In Moscow, on December 22, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the forceful support of the Russian Guard, detained six citizens of Kyrgyzstan and one Russian, allegedly supporters of the Islamic association Tablighi Jamaat. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

On December 22, the Supreme Court of Russia decided to uphold the sentence handed down to Abdunabi Zoidov on September 26 this year. It is reported by RAPSI. Zoidov was found guilty by the Moscow District Military Court of participating in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in the Russian Federation and sentenced to four years and four months in prison to be served in a penal colony.

On December 22, the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of Russia considered the appeal of four Muslims found guilty of participating in the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization banned in Russia. It is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The court decided to uphold the verdict of the Moscow Military District Court.

Detained opposition activist, blogger and artist Alexei Knedlyakovsky was released from the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar. The court hearing in the blogger’s case will take place on December 23 at 10 a.m. Pavel Chikov wrote about this on his Twitter. Earlier it became known that Knedlyakovsky was stopped at the entrance, put in a car and taken to the police department of the Prikubansky district of Krasnodar.

On December 22, the Supreme Court of Crimea considered the appeals of two more participants in the motor rally on the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the deportation of Crimean Tatars, Alim Muslyadinov and Ablyakim Ablyakimov, accused of holding an uncoordinated public event. Lenora Dulber wrote about this on her Facebook page.

On December 20, a court in Voronezh returned the case of Khopra's defenders to the prosecutor's office of the Voronezh region due to lack of evidence. This was reported on the website of the movement in defense of Khopra. During the meeting, the judge announced the decision of the Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Viktor Grin, which states that no signs of extortion were found in the actions of the accused Mikhail Bezmensky.

On December 22, the Crimean Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against a court decision to arrest pro-Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh until January 6, 2017. It is reported by "Crimea. Realities". Volodymyr Balukh is accused of illegal possession of weapons and ammunition. During another search on December 8 in the activist's house, FSB officers found cartridges and dynamite in the attic.

On December 22, the Supreme Court of Crimea refused to satisfy the appeal of the defense of the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Akhtem Chiygoz, against the court’s decision to extend the arrest until April 8, 2017. This is reported by the Information Center for Human Rights.

The Legislative Assembly of the Orenburg Region adopted a bill banning public events in parks, squares, forests, city gardens, near ponds and reservoirs. According to the publication "Global56.ru", the bill was introduced by the governor of the region Yuri Berg. The text of the bill states that these places are intended primarily for tourism and recreation, so rallies and pickets are useless there.

The chairman of the Karelian regional branch of the Memorial Society, one of the founders of the Sandarmokh memorial complex, Yuri Dmitriev, who was arrested for two months on charges of using a minor to produce pornographic materials, was transferred to another pre-trial detention center. Previously, he was kept in pre-trial detention center No.

The administration of the Kirovsky district of Yaroslavl refused to hold a rally on Sovetskaya Square because of the preparations for the New Year. The rally was planned to be held in support of the repair of the Krasnoperekopsky bridge, reports . the 76.ru website We were offered an alternative site on Labor Square.

The central district court of Novosibirsk denied the organizers of the action against the increase in housing and communal services tariffs to satisfy the complaint against the city authorities, who refused to hold the event on Lenin Square, . Sibkrai reports The mayor's office demanded that the rally be moved to a less crowded place - the Gorodskoye Nachalo park on the Ob embankment.

The Moscow Regional Court considered the complaints of two activists of the Association of Carriers of Russia (OPR), Sergei Rudametkin and Mikhail Kurbatov, in the absence of their lawyer Denis Shedov. The decisions of the Khimki City Court on November 12 on fines (one thousand rubles each) for the action on November 11 on the occasion of the anniversary of the protests against the Platon system were left unchanged.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Babushkinsky District Court to fine the defender of the Torfyanka Park, Vadim Ozhogin. Ozhogin was detained on November 27 in the park along with two other activists. He and Mikhail Barbotkin were kept for two nights in the Severnoye Medvedkovo police station.

The Supreme Court reduced by two months the term of imprisonment for schoolboy Kirill Banetsky, who was previously sentenced to six and a half years in prison for inciting extremism and membership in the Right Sector. It is reported by RIA Novosti. According to the prosecution, before April 2015, Banetsky posted three materials on the Internet with calls for extremist activity. The lawyer noted that this was done when his client had not yet reached the age of majority.