Three cadets of the Kaliningrad boarding school of the Cadet Naval Corps of Andrei the First-Called, transferred to distance learning and threatened with expulsion due to participation in the Tired action, were allowed to attend classes. This was reported on May 5 by Open Russia. “The headmistress was frightened of the resonance and allowed everyone,” said Alexander Orshulevich, the former head of the Baltic Vanguard of Russian Resistance (BARS) movement.

Publicist Rizvan Ibragimov, accused of extremism for publishing books about the chosenness of Chechens, at the hearing on the merits of his case, which began on May 5 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Grozny, reported on the electric shock torture that he and his colleague Abubakar Didiev were subjected to after being abducted in April 2016 in the basement Grozny OP "October". It is reported by "Grani.ru" with reference to Ibragimov's Facebook.

In Novosibirsk, near the building of the Oktyabrsky District Court, the police detained activist Ivan Selin for a solitary picket. This was reported on May 5 by Taiga-Info. According to the publication, he protested against the criminal prosecution of 21-year-old Yevgeny Ryapolov, who is accused of possessing explosives.

The activists of The Other Russia, who applied to the administration of the Kirovsky district of St. Petersburg to hold a flower laying ceremony with unfurled banners and subsequent public performances at the site at the entrance to the Southern Military Cemetery, were denied approval by the administration. This was reported on May 5 by the Political News Agency North-West. The administration replied that this event should be equated with a procession and could not be agreed upon.

Activists from Tomsk, who were going to organize a concert on Novosobornaya Square on May 6, were denied permission to hold an event at this site and were not provided with another place. about this on May 5 Tomsk.ru writes .

The Moscow City Court reduced the administrative arrest of the organizer of the Russian Marches, Yuri Gorsky, who was convicted under Part 8 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the rules for holding rallies and demonstrations). Gorsky himself reported this to OVD-Info.

On May 5, the courts in St. Petersburg began to consider administrative cases against those detained on March 26 and April 29 in an accelerated mode - they refuse all requests to postpone meetings and call witnesses. This was reported to OVD-Info by human rights activist Dinar Idrisov. According to him, the courts no longer call the police who drew up protocols, as they did before, but simply began a mass run of cases with the imposition of fines.

Lawyers for the owner of the premises in which the campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny is located in Moscow demand that the staff of the headquarters vacate the premises. This was announced on Facebook on May 5 by the head of the headquarters, Leonid Volkov. “The owner's lawyers came to the campaign's federal headquarters in Moscow and demanded that we move out tomorrow. It seems to be such a wonderful new AP strategy. Brilliant strategic move. After greenery, ”writes Volkov.

The prefecture of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow refused to agree on an application for a rally on Timiryazevskaya Street against the demolition of houses under the renovation project. this on Facebook on May 5 . announced Yulia Galyamina, the organizer of the rally, According to her, this is not the first time that approval has been denied, and the prefecture does not provide an alternative site.

In St. Petersburg, at the Pionerskaya metro station, unidentified people attacked the anti-war picket “Children are painting the world”, agreed with the authorities, which was organized by members of Open Russia, Democratic Petersburg, the Democratic Choice party, PARNAS and Petersburg Youth Yabloko . about this on Facebook . wrote Andrei Pivovarov, coordinator of Open Russia in St.

Police in Volgograd detained five participants in the procession of entrepreneurs who were heading to the governor of the region Andrei Bocharov with a coffin and a shovel as a symbol of the destruction of small businesses. This is reported by the portal V1.ru. According to him, policemen approached the participants of the convoy and demanded to show their documents, after which the passports were taken away, and the activists were detained. They were taken to police station No.

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In Tyumen, at about 20:00 on May 4, activist Yulia Batalova was detained, who went out with a single picket to the building of the regional Duma, declaring a hunger strike. The policemen demanded to go to police station No. 5, because “a criminal case has been initiated against an unidentified person,” said on Facebook.

In the village of Proletarsky in the Moscow region, the activist of the "Left Bloc" Alexei Yurchuk was approached by policemen with weapons and taken to the police department. This was reported to OVD-Info by human rights activist Eduard Rudyk. According to him, the police said: "It's okay, we'll just talk." They did not explain the reason for the detention. UPD: At Yurchuk's house, an "inspection" was carried out, a tablet and "some boards" were confiscated, Rudyk reports.

In Vladivostok, the coordinator of the campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Sofia Krivtsova, was searched at six in the morning. OMON participated in it, the head of the federal headquarters, Leonid Volkov, said on Facebook. Investigators stated that Kryvtsova is being held as a witness in the case of an attack on a police officer at a rally on March 26 (Article 318 of the Criminal Code).