In the south of Russia, farmers began having problems with sowing work due to the coronavirus, Sovecon director Andrei Sizov told Kommersant. The information was confirmed by the newspaper’s source in a large agricultural holding. According to Sizov, farmers are having problems obtaining work permits and passes for equipment. In addition, farmers complain that they cannot get short-term loans for the sowing campaign, since bank employees have switched to remote work.

The head of the Doctors' Alliance, Anastasia Vasilyeva, was detained for the second time in a day in the Novgorod region, the union tweeted . As the doctors write, when they were released from the police, they went to the store to buy water. After this, Vasilyeva was detained, put in a white car without identification marks and taken back to the police department. Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov, referred to by OVD -Info, claims that Vasilyeva was hit during her arrest.

The head of the “Alliance of Doctors” Anastasia Vasilyeva published on Twitter a report that Novgorod police drew up against trade union member Alexei Abzianidze, he is accused of violating the “high alert” regime (Article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code).

Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Alexei Shaposhnikov explained to TASS that Muscovites will not be fined for violating quarantine until the authorities approve rules for moving around the city. “As part of the implementation of the amendments adopted yesterday to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the City of Moscow, the city government and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are preparing a draft agreement on the administration of these articles.

The Moscow City Court registered a claim by Muscovite Dmitry Kisiev against the city government. The plaintiff demands that the quarantine imposed in the capital be declared illegal, RIA Novosti reports , citing the press service of the court. According to the case file on the website of the Moscow courts, the claim was registered on March 31.

A 39-year-old patient with coronavirus has died in Moscow, the operational headquarters reports . “The patient was on mechanical ventilation for three days. The patient had tachycardia, multiple organ failure and a number of other diseases,” the headquarters reported. According to official data , 19 deaths from coronavirus have been registered in Moscow, and 2,475 people have fallen ill.

In Ulan-Ude, activists who sang the anthem of Buryatia on Soviet Square were detained, one of the detainees, Liliya Donskaya, told OVD-Info. As Donskaya says, activists participated in the “Open Microphone” project for the YouTube channel “Republic of Buryatia.” Its participants are invited to everyone who wishes to speak out about the situation in the region. When the activists began to sing the republican anthem, they were detained.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a case was opened against two local police officers for beating a local resident, according to the website of the republican department of the Investigative Committee. The case was opened under paragraph “a” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code (exceeding official powers with the use of violence). According to preliminary data, police discovered that a 47-year-old local resident had committed an administrative offense and beat him in an official car.

Moscow will not introduce special passes for moving around the city during quarantine, said . Mayor Sergei Sobyanin “The experience of the first non-working week showed that there is no such need yet. Most city residents are conscientiously complying with the requirement to stay at home. Muscovites showed responsible citizenship and solidarity in the fight against coronavirus, against a common misfortune,” he wrote.

Nine public organizations in their appeal asked the government to take urgent measures to protect victims of domestic violence who suffered under quarantine conditions, writes . Kommersant Human rights activists draw the authorities’ attention to the experience of foreign countries, where the introduction of quarantine has significantly increased the number of complaints from victims of domestic violence.

The head of the Komi Republic, Sergei Gaplikov, announced that he had decided to resign, reports . RIA Novosti “It so happened that the moment of my resignation was associated with difficult times in our lives. I am confident that the work we are doing will become a real help and a reliable foundation for the subsequent fight against emerging problems, which will be carried out by the new leadership of the region,” Gaplikov said in his address to the residents of the republic.

The Investigative Committee has begun a pre-investigation check against Maksim Umetbaev, an operative of the Internal Affairs Directorate for ZAO, who is accused in the case of journalist Ivan Golunov, TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies and lawyer Sergei Korolev. According to the agency's anonymous interlocutor, Umetbaev participated in an operation with a control purchase of amphetamine.

President Vladimir Putin extended “non-working” days with continued pay until the end of April. His performance is broadcast on Rossiya 24. “Taking into account the development of the situation, we will make additional decisions. If the situation allows, we will adjust the announced period of forced non-working days towards its reduction,” the president said.

Governor of the Arkhangelsk region Igor Orlov announced his resignation, TASS reports . “I have always said that for me the determining factors are the opinion of the residents and the position of the president,” the governor said . “Based on the results of extensive sociological research,” he realized that he needed to ask to resign, Orlov said.

A resident of Kogalym was fined 500 rubles for violating the “self-isolation regime,” reports the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Ugra. The man returned from Thailand and was given a two-week self-isolation order. The Kogalym resident was also forbidden to communicate with relatives.