Roskomnadzor] on a tree branch.

FBK founder Alexei Navalny sent a complaint to the Constitutional Court about a violation of his constitutional rights, as he believes that the norms of the procedural code do not allow him to file a claim against Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, wrote on Tuesday. RBC As reported in a statement obtained by RBC, Alexei Navalny believes that the law does not allow him to file a claim for the protection of honor and dignity against Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika.

The Karelia police have opened a criminal case into the fire at the Winter Hotel on the island of Valaam and are going to petition for the arrest of the suspect in the arson. this with reference to the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic Leonid Rozenburg. reports Interfax A criminal case was opened under Part 1 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code (intentional destruction or damage to someone else’s property, if these acts caused significant damage).

Defenders of the park near Kronstadt Boulevard reported the beating of an elderly local resident by supporters of the construction of the temple. This is stated in the activist group “Defense of Golovino”. According to activists, a 65-year-old local resident was injured when she came out to hear the noise of the equipment at 4 a.m. on May 10. “An unknown man attacked her, grabbed her behind her back, and knocked out her phone, which was apparently stolen later - it could not be found.

Investigators in the Belgorod region opened a criminal case after the death of a 38-year-old patient, who was transported by ambulance for several hours from one hospital to another, according to the website of the regional investigative department. According to investigators, on May 7, 2016, the man became ill, relatives called an ambulance, which brought him to city hospital No. 1, but they refused to hospitalize him there.

The Balakhninsky City Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region awarded 50 thousand rubles in compensation for moral damage to Laziz Niyazov, who was beaten by police in the forest, according to a press release from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture. According to the victim, on May 21, 2015, the police demanded to go with them to the department, but instead they took him to the forest and beat him.

A crime boss nicknamed Luka, who is suspected of organizing the contract killing of the mayor of the town of Dzerzhinsky near Moscow, Viktor Dorkin, was detained at Vnukovo airport, reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. RIA Novosti “Criminal authority Luka, suspected of organizing the murder, was detained at Vnukovo airport,” the source said.

In Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights partially recognized the violation of the rights of the paralyzed Vladimir Topekhin, who was sent to a general regime colony, RAPSI reports . The ECHR partially upheld Vladmir Topekhin’s complaint about the conditions of detention, transfer to Kostroma and delays in considering applications for extension of arrest.