On the morning of April 13, oppositionist Vyacheslav Maltsev was detained in his apartment in Saratov, Interfax reports . Maltsev also broadcast on Periscope the moment when operatives broke into the door of his apartment with a grinder saw. His internet was cut off immediately before the search.

Statement by Novaya Gazeta in connection with open threats made to the editorial office: “On April 1, Novaya Gazeta reported on the mass detentions and torture of residents of Chechnya suspected of having a non-traditional sexual orientation. We know the names of the three dead, and we also know that there are many more people killed. Extrajudicial killings, the so-called "honor killings", are also carried out by the relatives of the victims ...