The Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya asks the Investigative Committee to initiate a criminal case on inciting hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against video blogger Ilya Davydov (Maddyson) for a rude sketch about the Koran. An application was sent to the court to recognize the video with a joke as extremist material. This was reported on February 3 by Mediazona.

On February 3, the Moscow City Court did not satisfy the complaint of journalist Alexander Sokolov about the extension of detention for six months and the refusal of the court of first instance to return the criminal case to the prosecutor's office. Similar complaints were filed by others prosecuted in the case against the Initiative Group for the Referendum "For Responsible Power" Yuri Mukhin, Kirill Barabash and Valery Parfyonov, the journalist's lawyer Alexei Chernyshev said.

One of the organizers of the “For Family Values” rally, Alexandra Voskresenskaya, reported on Facebook on February 2 that the event had not been approved for the second time . According to Voskresenskaya, an employee of the park administration, who did not want to give his name, told her by phone that the rally would be refused. “I submitted an application in electronic form and it turns out that, in accordance with the regulations, it must also be submitted in writing.

Vadim Siruk, a person involved in the Yalta "case of Hizb ut-Tahrir", was extended by the court for two months, until April 8. This was reported on February 3 by the portal “Crimea. Realities". According to Siruk's wife, Anna Bogacheva, the defense asked to change the preventive measure to a milder one. Because being in a pre-trial detention center is the toughest option. There is no evidence that Vadim can hide from the investigation or destroy evidence.

In Chita, on the morning of February 3, two participants in pickets against the introduction of a need criterion for beneficiaries were arrested and filed protocols on administrative offenses. This is reported by the publication "Chita.ru". Administrative cases were brought against the first secretary of the Chita City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Roman Berg, as well as an activist of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Roman Anuriev.

At a meeting of the Leninsky District Court of Kirov, where today, February 3, the parties are arguing in the Kirovles case, the prosecutor asked the defendants Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov to be sentenced to five and four years of probation, respectively. Navalny wrote about this on Twitter. In addition, the public prosecutor asked the court to fine both defendants 500,000 rubles.

The judge of the Razdolnensky District Court in Crimea, Oleksandr Abyashev, on February 3, decided to extend the detention of pro-Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh for a month, until March 4. This was reported by the Crimean Human Rights Group. Earlier , information appeared that Balukh was subjected to violence in a pre-trial detention center. Also in custody, Vladimir Balukh's state of health worsened, back pain intensified, chronic bronchitis worsened, he needs medical care.

On February 3, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow recognized as legal the transfer of Ildar Dadin, sentenced to two and a half years in prison on charges of “repeated” violations of the established procedure for holding public events, from a Karelian correctional colony to an Altai one. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta with reference to the lawyer Nikolai Zabroshenko. On January 17, Ildar Dadin appealed in court against the decision to transfer him from correctional colony No.

On February 2, United Russia deputy from Moscow Irina Belykh submitted a bill to the State Duma on equating meetings of deputies of any level, from local councils to the State Duma, with voters to rallies. It is reported by RBC. According to Belykh, such meetings should not take place without prior agreement.

On February 3, police officers detained five members of the city committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation who were holding solo pickets in front of the administration building of the Trans-Baikal Territory in Chita. This is reported by the publication "Zabmedia" with reference to the head of the department of agitation and propaganda of the regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Svetlana Skubyeva.

Activist Yevgeny Antokhin was detained in the Moscow region on the night of February 3. this He announced on Facebook. Sergei Ozhich, who called the hotline, explained that Antokhin had made a remark to traffic police officers that their car was violating traffic rules. Together with the traffic police officers, there was also the OMON. Antokhin was taken to the Kommunarsky police department under the pretext that he had crossed the road in the wrong place. At the moment he is there.