The Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk sent Konstantin Pavlov, a regional Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, accused of fraud, to a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by the press service of the court. The case against Pavlov and another man, a resident of Moscow, was initiated under the article of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code).

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published draft changes to the regulations on conscription for military service. The relevant information appeared on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts. According to the text of the project, military registration and enlistment offices will be provided with access to government information resources, including in the field of healthcare, interdepartmental electronic interaction and the State Services portal.

The police put on the wanted list of a journalist and social activist from Syktyvkar Viktor Kokarev. Information about this follows from the search card in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the new newspaper drew attention to it.

The Investigative Committee has completed its investigation into the criminal case of “discrediting” the army against the co-chairman of Memorial, human rights activist Oleg Orlov. This was reported on the website of the Memorial Center for Human Rights. Orlov was handed the text of the indictment in the case of repeated discrediting of the armed forces (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), the charge was previously approved by the prosecutor's office.

The Volgodonsk District Court of the Rostov Region arrested pensioner Dmitry Lyagushin for seven days because of a video criticizing the celebration of Victory Day. Information about this was published on the court’s website, and drew attention to the decision.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala sent the fourth policeman suspected in the case of the death of a Makhachkala resident in the police department to a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by the press service of the court. The name of the security officer is unknown; a case was brought against him under the article of abuse of official powers (Part 5 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code). On April 27, the man was detained and his home was searched.

The Seversky City Court of the Tomsk Region sentenced local human rights activist Marina Novikova to a fine of one million rubles in the case of military “fakes”. this with reference to the defendant’s husband. reports TV2 Novikova was found guilty of disseminating false information about the armed forces (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). During the debate, the prosecution demanded that she be sentenced to three years in prison.

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay Georgian citizens more than 129 million euros in compensation for violations of their rights as a result of the 2008 war. The decision was published on the court's website. According to the ECHR, the Russian side did not take adequate measures to prevent violence against the civilian population.

The Pushkinsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested for two months local resident Alexei Gribanov, who is accused of hooliganism based on political enmity (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the city courts. According to investigators, on April 26, Gribanov poured flammable liquid on the facade of the Historical and Literary Museum of the city of Pushkin and set it on fire.