The District Court of Warsaw arrested the accused of collaborating with Russian military intelligence - the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (formerly GRU). This was reported by the Polish Prosecutor's Office and the Security Service of Ukraine . We are talking about a Polish citizen named Pavel K., he was detained yesterday in the country.

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow arrested Vladimir Golovchenko, accused of mining the car of ex-SBU officer Vasily Prozorov. This was reported by the press service of the capital's courts. The FSB reported on the detention of 40-year-old Golovchenko, without naming him by name, two days ago, on April 16. The intelligence service released footage of the man’s arrest, in which he was thrown face down onto an unpaved road in the forest next to a puddle.

In annexed Crimea, FSB officers detained twelve neo-Nazis, RIA Novosti , Baza and pro-government Crimean blogger Alexander Talipov reported. The Telegram channel “Call of the People” published a video of searches in the homes of Crimean residents. The publications call the detainees members of the Crimean cell of “White Suit”. This is a telegram channel that supports far-right people imprisoned for racist violence.

FSB officers detained the former head of the regional branch of the First Movement, Natalya Ermachenko, in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of fraud. Ura.ru , Kommersant , and 66.ru reported this with reference to sources. “The First Movement” is a state movement for children, the creation of which in the summer of 2022 was timed to coincide with the centenary of the appearance of the pioneer organization in the USSR.

The Maikop City Court arrested for two months a former employee of the FSUE Okhrana of the Russian Guard in the case of murder and dismemberment (Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code), reports the press service of the courts of Adygea. According to investigators, on April 14, a man fired a firearm at a person with whom he had a conflict. He died on the spot; later his remains were found at a landfill.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, demanded the dismissal of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, who detained the head of the Chechen department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alikhan Tsakaev, at the Gerzelsky Bridge federal checkpoint.

Andy Stone. Photo: linkedin.com Andy Stone, the spokesman for Meta, is being tried in absentia in Russia on charges of “justifying terrorism.” The accusation stems from a tweet Stone posted in March 2022, explaining the company’s new moderation rules. At the time, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Meta had decided to temporarily allow calls for violence against “Russian occupiers.” Today, a military court in Moscow began considering Stone’s case.

Autodesk has sent messages to users of all versions of AutoCAD in Russia about the inability to operate the software due to an invalid license. This was reported by several users of the program on Twitter and on thematic websites . According to one user, due to the ban on the use of software in Russia, Autodesk considers all installed versions to be pirated.

Andy Stone. Photo: linkedin.com The press secretary of META Andy Stone in Russia is accused in absentia of justifying terrorism-because of the tweet written in March 2022, in which Stone explained the new moderation rules. Then, at the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, META decided to temporarily not punish users who called for the “Russian invaders” to kill. Today, the Military Court began to consider the work of Stone in Moscow.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced 21-year-old Daniil Zinkovsky to seven years in a maximum security colony in the case of preparation for high treason (Part 1 of Article 30; Article 275 of the Criminal Code), according to the court’s website.

Art by Mila Grabowski / Mediazona In Rostov-on-Don, a court is considering a case on the preparation of a terrorist act, with three bikers on the defendants’ bench. According to the investigation, they planned to set fire to a military enlistment office in Pyatigorsk using Molotov cocktails. All of the accused were members of a private chat with eight people.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Voronezh resident Andrei Biryukov, previously convicted for posts on VKontakte, to four years in prison because of his speech in court. This was reported by the telegram channel “Free People of Voronezh”. Taking into account the verdict in the previous criminal case, the total sentence will be six years in prison - from the colony, as the Free People of Voronezh noted, Biryukov should be released in September 2029.

The defendant in the treason case, who was arrested in February by the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow, is a former employee of the Patriot Park of the Ministry of Defense and a seller of chevrons for Russian security forces, Nikolai Martynov, the BBC Russian Service found out .

The Moscow City Court overturned the decision to fine libertarian Mikhail Svetov and dismissed his administrative case for violating the rules of operation of a “foreign agent.” This was reported by the joint press service of the capital's courts. As stated in the press release of the court, the Moscow City Court canceled the fine of 40 thousand rubles imposed on August 30, 2023 by the Savyolovsky District Court of the capital.

The Kushvinsky City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region sent Rafail Shepelev, a member of the Artpodgotovka movement, for compulsory treatment, the First Department reports , citing a lawyer representing the interests of the activist. The investigation requested that Shepelev be placed in a hospital. The medical organization to which the activist will be sent will be chosen by the Sverdlovsk department of the Federal Penitentiary Service. For now, Shepelev remains in pre-trial detention.