Emir-Usein Kuku, a representative of the Human Rights Contact Group in the Yalta region, who was detained early this morning, was released after an interrogation that lasted almost a whole day. this on Facebook .

The court, having considered the appeal of the participant of the action in memory of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, Veldar Shukurdzhiev, against the court's decision on corrective labor, sentenced him to a new punishment in the form of a fine of 10,000 rubles. It is reported by "Crimea. Realii” with reference to the activist himself. Veldar Shukurdiev said that he was not satisfied with this decision of the court, and he plans to appeal it.

Human rights activist Sergei Mokhnatkin, convicted for the alleged use of violence against a police officer, went on a hunger strike again. As reported on the website of the movement "For Human Rights" , today Mokhnatkin's lawyer Denis Levin visited his client in SIZO-2 ("Butyrka").

Today, the court found Tomsk activist Leonid Rybakov guilty under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of organizing an uncoordinated rally and fined him 25,000 rubles. This is reported by the News Agency TV-2 . The court session took almost the whole day. Leonid Rybakov, who was detained on Saturday evening near his house, was taken to court from the police department, where he spent almost two days.

The court found Saratov-based journalist and antifa activist Sergei Vilkov guilty under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“Propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations, or other paraphernalia or symbols, the propaganda or public display of which is prohibited by federal laws”) for publication of a cartoon with a swastika on a social network page.

Perm artist Alexander Zhunev, author of graffiti “Gagarin. Crucifixion, ”they plan to forcibly deliver to the prosecutor's office. It is reported by Interfax. “Zhunev will be forcibly taken for questioning on April 22 at 15:00, since he did not show up voluntarily earlier,” said the prosecutor’s office of the Leninsky district of Perm, whose employees are investigating the fact of the appearance of graffiti.

A new criminal case has been initiated against Krasnodar human rights activist Mikhail Savva. It is reported by "Yugopolis" with reference to the law enforcement agencies of the region. A criminal case under Part 2 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud committed by a group of persons by prior agreement) was initiated by the police in early April 2015. Savva is suspected of embezzlement of budgetary funds when receiving payments in the amount of more than 150 thousand rubles.

The Moscow District Military Court sentenced the publicist Boris Stomakhin to three years in prison, taking into account the earlier sentence of the Butyrka court (six and a half years in prison), the publicist received a total of seven years in prison with serving a sentence in a strict regime colony. Stomakhin is also banned from journalism for five years. This is reported by "Frontiers" .

On April 20, the Moscow City Court returned the administrative case of Mark Galperin under the eighth part of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses to the district court for consideration. Galperin's defense previously appealed the decision of the Tverskoy District Court, demanding that the appellate court change the basis for dismissing the case.

Activist of the RPR-Parnas party Natalya Pelevina was interrogated again today by the Investigative Committee. She is suspected of financing the alleged riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. She has not been charged. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to Pelevina’s lawyer Sergei Badamshin. “She remains in the status of a suspect,” Badamshin said.

In the Moscow District Military Court, where the third criminal case against the publicist Boris Stomakhin is being considered, today, during the debate of the parties, prosecutor Andrey Danilov demanded that Stomakhin be sentenced to four years in prison, and taking into account the earlier sentence issued by the Butyrsky court (6.5 years in prison), in total appoint the publicist seven and a half years in prison with a strict regime colony. This is reported by "Frontiers" from the courtroom.

The Moscow City Court today dismissed a complaint by the defense of those accused of repainting the star of the spire of a Stalinist skyscraper on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment in Ukrainian colors. The defense appealed against the decision of the Tagansky District Court, by which the period of house arrest for the defendants was extended until May 20. It is reported by TASS.

As Rosbalt reports , lawyers from the interregional public organization “Committee against Torture” sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights in defense of the famous Chechen human rights activist and public figure Ruslan Kutaev. According to human rights activists, a number of articles of the European Convention were violated in relation to Kutaev, including the prohibition of torture, the right to personal integrity and the right to a fair trial.

Early this morning, a representative of the Human Rights Contact Group in the Yalta region, Emir-Usein Kuku, was detained; at the time of detention, he was going to work. This was reported by "QHA Agency Crimean News" with reference to the representative of the Human Rights Contact Group Mammet Mambetov. According to Mambetov, Emir-Usein Kuku has now been taken home to Yalta, where they are going to conduct a search.

system In Kerch they explained how to hold events “Arguments of the week - Kerch”, April 17 : “According to the press service of the city administration, notification of a public event must be given in writing to the local government no earlier than 15 and no later than 10 days before the day of the event.