Those detained on Red Square are gradually being released from the Kitay-Gorod police station. Of the ten detainees, four currently remain in the department: Irina Yatsenko, Sergei Ozhich, Oleg Elanchik and Ildar Dadin. Protocols were drawn up for those who left the department under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences, the same protocols have already been drawn up against Yatsenko and another one of the detainees. Activists were detained for reading the Constitution.

The Leninsky District Court in Cheboksary today sentenced activist Vyacheslav Rybakov to 40 hours of compulsory labor. According to the court, he violated Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established procedure by a participant in a public event). This was reported by the portal “Idel. Realities." Rybakov told Idel. Realities” that he was brought to justice for a picket in support of activist Elena Blinova on April 13.

Defender Alla Frolova is not allowed to see the activists detained on Red Square for reading the constitution. Frolova reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The defender said that a police officer came out to her from the station and said that he would let her see the detainees if they wanted her to protect them. The police officer told the detainees that the police department did not have any defenders. In addition, force may be used against one of the detainees, Irina Yatsenko.

The federal coordinator of the Vesna movement is accused of propagandizing/publicly displaying paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations because of the repost of The Daily Show video “How Chechen girls cheated ISIS militants.” this Kochkin himself announced on his Twitter. Kochkin received a letter saying that, at the request of the district police officer, he needed to appear at the department. There, a protocol was drawn up against him under Art.

Several activists were detained on Red Square for reading the constitution. Among the detainees: Irina Yatsenko, Sergei Ozhich, Ildar Dadin, Vera Makarova and Oleg Elanchik. Some of the activists were led on foot towards the police station, and some towards the museum. UPD: Elena Zakharova, Sasha Korotkova, Lyudmila Rumega, Yulia Uspenskaya were also detained. Ildar Dadin and Sergei Ozhich were taken to the police station by bus, the rest of the activists were taken on foot.

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The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow postponed the hearing of the case of Yuri Kuliy, accused of using violence against a police officer during an anti-corruption rally in Moscow on March 26, to 12 noon on May 18. Mediazona writes about this. The postponement is due to the fact that the accused and the lawyer were not notified of the date of the hearing in time.

The Leninsky District Court fined a resident of Orenburg 10,000 rubles, finding him guilty of participating in an uncoordinated picket. It is reported by "Echo of Moscow in Orenburg". On April 2, the police detained seven people, believing that they were carrying out an uncoordinated rally. The detainees themselves claim that they simply took pictures with a flag on which was written “11/5/2017 Orenburg”.

The Petrozavodsk City Court extended the term of detention for 6 months to the head of the Karelian branch of the human rights center "Memorial" Yury Dmitriev. It is reported by TASS. He is accused of making pornographic photographs with the participation of a minor - his adopted daughter. A preliminary hearing in the case has been set for May 17. It will take place behind closed doors.

Two participants of the anti-corruption rally on March 26, who were ordered to report to the police on the morning of May 12, were subject to administrative protocols. It is reported by the news agency Svobodnye Novosti. 17-year-old student Pavel Kuznetsov is charged with organizing a rally (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). A protocol was drawn up against activist Dalimir Vidmanov under Part 5 of Art.

Photo: Olga chiseled with a poster at a rally against corruption The Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan satisfied the appeal of lawyers and terminated the proceedings in the case of Olga Crack, one of the participants in the anti -corruption rally on March 26. This was told by the OVD-Info by lawyer Shamil Magomedov. Earlier, the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala accused the accurate of violation of part 6.1 of Art.

In Ukhta, on May 11, police officers came to work to the organizer of the anti-corruption picket, which took place on March 26, Oksana Kharinova. Her colleagues told about this activist, writes "7×7". A few days ago, a man called Kharinova and, introducing himself as a police officer, asked her to come to the department. The activist replied that she would come only after receiving an official summons. After that, she called several more times.

Two participants in an anti-corruption walk on March 26 in Saratov were summoned to the police, reports . Svobodnye Novosti news agency Activist Dalimir Vidmanov, who was arrested on March 27 for four days after an anti-corruption rally, told the publication that police officers came to his house on May 11.

In Sochi, the apartment of Alexei Navalny's supporter Vyacheslav Krivonosenko was searched, reports . the "Caucasian Knot" The eyewitness confirmed to the publication that armed men in masks came to the activist's house. According to the neighbor, the search was carried out by 10-12 people. Krivonosenko said that he was not at home at the time of the search. “My mother and I were visiting with an overnight stay. Our relative, who came from another city, stayed at home.

The Traktorozavodsky District Court sentenced a resident of Chelyabinsk to three years of probation for reposting videos of a nationalist and extremist nature on social networks. This writes "Moskovsky Komsomolets". FSB officers established that since 2014, the Chelyabinsk citizen “purposefully collected video materials prohibited by law” and reposted them on his VKontakte page. The court found him guilty under part 1 of article 280 (Public calls for extremist activity) and part 1.