On May 21, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow refused to extend the arrest of four defendants in the case of the death of anarchist Alexei Sutuga. This is stated on the website of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction. They were released on their own recognizance, although they have no housing in Moscow and no place to work, the lawyer for the family of the deceased, Svetlana Sidorkina, noted in a conversation with Novaya Gazeta. She admitted that the accused could escape.

In Veliky Novgorod, police came to the opening of a two-day forum of independent municipal deputies “Zemsky Congress” and demanded that it be stopped due to violation of sanitary rules. The congress is broadcast on the YouTube channel of politician Yulia Galyamina. The head of the city Department of Internal Affairs, Sergei Maksimov, said that the congress violated the governor’s decree on coronavirus restrictions, and threatened those gathered with administrative cases.

Senator Andrei Klishas supported the ban on participation in elections for supporting extremist organizations before they were banned, but proposed extending it only to people whose involvement “was established by a court decision.” This was reported by the Russian BBC service with reference to the text of its amendments.

In Ivanovo, former temporary detention center employee Sergei Rimsky was searched in connection with the case of insulting a police officer during a rally on April 21 (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Human Rights Postcards. Rimsky, who in February spoke about his decision to leave the Ministry of Internal Affairs after commuting the punishment of politician Alexei Navalny, was among several dozen detained on April 21.