The Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg sent local resident Sergei Sakharov to a pre-trial detention center on charges of a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the city courts. According to security officials, on January 18, Sakharov “out of hooligan motives” set fire to a diesel locomotive at the Ruchi station near St. Petersburg. The damage from the man’s actions was estimated at 12 million rubles.

In the Liskinsky district of the Voronezh region, an oil depot caught fire as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones. The head of the region, Alexander Gusev, announced this in his Telegram channel. According to authorities, there were no injuries. Astra writes that the enterprise belongs to Rosneft. The same tank farm was attacked last week, on January 16th. Then the fire could not be put out for several days. Make a regular donation to Mediazona! We work thanks to your support SUPPORT

The Tula Regional Court, at the request of the regional prosecutor's office, recognized the group of local Arsenal fans, Cyborgs, as an extremist association. This is reported on the court's website. According to the security forces, “the association of football fans “Cyborgs” is based, among other things, on Nazi and extremist ideology, which consists in inciting hatred and enmity on ethnic grounds.” The prosecutor's office of the Tula region asked to ban the association in May 2024.

Kirov resident Richard Rose, sentenced to eight years in prison, was placed in punishment cell IK-29 in the Perm Territory. OVD-Info writes about this with reference to the wife of a Kirov resident, Maria Rose. It is unknown for how long he was sent there. Rose was admitted to the isolation ward on January 15th. “Something is wrong with the clothes,” Maria Rose described the reason for the penalty.

The Pacific Fleet Military Court sentenced Nikita Shevchenko, a resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, to seven years in prison in the case of armed hostage taking (clause “d” of Part 2 of Article 206 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona found information about this on the court’s website. He will spend the first two years in prison, and the rest of his term in a maximum security colony.

In Moscow, Yevgeny Kikeev, a participant in the 2019 rally, was placed in a pre-trial detention center. The publication “Caution, News” drew attention to this. Baza previously claimed that security forces were conducting an investigation because of the speech of 35-year-old Kikeev at a rally on August 31, 2019. “Why the hell are you standing there and being silent? We must fight like in Ukraine! [throw stones], fuck. Stones, fuck it. What do you want from a peaceful protest?

The Ministry of Internal Affairs added Olga Tsukanova, the head of the “Council of Mothers and Wives” created after the start of mobilization, to the federal wanted list. Mediazona drew attention to this. This means that a criminal case was opened against a resident of Samara - an ally of the marginal politician Svetlana Lada-Rus (Peunova) - and that she could leave the country.

Moscow activist Gleb Babich said that security forces beat him and detained him while filming a raid against migrants.

The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed DPR sentenced Ruslan Minagulov, a serviceman from the Ukrainian Azov battalion, to 24 years in a maximum security colony for the murder of two people and cruel treatment of civilians. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee.

The press service of the St. Petersburg department of the Investigative Committee came in comments to officials who called the reports about searches at their work “fake”. Department officials confirmed that searches are still ongoing. “Rotunda” drew attention to the correspondence. On the morning of January 20, Fontanka and other publications wrote about searches in the administrations of five districts due to falling icicles, including in the administration of the Vasileostrovsky district.

The Kyzyl City Court imposed fines of 10 to 15 thousand rubles on ten local residents according to protocols on participation in an uncoordinated action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). 7x7 drew attention to the court decisions. In total, from December 19 to 24, the court made decisions on 15 administrative protocols on uncoordinated action; five decisions have not yet been published. The total amount of known fines amounted to 115 thousand rubles, as calculated by Mediazona.

The coordinator of the Free Ingria movement, Pavel Mezerin, has been added to the federal wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mediazona noted . It is unknown what exactly the criminal case is connected with. Screenshot from the wanted database Pavel Mezerin is a political scientist and former municipal deputy from St. Petersburg, who worked in 2008-2013 with the Ukrainian party “Front of Change” of Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The Chita Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Konstantin Pichuev to eight years and four months in a maximum security colony for murder (Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the 2nd Eastern District Military Court. Judging by the electronic case file , the verdict was announced on January 9.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested the director of the Narva Museum, Maria Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova, in absentia. As Mediazona learned, the meeting took place in mid-January. A criminal case has been opened against Smorzhevsky-Smirnova under the article on the dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian military by a group of people for political reasons (points “b” and “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Eight residents of the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region were injured as a result of shelling from Ukraine. This was announced by Mayor Ivan Prikhodko, who cooperates with the Russian authorities. According to the official, an artillery strike was carried out in the city center, damaging cars, residential buildings and “civilian infrastructure.” The occupation head of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo reported an attack on the village of Bekhtera.