In Tver on March 16 at 16:40 an activist of the Moscow branch of the Progress Party Anatoly Semyonov was detained. He told OVD-Info that he stood with a single picket in front of the city administration building, observing the distance required by law and not interfering with the movement of citizens and cars. The policemen, he said, did not introduce themselves and did not show badges. Semyonov was taken to the Central Police Department.

Musicians Oleg Mokryakov and Nikolai Glotov, who were detained at the Novokuznetskaya metro station, were released from the Yakimanka police station. As with Andrei Lomonosov, who had been released earlier, protocols were drawn up against them for drinking alcohol in the wrong place.

Kursk communist activist Sergei Lavrov was charged under an article on calls for extremist activities. As Kuban activist Daria Polyudova told OVD-Info, these calls are considered to be a repost of her entry “Putin! Responsible for terrorist attacks and explosions” (this entry also appears in the case of Polyudova herself, according to which she was sentenced to two years in a colony-settlement; an appeal is expected to be considered on March 23).

The musicians detained at the Novokuznetskaya metro station are being let out of the Yakimanka police department. Andrey Lomonosov has already been released. According to another detainee, Oleg Mokryakov, protocols for drinking alcohol are drawn up for everyone (apparently, Article 20.20 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Lomonosov was given a receipt for payment of the fine.

On March 17, the Rostov Regional Court upheld the conviction of the Taganrog City Court against sixteen members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. This is reported by the website of the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". All of them were found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization, four of them were also found guilty of involving minors in the commission of a crime.

Activist Roman Roslovtsev, who was detained in the Alexander Garden for wearing a Putin mask, was charged with petty hooliganism. According to the police, it was expressed in the fact that he, wearing a Putin mask, waved his arms, spoke loudly and interfered with the passage of citizens. According to Roslovtsev, when he was detained, he was sitting on a bench and talking to people. Roslovtsev was given a receipt for payment of a fine of 500 rubles.

Musicians Oleg Mokryakov, Andrei Lomonosov and Nikolai Glotov were detained near the Novokuznetskaya metro station. Mokryakov told OVD-Info that they were going to play near the metro. In addition, they had to be photographed for advertising. A police captain approached them and demanded to leave. To Mokryakov’s objections, he said: “You are drunk, so leave.” After Mokryakov asked him to introduce himself, the captain called for help, and the musicians were detained.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow extended until June 21 the arrest period for Valery Parfenov and journalist Alexander Sokolov, accused of organizing the activities of a banned organization. Lawyer Olga Dinze, who represents Sokolov’s interests, spoke about this. OVD-InfoSokolov and Parfenov are members of the Initiative Group for the Preparation of the Referendum “For Responsible Power” (IGPR “ZOV”).

Activist Roman Roslovtsev was detained in the Alexander Garden. According to him, he did not hold any action there, did not stand with a poster, but simply walked around in a Putin mask. When he sat down on a bench, two policemen approached him and said that he needed to go with them to the Kitai-Gorod police station, where they took him in a car.

On March 18, in correctional colony No. 6 of the Bryansk region, an off-site meeting of the Klintsovsky City Court was held, which was supposed to decide whether to grant Sergey Krivov, a prisoner convicted in the Bolotnaya case, sitting in this colony, parole. However, the case did not reach the consideration of the issue on the merits.

Vyacheslav Yegorov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Regionalniye Vesti — Podmoskovye, wrote on Facebook that he had been searched in the morning, and his laptop and tablet were confiscated. The search was carried out by FSB officers. The case was opened under Article 280.1 (calls for separatism), the journalist's laptop and iPhone were confiscated. “In words, the opera was explained that Art.

Yury Izotov, a student of mathematics and mechanics at the Ural Federal University, challenged in court his detention on May 11, 2015 as a participant in a solitary picket in support of Nadezhda Savchenko in the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. His case was sent to the court of first instance. When it will be considered there is still unknown.

In Kaliningrad, unknown people attacked local deputy Igor Rudnikov with a knife. He also publishes the New Wheels newspaper, which highlights corruption stories. According to an employee of the Solyanka cafe, at the entrance to which the attack was made, Igor Rudnikov often dine in this cafe. Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the deputy went to Solyanka. The attackers were waiting for him at the exit.

In response to an application to hold a rally at the monument to Lenin in Sochi, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation received from the mayor's office a proposal to hold a joint meeting with the head of the city on the situation in housing and communal services and solving the housing problems of those on the waiting list. Members of the Communist Party intend to appeal the refusal.

order on Tonight, the people's memorial was once again removed from the scene of the murder of Boris Nemtsov, and two night duty officers, Ilya Povyshev and Andrey "Darklight", were taken to the Kitay-Gorod police station, where they were asked to explain about some anonymous call about a violation of bridge. Activists associate another “cleansing operation” with a rally planned today near the walls of the Kremlin, dedicated to the annexation of Crimea to Russia.