Journalist Yuri Dud stopped putting the “foreign agent” tag on his posts. He also called on businessmen who “have no legal connection with Russia” to buy advertising from him. “The people who seized power in Russia forbade those whom they call foreign agents from placing advertisements. This means that companies that remain in Russia will not be able to be our clients in the near future - even if they still want to.

Security forces detained a resident of Chuvashia because of a post in which they found calls for violence against the Russian military. Intefax was told about this by the press service of the republican department of the FSB. A criminal case was opened against the man for public calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he published the post that became the reason for the case on his social networks in February 2022.

President Vladimir Putin's decree to pardon 52 women by March 8 turned out to be secret. This is evidenced by data on the website of the official publication of regulations, Mediazona discovered. News of the signing of the decree appeared on the Kremlin website on March 8. But among the published decrees there are only documents dated March 5, and then immediately dated March 11.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Igor Andreev, vice president of Rossiya Bank for investment issues. this the first to report was 47news information about the arrest of the banker to Kommersant ; later the press service of the city courts confirmed . Andreev was sent into custody on March 7. The banker's defense insisted on house arrest and offered 5 million rubles as collateral.

Security forces detained a 31-year-old resident of the Ivanovo region on suspicion of sending cryptocurrency to the Ukrainian army. this with reference to the regional department of the FSB . reports State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Ivteleradio In a video distributed by security forces, a man with a blurred face says that he “did not support the actions of Russian troops” and twice sent cryptocurrency to support the Ukrainian army - on December 26, 2022 and January 1, 2023.

The Leninsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined local resident Mikhail Osipov 500 rubles for damaging information material about the Russian presidential elections (Article 5.14 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. Osipov was accused of writing “bad inscriptions” about Russia and the Russian President on the information stand “Russian Presidential Elections March 15-17, 2024” with a black and red marker.

The Kaluga District Court of the Kaluga Region arrested a 19-year-old student accused of preparing a terrorist attack, reports the joint press service of the regional courts. In addition to the article about preparing a terrorist attack, the student is charged with manufacturing explosives (Part 1 of Article 223.1). According to investigators, the student planned to stage an explosion in the Kaluga District Court, which subsequently chose a preventive measure for him.

Since the beginning of the war, the Russian authorities have been creating a methodological basis for the “re-education” of forcibly removed Ukrainian children, as well as a system of digital surveillance of them. This is stated in an investigation by Meduza, which studied documents from the Russian Ministry of Education and anonymously spoke with department officials.

The Moscow City Court considered the appeal in the case of actionist Pavel Krisevich and approved the sentence - five years in a general regime colony, a listener from the court told Mediazona. Only lawyer Leonid Solovyov was allowed into the room where the meeting was taking place, and several journalists who came to support Pavel Krisevich were sent to the broadcast room, where a significant part of the meeting was broadcast without sound.

Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which Russian companies are now prohibited from advertising with participants in the register of “foreign agents.” The corresponding document was published on the official portal of legal acts. In addition, the innovations prohibit platforms from placing advertisements for individuals and legal entities that the Ministry of Justice has included in its list. When the amendments were introduced, 395 deputies were listed as co-authors.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the wanted list of the LGBTK activist from Vladivostok Tatyana Namazbaeva, who was included in the register of “foreign agents” last February. Attention to the search card in the department of the department was drawn by the Mediazona. Screenshot of cards from the search base for the Ministry of Internal Affairs According to OVD-Info Namazbaev, who uses the pseudonym Itil Dark, one of the participant in the Mayak movement in Vladivostok.

In Birobidzhan, a protocol under the administrative article about “discrediting” the Russian army (20.3.3 part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) was drawn up against the journalist of the German radio WDR Björn Blaschke. On February 15, it was considered by the Birobidzhan District Court, Mediazona discovered. Judge Yulia Sharipova's secretary said Blaschke was given a fine. “In my opinion, 40 thousand,” she noted in a conversation with Mediazona.

The Railway Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vasily Khabarov, a participant in the war in Ukraine, to eight months in a penal colony in the case of using violence against a security officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). attention to the decision published on the court’s website . drew Kavkaz.Realii On October 28 last year, police officers were called to the Vivat hotel due to the actions of Khabarov, who was intoxicated.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory under the article of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), he is charged with recruiting Russians into the “Freedom of Russia” legion. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the regional department of the FSB. The intelligence service claims that the 39-year-old man persuaded military personnel of the Khabarovsk garrison to go to Ukraine to fight against Russian soldiers.

The Aleksinsky Interdistrict Court of the Tula Region sentenced local resident Yulia Tishchenko to four years in a general regime colony in the case of calls to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine. to the verdict published on the court’s website . drew attention OVD-Info Tishchenko was sentenced on December 13, 2023.