In the Kuskovo park in Moscow, allegedly seven activists were detained (including park guide Olga Belyakova and Olga Kashtanova). According to the initial information received by OVD-Info, all of them were on duty at the camp, who were watching and trying to prevent special equipment for cutting down trees. However, later it became known that there was no camp as such in the park, people were detained on the footpath before the felling began.

On December 28, the Sovetsky District Court of Orel found not guilty pensioner Andrei Nevrov, who walked through the streets of the city, carrying a coffin on his shoulder (this was an action against the regional governor Vadim Potomsky). Nevrov was accused of violating the law on freedom of conscience, religion and religious associations. This was reported on the website of the court.

On December 28, it became known that the investigation of a criminal case against four residents of Nizhnevartovsk (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug), who are accused of participating in the Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia, was completed. This is reported by the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.

The Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St. Petersburg demanded that the Communist Party of the Russian Federation pay an administrative fine of 500 thousand rubles for restricting traffic during the agreed march on November 7 . about this Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes on December 28, citing the head of the St. Petersburg branch of the party, Olga Khodunova.

On December 28, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow, at a preliminary hearing in the case of Maxim Panfilov, a defendant in the Bolotnaya case, extended his arrest until June 14, 2017. RIA Novosti reported this with reference to its own correspondent. The consideration of the case on its merits will begin on January 18.

Participants in a series of pickets for women's rights, which took place on December 18 in Stavropol, were charged with organizing an uncoordinated action. This was announced on Facebook by lawyer Kirill Bobro. According to him , the hearing of the cases, which was supposed to take place on December 28 in the Leninsky District Court of Stavropol, was postponed at the request of the defense due to the employment of the lawyer and the failure to provide case materials.

On December 28, the Supreme Court of Chuvashia upheld the sentence against 62-year-old security guard at an asphalt concrete plant, Nikolai Yegorov, for inciting hatred on the basis of nationality (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code). This was announced by lawyer Yevgeny Gubin.

The young resident Perm was accused of public demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) after he laid out a photo of the book cover he had taken on the social network. This is told by the site "Star". According to the publication, in the Perm Territory of three dozen such cases, there was not a single acquittal.

The Moscow City Duma at a plenary session on December 28 adopted a law requiring the coordination of events taking place in the format of meetings of deputies with voters. This is reported by the agency "Moscow". According to information about the bill, published on the website of the Moscow City Duma, the amendments were considered in a week.

On December 28, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic upheld the sentence of journalist Zhalaudi Geriev. This is reported by "Caucasian Knot". The journalist's lawyers said they consider the sentence illegal and intend to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). According to the investigation, on April 16, 2016, Geriev went to the outskirts of the village of Kurchaloy to use marijuana, where he was detained.

Igor Klochkov during the picket at the Prosecutor General. Photo: Denis Styazhkin The Center for Combating Extremism of the GUMVD of Russia in Moscow appealed to the Tver District Court with a motion to transfer materials from administrative case under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses in relation to the picket participant in support of Ildar Dadin Igor Klochkov to initiate criminal proceedings on a “repeated” violation of the rules of public events.

Kuban activist Viktor Chirikov, who went on a hunger strike, was arrested for 15 days on charges of petty hooliganism, and an ambulance was called to special detention center No. 1 at 110 Sadovaya Street in Krasnodar. This was reported on December 28 by “Voice of Kuban”. According to the publication, during a telephone conversation with a member of the “Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus” Dmitry Shevchenko, Chirikov said that there were 11 people in his 11-meter cell.