Deputies of the lower house of parliament almost unanimously (with only two votes against) adopted in the third reading amendments to the law on the FSB, which, in particular, explain in detail in which cases the Federal Security Service can use weapons. Previously, the law contained a brief article 14 (“Use of weapons, special means and physical force”) of two lines with a small one. Now its text has been significantly expanded, and in addition, articles 14.1 - 14.5 have been added.

Kuban environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko was released from colony-settlement No. 2 of the Tambov region. This was reported on Twitter by the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus, whose activists met Vitishko at the exit from the colony. Earlier, the Tambov Regional Court approved the decision of the court of first instance to replace Vitishko's remaining term in the colony with restriction of liberty. He will spend the rest of his term at home, in Tuapse.

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, represented by judge Aleksey Kaveshnikov, sentenced Ivan Nepomnyashchikh to two and a half years in prison, accused of participating in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and of using violence against two policemen. The court took into account extenuating circumstances (the illness of Nepomniachtchi himself and his relatives) and sentenced him to a shorter term than is due for the crimes imputed to him.

As part of the Yukos case, initiated in 2003 in the wake of the events of the early 1990s, searches are being carried out at the office of the Open Russia organization founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Moscow and at the office of the St. Petersburg branch of the PARNAS party, whose members also cooperate with Open Russia. Earlier it was reported about searches at some of them.

The Tambov regional court upheld the Kirsanovsky regional court, which decided to replace the remainder of the term of stay of the Kuban ecologist Evgeniy Vitishko with restriction of freedom. Previously, the prosecutor's office appealed the decision of the Kirsanovsky court, this happened the day before Vitishko was supposed to be released. decision of the colony-settlement The ecologist is expected to be released on December 22.

The court in Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region) fined the organizer of the rally against infill development Ruslan Magamurov ten thousand rubles. A rally against building between houses on Michurin Street 2 and 2a was held on November 14, the police detained 20 participants and drew up protocols for ten. The court considered that Magamurov held the event in violation of the approval procedure, reports the online publication "Charter".

Employees of the Open Russia organization founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky are being searched. This was reported on the organization's Twitter. It also mentions a search at the home of Khodorkovsky's press secretary, Olga (Külle) Pispanen. A discussion on Twitter by lawyer Sergei Badamshin refers to eight searches “in the Khodorkovsky case.” the search in her own apartment on Twitter. announced Natalya Gryaznevich, coordinator of Open Russia in St.