In Tver, a court sentenced a 27-year-old local resident to 1 year and 7 months of imprisonment on probation, finding him guilty of publishing xenophobic materials and materials against law enforcement officers, veterans, and members of the Russian Orthodox Church on a social network (inciting national hatred and hatred towards representatives of certain social groups ( Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code), reported on February 16.

On February 16, the Moscow Mayor's Office rejected the route proposed by the organizers of the March in memory of Boris Nemtsov from Slavyanskaya Square along Kitaigorodsky Proyezd and Moskvoretskaya Embankment across the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge (the site of the politician's assassination). It is reported by TASS.

The Presidium of the Supreme Court will consider the petition of the defense to cancel the sentence and release Ildar Dadin on February 22 at 10 am. The petition was filed on February 13 on the basis of the position of the Constitutional Court that “judicial acts issued against Ildar Dadin are subject to review”, since a criminal case against Dadin could not be initiated, since two decisions on administrative offenses did not enter into force at that time , clarifies February 16 "Novaya Gazeta".

In Simferopol, on Karl Liebknecht Street, on February 16, a film crew of the Ukrainian STB channel was detained. this on Facebook . reported Journalist Alena Lunkova Police officers checked the journalists' documents for several hours. However, in the end, they released him with a wish of good luck and a request not to violate the laws. “The guys filmed on the street. Near Medvedev's waiting room. Wrote synchros of people.

In Yoshkar-Ola, one of the single pickets of the initiative group of long-term construction interest holders was checked for extremism at the request of the developer. This was reported on February 16 by the 7 × 7 portal. Shareholders said that after a series of single pickets held on December 12, 2016, Dmitry Syusin, director of the construction company Trust 21 Volgovyatskspetsobektstroy, wrote statements to law enforcement agencies.

On February 16, it became known that a criminal case was opened against the leader of the protest of farmers in the Krasnodar Territory and a participant in the "tractor march" Alexei Volchenko (Article 291 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by "Caucasian Knot". On February 15, Volchenko was detained by the Investigative Committee. The criminal case under the article was initiated at 1 am, and at 3 o'clock a search began in the house of Volchenko's sister and mother.