May 19–23 Chairman of the Human Rights Center "Memorial" Alexander Cherkasov in the Zamoskvoretsky court on May 23, 2014 /Photo: Yuri Martyanov /Kommersant May 20, Tuesday The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill providing for criminal liability, up to five years in prison for participating in protests. The document proposed by the deputy Sidyakin enters in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation Art. 212.

On May 23, investigators came with searches for candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma Konstantin Yankauskas and Nikolai Lyaskin and businessman Vladimir Ashurkov, who left Russia. They are suspected of embezzlement of money transferred by voters to the ex-candidate campaign for the mayor of Moscow Alexei Navalny. In addition, the search was held in the Moscow office of Yandex.

The court recognized the prosecutor's office to register the human rights center "Memorial" as a foreign agent What losses suffered NGOs and what citizens lost as a result of a one and a half years of war with the "agents" - the New Times sorted out The people and the prosecutor's office are one. A picket against "foreign agents" at the Office of the Voice Association.

Investigative actions are carried out as part of a criminal case of fraud in the elections of the Moscow Mayor in 2013 On May 23, with a search, they came to three supporters of Alexei Navalny. In addition, the search was held in the Moscow office of Yandex. Money" Investigators came with searches for the municipal deputy Konstantin Yankauskas and entrepreneurs Nikolai Lyaskin and Vladimir Ashurkov.