Security forces disrupted an evening in memory of oppositionist Alexei Navalny in one of Moscow's lofts, OVD-Info reports . Sota specifies that the meeting took place in the area of ​​the Elektrozavodskaya metro station. It was conducted by members of the youth wing of the unregistered party Rassvet, the creation of which was announced by journalist Ekaterina Duntsova. About 30 people came to the memorial evening, they watched the broadcast of the Berlin concert in memory of Alexei Navalny.

The Leninsky District Court of Kursk has ruled to nationalize the assets of the Global Spirits alcohol holding company, owned by Ukrainian businessman Yevgeny Chernyak. This was reported by the press service of the regional courts. The holding owns the vodka brands Khortitsa, Pervak, Shustov and Morosha. The trial on the Prosecutor General's Office claim was held behind closed doors.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has arrested two residents of the capital on charges of "applying an abbreviation" to the pedestal of the monument to Georgy Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. A criminal case was opened against Vera Nikolaeva and Anastasia Lysenkova for damaging a memorial structure (paragraphs “a” and “b” of Part 2 of Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code).

The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on extremism (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against a Moscow taxi driver who kicked participants in the war in Ukraine out of his car. This was reported by the press service of the department.

The Investigative Committee for the Moscow Region reported the detention of a resident of Ivanteyevka on suspicion of extremism (paragraph "a" of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and insulting the feelings of believers (part 1 of article 148 of the Criminal Code). According to sources from TASS and RIA Novosti , the detainee is the head of the organization "Empire of the Strongest Witches" Alena Polyn.

The Moscow Garrison Military Court acquitted five defendants in the case of the ENOT Corp. group, RIA Novosti and Beware of News correspondents reported. They were all released in the courtroom. The prosecutor's office had requested sentences of 12 to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony for articles on criminal association, robbery and theft. This is Major of the FSB Directorate for Moscow and the Moscow Region Alexander Mrishchuk and members of the ENOT Corp.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow received a protocol on cooperation with an "undesirable" organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against the editor-in-chief of the Agentura.ru project Andrei Soldatov. Mediazona found this information in the court's database. Soldatov himself told Mediazona that he knew about the protocol, and it was probably drawn up because of the comment for Meduza.

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili of the ruling Georgian Dream party announced amendments similar to the current Russian legislation on “LGBT propaganda.” The recording of his briefing was published by Georgia’s First Channel ; the content was retold by Sova.News and the Formula channel. The amendments will ban "scenes of same-sex relationships" on television and in advertising.

In Novosibirsk, two people who came to lay flowers for Alexei Navalny's birthday were detained at the monument to the victims of political repression in Narymsky Square. This was reported by Coalition Novosibirsk. The police forbade the crowd from leaving flowers on the grass near the monument and demanded that they disperse. Several people had their documents copied. In the morning, the monument was fenced off with warning tapes, and police officers were posted in the park.

The Perm Regional Court has considered an appeal against the sentence of the former head of the Historical Memory Center, Aleksandr Chernyshov. The prosecutor's office asked to replace his suspended sentence with a real one, but the court upheld the old sentence, the Memorial society reports . In early April, Chernyshov was given a three-year suspended sentence for attempted smuggling of cultural property (Part 3 of Article 30; paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code).

The Bugulminsky District Court of Tatarstan sentenced Alexander Kuzmin, a participant in the war in Ukraine, to eight years in a strict regime penal colony for the murder of a woman (Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code). The Bugulminskaya Gazeta and the Verstka publication drew attention to the verdict.

In Moscow, the Pletnev City Clinical Hospital, which specializes in treating patients with cystic fibrosis, is being repurposed as a hospital for participants in the war in Ukraine, a source familiar with the situation told Novaya Gazeta Evropa. According to the source, after this they want to close the hospital completely - when this will happen and for what reason is not specified.

In the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow, Kirill Trokhin, a senior investigator for the investigation of especially important cases, was questioned in the case of 20-year-old Muscovite Alina Nevmyanova, who is accused of obstructing the exercise of electoral rights (clause "b" of part 2 of article 141 of the Criminal Code) - because on March 15 she poured green paint into the ballot box.

Vladimir Putin has proposed that Senator Andrei Turchak, who holds one of the key positions in United Russia — Secretary of the General Council — become the governor of the Altai Republic. This was reported on the Kremlin website. Yesterday, the head of Altai, Oleg Khorokhordin, announced his resignation from his post due to “a transfer to a new job.” After the war in Ukraine began in 2022, Turchak was included in the sanctions lists of the European Union, Great Britain and the United States.

The Duolingo app notified Roskomnadzor in a letter that, at their request, it had removed “materials promoting non-traditional sexual relations.” Representatives of the agency reported this to the Moskva agency. In April, Roskomnadzor sent a notice to representatives of the American application, threatening a fine under the article on “LGBT propaganda” and possible blocking. Roskomnadzor did not name any specific claims. They announced the start of an inspection of the app in February.