Penza activist Kirill Kotov told OVD-Info that a criminal case was opened against him for public calls for extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code). The activist was told about this by her mother, who was summoned by FSB officers and showed her Kotov’s leaflets and poster.

Another criminal case on extremism was opened against the poet and former school teacher from the Oryol region, Alexander Byvshev, because of the poem. about this He wrote on his VKontakte page. According to him, the case concerns two poems - “Russian Spirit” and “Mighty Heap”. In September 2017, Byvshev posted these poems in the comments to the article “About People and Pigs” on the Orlets website.

In early March, eight prisoners of IK-1 Kurgan cut their hands with razors as a sign of protest against the actions of the colony staff, according to the website of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the region. The department claims that employees of IK-1 transferred some of the convicts from one dormitory to another, but several people refused to move. Eight prisoners suffered "minor injuries to their forearms from disposable razor blades" and were examined by a doctor.

The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow has limited until April 4 the period for familiarization with the materials of the case of nationalist Alexander Potkin (Belov), accused of money laundering. this with reference to lawyer Igor Popovsky. reports RIA Novosti “He has 52 volumes left to read. We will definitely appeal this court decision,” the agency quotes the defender.

President Vladimir Putin said nerve agents similar to what may have been used against former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, Britain, could be produced in 20 countries. A recording of Putin’s speech at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was published by RT . “We briefly touched on this topic [at the meeting]. Mr. President raised questions on this matter, and I explained to him our position.

The linear department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the Domodedovo airport sent an application for an attack on a member of the Libertarian Party Mikhail Svetov instead of the Kemerovo linear department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chita. A copy of the resolution on the transfer of a message on the investigation is at the disposal of "Mediazons".

Employees of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (OBEP), together with operatives from the Center “E” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, conducted searches at enterprises owned by Andrei Zhdanov, a resident of Volokolamsk who opposes the Yadrovo landfill. This was reported on the Lamagrad project website. Lawyer Denis Kunaev also wrote about this on Twitter. According to Lamagrad, they seized goods and accounting records from the Rome store.

In Moscow, police detained participants in a protest against the blocking of the Telegram messenger who were reading personal correspondence near the FSB reception building. One of the detainees, Anatoly Kapustin, told Mediazona about this. According to Kapustin, there are now eight people in the paddy wagon, including the leader of the SERB movement , Igor Beketov, known as Gosha Tarasevich.

The head of the chemical laboratory in Porton Down, Gary Aitkenhead, said that British experts could not determine the exact origin of the Novichok nerve agent, which was used to poison former GRU colonel of the Russian General Staff Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, writes The Guardian . As Aitkenhead reported, chemists have not proven that the substance that poisoned the Skripals in Salisbury was produced in Russia.

Nizhny Novgorod Correctional Colony No. 2 filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation against Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina and the Sobesednik publication over an article about the working conditions of prisoners. A copy of the claim is at the disposal of the Mediazona editorial office.

The Prosecutor General's Office laid the main responsibility for what happened at the Lazurnensky correctional boarding school, where children were raped, on employees of the Central Department of Social Protection of the Population of the city administration. This was reported on the website of the Office of the Prosecutor General in the Ural Federal District.

The Investigative Committee charged the former acting Prime Minister of Dagestan Abdusamad Gamidov with exceeding official powers causing grave consequences (clause “c” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code). TASS about this . told The lawyer of one of the defendants in the case, Dagir Khasavov, Previously, Gamidov was charged with two counts of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

The team of politician Alexei Navalny submitted a notification to the Ministry of Justice about holding a congress of the Working Name party on May 19, the oppositionist himself wrote in his Telegram channel. “Since the Kremlin swindlers are stealing the names of our party before the congress, this time we submitted a notice of the congress of the Working Name party. And then we’ll rename it,” Navalny said.

Members of the Presidential Human Rights Council prepared statements due to the threat of blocking Telegram in Russia if the messenger does not provide the FSB with the keys to decrypt messages. about this The head of the international group "Agora" Pavel Chikov wrote in his telegram channel. “There is no doubt that so-called end-to-end encryption can also be used for criminal purposes.

The founder of the Auktsyon group Leonid Fedorov arranged a street concert in support of the head of the Karelian branch of the Memorial Society, Yuri Dmitriev, who was requested for nine years of maximum security colony, the mediazone correspondent reports. The concert was held in the square of the Aitmatov Genghis. It was attended by about 50 people. The New Gazeta led the direct broadcast of the performance.