Activist Mikhail Kriger, sentenced to seven years in prison, has had his term of detention in a single cell-type premises (EPKT) extended for another six months, the project “Support for Political Prisoners” reported . Memorial". Tightened conditions of detention were supposed to end on May 12. The human rights project does not specify what exactly is the reason for the extension of the deadline in the EPCT. Krieger is serving his sentence in Oryol IK-5.

At the end of December 2025, a criminal case was opened against the ex-coordinator of the “Voice” movement in the Sverdlovsk region, Alexander Grezev, for justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Grezev himself announced this on Facebook, publishing a copy of the resolution of the Investigative Committee.

On May 19, the coordinator of the “Feminist Anti-War Resistance” Daria Serenko was included in the list of “terrorists and extremists” of Rosfinmonitoring, the publication “That’s So” noted . In a conversation with “That’s So,” the activist clarified that she does not know what case her addition to the register may be connected with. There is no note next to Serenko’s name that would indicate prosecution under terrorist charges. “I am already a refugee, a foreign agent, a wanted criminal.

The Penza Regional Court sentenced a 35-year-old Penza resident accused of high treason and calls for extremism to 13 years in a maximum security colony. The press service of the court reported this. According to investigators, in 2022, the man gave information to a “representative of Ukraine” about a Russian serviceman participating in the war.

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Novosibirsk recognized the T9 NSK project to help transgender people and their loved ones as an “extremist” organization. This was reported by the First Department. The court satisfied the claim of the Department of the Ministry of Justice for the Novosibirsk Region. Six people passed through it as interested parties, whom the department considered to be the initiative team.

On May 18, the administration of the social network TikTok blocked a number of accounts that published advertisements for Alabuga Polytech. Blogger Alexey Gubanov ( JesusAVGN, Jesus) drew attention to this . “At the same time, a whole bunch of TikTokers were blocked, now it’s even difficult to calculate the exact number, but there are quite a lot of them.

About two hundred Russian military personnel received drone training in China at the end of last year, Reuters reported , citing three European intelligence sources. This happened as part of a secret agreement concluded by the Russian and Chinese militaries in July 2025. In addition to two hundred Russians, it also involves training “hundreds of Chinese military personnel” in Russia.

Illustration: Mila Grabowski / Mediazona The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 39-year-old native of Ukraine Dmitry Balog to 25 years in prison. Since 2014, he lived in Magadan, received Russian citizenship and got married. In 2022, Balog moved to Domodedovo with his wife and little daughter. When two years later, a car with the letter Z on the window burned down near their home, the security forces blamed Balogh.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 39-year-old driver from Ukraine Dmitry Balogh to 25 years in prison, the first five years he will spend in prison, a Mediazona correspondent reported from the courtroom. The court also satisfied the claim of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 5,120,939 rubles. Balogh was found guilty under articles of participation in sabotage and terrorist communities, participation in a terrorist organization, terrorist attacks, sabotage and treason.

The Shebalinsky District Court of Altai is considering a criminal case of extremism against 77-year-old honorary citizen of the republic and former head of the region Anatoly Sokolov, Mediazona noted. He is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and financing extremism (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). Anatoly Sokolov during the anniversary in 2023.

Three judges of the Military Court of Appeal, at the request of the prosecutor's office, changed the sentence of 48-year-old resident of the city of Balashov Eduard Markov, who set fire to a communications tower, from 3.5 years in a penal colony to 10 years in a maximum security colony. Mediazona became aware of this.

The Barnaul garrison military court sentenced serviceman Ivan Raskovalov to 12 and a half years in a special regime colony, who did not return to duty after a business trip and attacked a man along with two teenagers. This was reported by the press service of the 2nd Eastern District Military Court. Raskovalov did not return to military service in September 2024 - instead, he stayed at home and began to spend his time “at his own discretion,” the court said.

The Murmansk regional court sentenced Ukrainian Polina Kuzmina and Severomorsk resident Vladimir Grabovetsky to 12 and 14 years in prison in the case of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the press service of the court. According to the security forces, Grabovetsky, “opposing the conduct of the SVO,” figured out how to send donations to the Ukrainian army.

The Chertanovsky District Court of Moscow received a petition for the absentee arrest of the founder of the Revival Church, Vladimir Muntyan, in the case of an “undesirable organization,” Mediazona noted . The hearing, according to the court schedule, was scheduled for this morning. Moreover, information about it appeared retroactively - after the meeting itself. Probably, the application has already been considered, but the result has not yet been written on the card.

In the Voronezh region, two people were detained accused of blowing up a drone on the territory of a military unit, the FSB reported .