The leader of the Association of Carriers of Russia (OPR), Andrei Bazhutin, who was serving 15 days of administrative arrest, was not released from the special detention center on Zakharyevskaya Street and was taken away in a police car. This was announced by OPR coordinator Anatoly Shilov. OVD-Info December 12, Bazhutin court sentenced to 15 days for driving without a license.

In Moscow, Yevgeny Makarov, the organizer of a picket in support of political prisoners, was detained, which is now taking place at the monument to the victims of political repressions at the intersection of Sakharov Avenue and the Garden Ring. OVD-Info was informed about this by activist Sergei Ozhich. According to Ozic, the reason for Makarov's detention is unknown. They go to the Krasnoselsky police department. Sergei Ozhych and Vera Makarova accompany Yevgeny as human rights activists.

On December 26, the Memorial Human Rights Center sent seven complaints from participants in the anti-corruption action on March 26 to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Olga Karamysheva, Ivan Karamyshev, Nikita Kanunnikov, Evgeny Arkhipov, Elena Miklasheskaya, Vladimir Avaev and Roman Bakhtiarov sent their complaints. All of them were detained during an action against corruption on March 26 in Moscow.

Elena Askerova, the prosecutor of Petrozavodsk, suggested that the chairman of the Karelian "Memorial" Yury Dmitriev "has deviations of a sexual nature" and asked him to appoint an inpatient psychiatric examination. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. Dmitriev had already undergone an outpatient psychiatric examination during the preliminary investigation. Doctors did not find any abnormalities in the historian.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow extended until February 5, 2018 the arrest of Vyacheslav Shatrovsky, a resident of the city of Sharya (Kostroma Region), who was detained on November 5 on Pushkinskaya Square during a rally by supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev. The case was opened for “using violence against a representative of the authorities” (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). During his arrest, Shatrovsky received an open one.

In Moscow, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a letter to a printing house demanding that they report orders for the printing of materials that “discredit” government officials or are of a “propaganda nature”. A photo of such a letter was published on Twitter by designer Alena Salmanova.

The coordinator of Navalny's election headquarters in Orenburg, Natalya Trubacheva, was summoned for questioning in a criminal case as a witness. This was reported by Rosbalt with reference to the activist. Trubacheva received a summons, in accordance with which she must appear at the Orenburg Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee. According to Trubacheva, she knows nothing about this criminal case: There's not even a guess.

In the Navalny Team | Stavropol group, they write that people in civilian clothes came to the premises of the election headquarters of Alexei Navalny, who introduced themselves as law enforcement officers. They expelled the staff member from the building and stayed in the room with coordinator Ivan Tansky. There is no connection with Tansky.

On December 25, the Yalta City Court sentenced Ukrainian activist Larisa Kitaiskaya to two years on probation for texts on social networks. According to the investigation, she distributed “Russophobic” posts on the Internet. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii” with reference to the Crimean Human Rights Group.

A re-examination of photographs of the adopted daughter of the historian Yuri Dmitriev established that the photographs were taken to control the physical development of the child and do not carry the purpose of making pornography. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. Photos of Dmitriev's adopted daughter in the nude, found on his computer, became the basis for accusing him of making pornographic materials with the participation of a minor.

The Simferopol District Court fined another participant in one-man pickets against the persecution of Crimean Tatars, Rustem Emirsuinov, 10,000 rubles. about it Writes "Crimea. Realities". On October 14, activists of the Crimean Tatar national movement staged individual pickets in different regions of Crimea with a general demand to stop the repressions against the Crimean Tatars. At least 37 people were detained.

Employee of the E -E Center threatens a participant in the protest of truckers against the Plato system Alexei Borisov by a criminal case under the Dadinsky Article for repeated violations of the rallies law (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). Borisov told about this by the OVD-info by phone. At the address of Borisov’s registration, the second telegram came already with the requirements to appear in the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Stroitelov Street.

The Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow has extended for another six months the term of house arrest for activist Mark Galperin, who is accused of public calls for extremist actions. This was reported on Facebook by his associates. The activist is charged under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (calls for extremist activity made using the Internet) for a video from his interview on Red Square. The case was filed in 2016. Now Galperin is under house arrest.

In the Kaliningrad region, a magistrate fined Yakov Grigoriev, an activist of the Open Russia movement, five thousand rubles for associating with an “undesirable organization.” Yakov Grigoriev reported this to OVD-Info. The magistrate of the 1st judicial district of the Zelenograd district of the Kaliningrad region found Grigoriev guilty of participating in the activities of an organization included in the list of “undesirables” in Russia (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code).

In Simferopol, on the streets of Darwin and Khairy Emir-Zade, searches are being held today. This was reported on the Crimean Solidarity Facebook page. The search began at 7 am. On Darwin Street, by this time, investigative measures have been completed. One of the women who was in the house was taken away on a gazelle belonging to law enforcement agencies. According to representatives of law enforcement agencies, she was taken to the department of the Investigative Committee for Crimea.