The Central District Court of Sochi has arrested an employee of the local election headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Olesya Khristosenko, for 8 days for an unapproved public event in the form of a photo. This was reported to OVD-Info by the defender of the activist Alexander Popkov. Earlier, Navalny's headquarters volunteer Konstantin Gudimov was given 12 days of administrative arrest for riding a bicycle with a balloon. He went on a hunger strike.

The Razdolnensky District Court of Crimea extended the detention in a pre-trial detention center of pro-Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, who is accused of illegal possession of ammunition. This was reported by Crimea. Realities." Balukh will remain in custody until at least January 16, 2018. According to the activist, the only reason why he is being kept in prison is that he is Ukrainian. Balukh is known for his public pro-Ukrainian position.

Several Orthodox activists protesting against the premiere of the film Matilda were detained near the Oktyabr cinema. It is reported by TASS. Activists of the "Forty Forty" movement came to the cinema, where today the premiere of the film by Alexei Uchitel, which tells about the love of the canonized Tsar Nicholas II and the ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya, is to take place.

The Central District Court of Sochi arrested Konstantin Gudimov, an activist from the local opposition campaign headquarters, for 12 days for riding a bicycle with a Navalny balloon. This is reported in the Movement 14% group on Facebook.

In Moscow, ten equity holders of the Tsaritsyno residential complex, who were detained during a protest action, were released from the police with explanatory notes. Six still remain in the Tverskoy OVD, the OVD-Info hotline was reported. Earlier, the police detained 16 participants in single pickets organized by members of the initiative group of defrauded equity holders of the Tsaritsyno residential complex. They were taken to the Tverskoy police department.

In Moscow, the police detained 16 participants in solitary pickets organized by members of the initiative group of deceived equity holders of the Tsaritsyno residential complex. The detainees reported this to OVD-Info by calling the hotline. The detainees were taken to the Tverskoy police station. In the police reports, Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the law on rallies).

The Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk fined Andrei Izvekov, an activist of the Open Russia movement, 10,000 rubles for laying flowers at the monument to victims of political repression. This was reported on the website of the movement. The court considered that the organized laying of wreaths falls under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding public events).

The Supreme Court of Chuvashia approved the punishment of the activist of the local campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Alexei Mironov. about this Writes "7 × 7" with reference to the Chuvash activist Dmitry Semyonov. He was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for incitement to extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and inciting hatred (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) for posts on the VKontakte social network.

In Norilsk, Alexander Rumyantsev was detained, who was standing in a solo picket near the city administration building. He reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. He was taken to Police Department No. 1. UPD.

In Moscow, activists of the Revolutionary Workers' Party Ivan Morozov and Mikhail Komrakov were detained near the RUDN building for distributing leaflets. This was reported to the OVD-Info hotline. They were taken to the RUDN Department of Internal Affairs.

An administrative protocol was drawn up against politician Dmitry Gudkov on holding an election campaign outside the campaign period. This was reported by RBC with reference to the response of the Moscow City Electoral Committee to the complaint of Alexander Zakuskin, co-founder of the Russia Chooses monitoring project.

The Supreme Court has resumed proceedings in the case of nationalist Daniil Konstantinov. This became known from the lawyer of the International Human Rights Group Agora Dmitry Dinze, who represents the interests of the civil activist. The Chairman of the Supreme Court, Vyacheslav Lebedev, refers to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which on December 20, 2016 awarded Konstantinov compensation in the amount of 2,700 euros due to his long detention.

In Miass, on October 16, a criminal investigation was completed against former lawyer Aidar Kuchukov, accused of inciting national hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code). The criminal case was transferred to the Miass City Court, the SOVA information and analytical center reports .

Supporters of Alexei Navalny once again failed to agree with the executive committee of Kazan on holding a rally with the oppositionist. It is reported by "Idel. Realities". Volunteers from Navalny's campaign headquarters filed five notices of the event.