Detained on the evening of April 12 on Red Square, participants in the reading of the Constitution were released from the Kitai-Gorod police department after a conversation. No charges were brought against the activists. Vera Makarova reported this to OVD-Info by phone.

On March 26, according to OVD-Info, 1,043 people were detained in the center of Moscow. To date, about 300 court hearings have already taken place. On April 12, 33 sessions were held in the Tverskoy District Court, all of them were held under Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing).

On April 12, activists were detained on Red Square in Moscow during the readings of the Constitution of Russia. Seven people were detained, they were delivered to the China-Gorod police department. Among them: Sergey Lamishev, Sergey Rudych, Boris Zheliko, Oleg Elanchik, Igor Klochkov, Evgeny Mishchenko, Badma Baltkaev.

On April 11, the Pskov City Court sent the head of the Pskov City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Mikhailov, to 20 hours of compulsory work, he was accused of violating the procedure for organizing a motor rally (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This writes the Pskov news feed. The rally traditionally took place on February 23: We just congratulated the residents of Pskov on the holiday.

The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) asked the court to oblige politician Alexei Navalny to refrain from committing administrative offenses, reports on April 11. TASS The Federal Penitentiary Service commented that the reason for submitting the appeal was another administrative arrest of Navalny for 15 days for disobedience to law enforcement officers during a protest in the center of Moscow on March 26.

A criminal case has been opened against an activist from Penza, Alexei Volkov, under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity on the basis of nationality). Volkov told OVD-Info about this by phone. On March 1, the police took Volkov to the police station in Penza, where they reported on the criminal case against him. According to the activist, law enforcement officers have been following his page on the VKontakte social network for about a year.

Several participants of the agreed “Anti-Crisis Rally” held on April 8 in Moscow were handed summons to appear for interrogation as a witness. On April 12, after the interrogation, Yury Gorsky told OVD-Info that they had taken a non-disclosure agreement from him. On April 13, Roman Kovalev was summoned for interrogation, and on April 14, Dmitry Stepanov. Oleg Elanchik refused to take the summons and demanded that it be sent by mail.

The Leninsky District Court of Vladimir began considering an administrative case against activist Anton Komin, against whom the police drew up a protocol under Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding a public event). This was reported on April 12 on the Zebra-TV website.

Activists Viktor Chirikov and Aleksey Knedlyakovsky, who in December 2016 attached a wooden cross to the monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with complaints about the violation of their rights. about this with reference to activists.

Police officers delivered the Coordinator of Open Russia in Tatarstan Ilya Novikov to the Vishnevsky police department, where they drew up a protocol for violating the established procedure for holding a picket (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The action was agreed. About this writes "Idel. Realities ". On April 8, an art picket of Open Russia was held in Kazan, during which the participants in ironic form supported the policy of the President of Russia.

In Magnitogorsk, the Pravoberezhny District Court on April 11 sentenced local resident Kristina Lebzak to 24 hours of community service. The activist was accused of violating the procedure for organizing a march against corruption on March 26 (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The authors of the new amendments to the federal law "On Police" Vasily Piskarev and Ernest Valeev withdrew their bill. It is reported by "Kommersant". Piskarev stated that "the bill was withdrawn by the authors and sent for further discussion to the faction and the expert council of the United Russia faction." Both authors are members of United Russia.

On April 12, the Kuibyshevsky District Court of Irkutsk fined the regional coordinator of the Association of Carriers of Russia, Sergei Khmelev, 10 thousand rubles. The court found the activist guilty of participating in an unapproved rally (Part 5, Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). “Arguments and Facts” write about this in Irkutsk.

Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are establishing the whereabouts of Mikhail Khodorkovsky for his extradition to Russia. This was announced by the official representative of the department Svetlana Petrenko. Khodorkovsky is wanted “on charges of committing particularly serious crimes related to the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk Vladimir Petukhov and the attempted murder of the manager of the East Petroleum Handelsgez m.b. X“ Evgeny Rybina.

The Soviet District Court of the city of Lipetsk terminated the proceedings under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (propaganda or demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia) in relation to the activist of the Russian United National Alliance (RONA) Maxim Tsurashenko. This was reported to OVD-Info by the leader of the RONA, Oleg Filatchev, who spoke in court as a public defender of Tsurashenko.