The campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny in different cities are being denied approval for marches and rallies that supporters of the politician were going to hold on January 28 as part of the all-Russian action "Voters' Strike". The administration of Volgograd denied the activists permission to march and offered to hold a rally on the outskirts of the city. Supporters of the opposition refused to change the venue of the action.

Andrey Ruda / Photo from the website of the Teacher's Trade Union The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court upheld a fine of 20 thousand rubles to a member of the Dzerzhinsk group against raising travel prices and a member of the Teacher’s trade union Andrei Rudomu for a single picket. The activist himself wrote about this on his page on the VKontakte social network. Andrei Ruda is going to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

Poet Alexander Byvshev, who is being tried for his poetry, has been charged with obstruction of justice and investigation (Article 294 of the Criminal Code) for communicating with journalists and publishing details from the courtroom. Byvshev reported this on January 18 to OVD-Info. At the court session, the prosecutor made a motion to place Byvshev in custody. Now the author of the poems is under house arrest.

In Stary Krym and Belogorsk, the homes of Crimean Tatar activists Giray Kulametov and Kemal Seityaev were searched . Kemal Seityaev was accused of producing and distributing extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The Kirovsky District Court of Crimea fined him 1,000 rubles “for keeping Timur Mutsuraev’s song on the VKontakte social network.” This was reported on the Facebook group of "Crimean Solidarity".

The police came to the building of the human rights center "Memorial" in Grozny and demanded to open an office for conducting investigative actions. about this with reference to Oleg Orlov, a member of the board of the organization. writes Mediazona The owner of the premises told the police that the tenants had the key to the office, Orlov reports. Now she and the police are waiting for Memorial's lawyer to come to the office. According to Orlov, the woman is very scared.

Anton Kravchenko, a member of Open Russia in Chuvashia, was summoned to the prosecutor's office of the Moskovsky district of Cheboksary for questioning. He is suspected of collaborating with an undesirable organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). about this Writes "Idel. Realities". “An employee of the prosecutor's office called and said that I needed to be interrogated about my picket near the Federal Penitentiary Service.

In Moscow at ul. Kravchenko, 16 local residents protest against the construction of a residential building. Avtozak and fighters of the Russian Guard came to the construction site. Activist Ivan Klimov was rudely detained, put in a car zak and taken away in an unknown direction. About this OVD-Info on the hotline was reported by eyewitnesses. "Rupor Moscow" is directed by the broadcast of what is happening.

The Central District Court of Sochi dismissed the criminal case of a local resident Viktor Nochevnov, who was accused of insulting the feelings of believers for reposting cartoons with Jesus Christ on the VKontakte social network. This was reported from the courtroom by the lawyer of the International Human Rights Group "Agora" Alexander Popkov, who defended Nochevnov. The case was considered by the magistrate of the court district No. 102, Irina Shulepina.

Photo: Evgeny Feldman, project "This is Navalny" Alexei Navalny filed a supervisory complaint against the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia against the court refusal to satisfy his lawsuit against the Central Election Commission. Interfax writes about this with reference to the lawyer Ivan Zhdanov. “We filed a supervisory appeal in which we ask the Presidium of the Supreme Court to cancel the decisions of lower courts,” Zhdanov said.

On January 17, the police detained the participants in the Open Russia movement in Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Tambov, Tver, Veliky Novgorod and Penza. They were charged with murder, robberies and arson of machines, storage of extremist materials, the organization of an inconsistent action and damage to campaign materials. As a result, everyone was released from the police departments. This was written by the “Open Russia” team on Facebook.

The Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region has agreed to hold a "voter strike" on January 28 in Yekaterinburg. The initial decision of the officials was negative. It wasn't until the video was released by politician Alexei Navalny that the administration changed its mind. This writes "Uralinformburo".

On January 17, three employees of the Center for Combating Extremism (Center “E”) and four security officials wearing masks and armed with weapons in SOBR uniforms came to the first sports training of members of the Youth Association of Nationalists (YUN), accompanied by a district police officer. This was reported in the Facebook group "Party of Nationalists".

The Sudak City Court extended the arrest term of Oleg Semenov, a member of the public association “Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Republic of Crimea” until February 20. He is accused of inciting hatred or enmity (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) for publishing a video on a social network. Rosbalt writes about this with reference to another person involved in this case, Dmitry Dzhigalov.

19:17 The search at Navalny's St. Petersburg headquarters is over. The police seized personal belongings and laptops of employees and volunteers, printers and leaflets. Volunteer Alexander of the headquarters told about this to OVD-Info. “Well, at least they left the duck,” said the volunteer. 18:10 The police took two draft leaflets from Navalny's headquarters in Izhevsk and left. Journalist Elfman Bry said that law enforcement officers came to the beginning of the meeting of volunteers.

In Kemerovo, a volunteer of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny Vasily Kaverin was detained. The young man handed out leaflets about the action "Strike of voters". Kaverin told OVD-Info about this. Kaverin said that he was accused of violating Art. 5.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (production, distribution or placement of campaign materials in violation of the requirements of the legislation on elections and referendums). The volunteer is taken to the Zavodsky police department.