from the hospital by the police the day before The secretary of the Stavropol branch of the Communists of Russia party, Mikhail Abrahamyan, who was taken away in an unknown direction, is in the TDF of the Stavropol Internal Affairs Directorate at 41 Lenina Street. told Lawyer Nikolai Fedotov the Caucasian Knot about this on April 16. Earlier, Abrahamyan's fellow party members called all police departments in the city to no avail.

The examination found in the leaflets seized on April 16 during a search in the Moscow office of the Open Russia movement, “signs containing calls for extremist activity”, the TASS agency, citing an unnamed source in law enforcement agencies. There was no official confirmation of this information at the time of writing.

The need for a search in the Moscow office of Open Russia was explained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs with information received by the department about the preparation and storage of banners and leaflets in the premises with calls for extremist activity, which, presumably, could be intended for distribution to a "possible opposition rally on April 19 " . This was reported to TASS in the press service of the ministry.

The head of the RPR-Parnas party unit in the Altai Republic, Sergei Mikhailov, who arrived from Gorno-Altaisk in Moscow for a meeting of the party’s political council, was detained at Moscow Domodedovo airport. This was reported by the publication “Listok” founded by him. According to the publication, in order to identify Mikhailov, police officers checked the passports of all men who arrived on the same flight.

On April 16, the Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Anna Lepeshkina, Yevgenia Korotkova, Alexander Pogrebov, Alexei Shirokozhukhov and Vladimir Podrezov as political prisoners, accused of vandalism and hooliganism in the case of repainting a star on a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in Moscow in the colors of the Ukrainian flag and being held in custody since August 2014.

Crimean Tatar Ali Asanov, who was detained the night before in the village of Urozhaynoye, Soviet District of Crimea, was taken to Bakhchisarai, and on April 16 he was taken for interrogation to Simferopol, reports . the Crimean Field Mission The detention took place as part of an investigation into the clashes in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. However, now Asanov "is trying to accuse him of killing two people, " Krym .

The office of Open Russia in Moscow came with a search. According to the testimonies of employees, law enforcement officers behave politely, they intend to seize computers and laptops, but they do not give calls. At the same time, an online broadcast of what is happening is available on the organization’s website. An NTV film crew is on duty at the office, after negotiations with the police, lawyer Sergei Badamshin was able to enter.

Ali Akhmedovich Asanov, a resident of the village of Urozhaynoye in the Soviet district of Crimea, was taken away for questioning at about 9 p.m. in connection with the clashes in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. about this Member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Abmedzhit Suleymanov wrote on the evening of April 15 on his Facebook page.

In Simferopol, two students who tried to shoot a video in support of the Crimean Tatar television channel ATR were fined 10 thousand rubles. This was written on April 15, Alexei Efremov, who initiated the creation of the video. The case under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established procedure for conducting a public event) was considered by the commission for minors.

The police stopped the rally “against the lawlessness of the local authorities”, which took place on the afternoon of April 15 on Nakhimov Square in Sevastopol, and drew up reports of an administrative offense against its alleged organizers. This is reported by the publication "Crimea. Realities". The “Defend Sevastopol” movement, which organized the rally, claims that the local authorities were notified about the event, and on the eve of the rally they suddenly refused to coordinate it.

On April 15, the Vyborg City Court of the Leningrad Region granted an application for parole for anarchist Denis Levkin. about this with reference to the lawyer Gleb Lavrentev, who represents the interests of the convict. writes Fontanka The lawyer expects that Levkin will be released on April 27-28 after all the necessary documents are transferred to the pre-trial detention center, writes .