The Moscow authorities did not agree on the action of the communists dedicated to the annexation of the Crimea, but with the demand to change the socio-economic course and against the head of government Dmitry Medvedev. on March 17 This was reported by RBC.

Saratov State University professor Vera Afanasyeva was interrogated by an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of an ironic post about Russian education. This was reported on March 14 by the Vzglyad-Info publication. The reason for the interrogation was the material posted on the Internet on January 12, 2017 “ Five reasons why you should not become a professor ”, a pre-investigation check has been launched on it.

The Rostov Regional Court upheld the appeal of journalist Igor Khoroshilov, who disagreed with the decision of the court of first instance that the videos he posted on YouTube discredited the honor, dignity and business reputation of Svetlana Khromova, an employee of the local administration. This was announced on March 16 by the Media Rights Protection Center.

In Voronezh, on March 17, police officers took an explanation from activist Stanislav Yegorov, standing with a poster “Save the black earth from the tandem of swindlers Gordeev and Shishkin” (Aleksey Gordeev is the governor of the Voronezh region, Nikolai Shishkin is the regional prosecutor). The activist told OVD-Info about this. “Two patrol officers suggested that I leave the intersection, allegedly I was obstructing the passage of pedestrians.

In St. Petersburg, at the consulate of the Republic of Belarus, during single pickets of solidarity with the protest action of "non-parasites" on March 17, an activist was detained with a poster "Let Lukashenko go!". This was reported to OVD-Info by eyewitnesses.

The ECtHR communicated the complaint of journalist Irek Murtazin, according to the website of the Memorial Human Rights Center. Murtazin applied to the ECtHR on 15 July 2010. The applicant complained of a violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) and Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

In a number of regions, notifications of anti-corruption rallies, similar to the one that politician Alexei Navalny is planning in Moscow following his investigation into the property of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, are rejected by local authorities. The anti-corruption rally was not approved in Kazan. “They called and jabbered that it wasn’t possible to do it at all three places, then they hung up and didn’t answer again,” his applicant, Elvira Dmitrieva, told Kommersant.

At the Moscow historical mosque, parishioners were detained. This was announced on March 17 by the Public Movement "For the Rights of Muslims". According to the movement, on March 16, the National Guard conducted an “anti-terrorist raid”. People who looked like Muslims were detained near the mosque. They were first put on the bus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then taken to the department, where they took their fingerprints and photographed everyone.

Photo: Denis Zommer The Moscow City Hall denied the United Communist Party to Provide the picket at the Latvian embassy. This was announced on Facebook by a member of the party Daria Mitina. The event was declared as a protest against the procession of former SS legionnaires in Riga. According to the activist, the authorities first refused them in such an event. Despite the refusal, today the party held a series of single pickets at the embassy.

State Duma deputies adopted in the first reading a bill on restricting access to copies of pirated sites on the Internet. about it . writes TASS 414 deputies voted for the bill, three abstained. The document introduces the term “derivative site on the Internet” into the legislation - we are talking about a page that, in terms of content, almost completely repeats another site.

Photo: Alice Donovan Rouse The leader of the regional branch of the Parnas party Vadim Ananin appealed to the Pervomaisky court of Kirov with a request to cancel the decision of the city authorities from 2015. It prohibits organizing rallies, marches and pickets 100 meters from cultural, education, and sports institutions. Without counting on victory in a local court, the activist plans to bring the case to the ECHR. The activist told about this on the air of "Echo of Moscow".

On March 16, the government of the Stavropol Territory refused to approve an application for holding a picket in support of LGBT people. This is reported by the portal "Notebook Stavropol". The government stated that it was impossible to hold the rally in the chosen place due to the repair of pipes responsible for water supply and sewerage. The organizers of the picket intend to appeal against the answer in court. The action was supposed to take place on March 23 on Lenin Square.

Photo: Nikolai Polozov Personal account on Twitter The lawyer Nikolai Polozov is again called to the Office of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Crimea. He reported this on Twitter. Earlier, the lawyer was summoned to the Investigative Committee to testify due to the refusal to testify to his principal, deputy chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ilmi Umarov. It was about attracting under Article 308 of the Criminal Code (a witness refusal to testify).

Police officers in Tomsk demand to finish the meeting of politician Alexei Navalny with volunteers, a bomb is allegedly planted in the building. about this on March 17 on Twitter. wrote Evgeny Feldman Tonight, employees of the Tomsk headquarters for the nomination of Alexei Navalny for the presidency of Russia, Alena Khlestunova and Ksenia Fadeeva, were damaged by unknown people at the entrance doors and the car with mounting foam and paint, and also pierced the wheels.

The State Duma Committee on the Federal Structure and Issues of Local Self-Government recommended that the lower house of parliament adopt a bill equating meetings of deputies with voters to public events. This is reported by the newspaper "Izvestia". According to the publication, representatives of the opposition factions were categorically against the bill, but United Russia supported the idea by a majority vote.