participants of the “Day of Silence” action brought to police station No. 78 All detained were released. This was reported in the group "Help for detainees in St. Petersburg" in the social network "VKontakte". All were issued protocols on violation of the procedure for holding public events.

In Saratov, during the visit of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the police did not allow the deceived equity holders from the city of Balakovo to hold solo pickets at the Kristall Ice Sports Palace. According to the information agency “Free News. FreeNews-Volga”, one of the four equity holders Petr Shevtsov was detained. He spent three hours at Police Station No. 5, after which he was brought back. He was photographed and fingerprinted at the department.

Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Akhtem Chiygoz was officially charged with organizing mass riots in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. about this writes Lawyer Nikolai Polozov, who represents the interests of Chiygoz, on Facebook. The accused refused to testify.

In St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt during the “Day of Silence” campaign, dedicated to the memory of victims of crimes on homophobic grounds, seven people were detained. The message about this was published in the group “Help Desters in St. Petersburg” on the social network “VKontakte”. The names of the five detainees are known: Andrey Yakovlev, Maria Lakaktian, Zhenya Dodonova, Alexei Zalensky, Victoria Skachkova. Another detainee called John.

In Buryatia, the case on Vladimir Hagdaev, the administrator of the group on the VKontakte social network, dedicated to the ideas of panmongholism - the doctrine of the unity of the Mongols and the revival of their culture and customs. This was reported on the Evrobur user blog in Livejournal. Hagdaeva is suspected of calling for a violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. Currently, the group, like the page of Hagdaev himself in the social network is blocked.

The leader of the Russian Liberation Front "Memory" Vladimir Ratnikov has been charged with inciting hatred. According to Ratnikov himself in a post on the movement’s page on the VKontakte social network, on April 15, he was searched, after which he was informed that the reason for starting a case was the presence in the audio recordings on his page on the same social network of songs that “excite hatred towards the social groups “Caucasians” and “communists”.

Roman Roslovtsev, who was detained on Red Square in a Putin mask with a poster "I'm not afraid of 212.1", was released from the Kitai-Gorod police station. According to the activist, a protocol was drawn up against him on violation of the procedure for holding public events (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), of which art. 212.1 of the Criminal Code, against which he opposed, and adds up. “This is the seventh such protocol in 180 days,” Roslovtsev said.

Kuban activist Daria Polyudova, sentenced to two years in prison for posts on social networks, must appear at No. 10 in Novorossiysk by April 22, where she will serve her sentence. According to information received from her lawyer Andrei Sabinin, the corresponding order from the Federal Penitentiary Service was handed to Polyudova on April 15. This means that Polyudova will serve her sentence relatively close to home (in addition, she lived in Novorossiysk for some time).

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a draft law ordering the courts to consider as evidence in administrative cases "materials of photographic and filming, sound and video recordings." Previously, these materials could be considered as evidence, but their consideration by the administrative courts was not considered mandatory.

Mikhail Romanov, a resident of Vladimir, was sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony for posts on the VKontakte social network.

The prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory found no violations in the administrative case filed against Sochi resident Margarita Markelova, who was found guilty of organizing a gathering of pensioners on January 15, reports Kavkazsky Uzel . On February 19, the court sentenced Markelova to a warning, but Markelova appealed against it. However, she later withdrew the complaint, as the judge warned that she could face a "heavy fine".

The European Court of Human Rights communicated the complaint of Natalya Kostromina, a resident of the city of Syktyvkar, in which she pointed to the widespread practice in our country of using single-seat cells in prison cars (the so-called “glasses”) to transport two prisoners, the Public Verdict Foundation reports.

Ildar Dadin, sentenced to two and a half years of the colony for “repeated violation of the procedure for public events,” was laid on April 14 in pre -trial detention center No. 1 of St. Petersburg, known as “Crosses”. About this writes on Facebook his wife Anastasia Zotova. “According to the deputy chief of the SIZO-4 Timur Fazlov, this means that Ildar will go to one of the colonies of the Leningrad Region,” the Zotova’s entry says. On April 14, Dadin had a birthday.

Activist Roman Roslovtsev was again detained on Red Square - wearing a Vladimir Putin mask and a poster "I'm not afraid of 212.1". He once again protests against the criminal article, which implies liability for "repeated violations" at political rallies.

In Makhachkala, law enforcement officers massively detained local residents going to Friday prayers at a mosque on Hungarian Fighters Street. According to the "Caucasian Knot", even more mass detentions are expected after the end of the prayer. The mosque in the city has a Salafi reputation.