The head of the Grozny Memorial Oyub Titiev, who is accused by Chechen law enforcement agencies of possession of marijuana, was left without lawyers during the investigative actions. This was reported on the Memorial website.

In Crimea, after a search of his house on January 23, Crimean Tatar Ismail Ramazanov was detained. Today, the Simferopol court chose a measure of restraint against him in the form of arrest for 30 days (until February 23). While he is in the IVS. This was reported by journalist Anton Naumlyuk. Law enforcement agencies suspect Ramazanov of disseminating information that incites hatred and enmity (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) using the Zello internet radio.

On the way to Pulkovo airport on January 23, left-wing activist Viktor Filinkov disappeared. His wife reported this. St. PetersburgOVD-InfoAccording to the activist’s wife, yesterday at 20:00 he was supposed to fly by plane to Kyiv. At 15:00 Filinkov wrote to his wife, who is studying in another country, that he was leaving for the airport in advance and would write later from there. Since then he has not been in touch.

On January 22, the Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of the appeal of Novaya Gazeta journalist Khudoberdi Nurmatov (Ali Feruz) and overturned the decision to expel him from Russia. This was reported in the published court decision . A new trial of the case will take place in the Moscow City Court. The Supreme Court recommends taking into account the arguments of its ruling and considering in court the letter from the German Embassy in Russia dated August 4.

Preliminary hearings in the case of the “Yalta cell” of Hizb ut-Tahrir were held today at the North Caucasus District Military Court. The court transferred two of the six defendants in the case, Muslim Aliyev and Emir-Usein Kuku, from pre-trial detention center No. 1 to pre-trial detention center No. 4. Journalist Anton Naumlyuk reported this on his Facebook page. The court hearing was held behind closed doors.

The editor-in-chief of "Russiangate" Alexandrina Elagina is fired, and the publication is closed, writes . Mediazona According to Elagina, the investigation decides whether to initiate proceedings under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). The journalist does not know who is going to be charged in this case.

The police detained a driver who was carrying 20,000 leaflets to the headquarters of supporters of the politician Alexei Navalny. about this with reference to the press secretary of the opposition politician's campaign Ruslan Shaveddinov. writes Mediazona According to Shaveddinov, all the leaflets were confiscated and delivered to the Investigative Committee; they were dedicated to the all-Russian action on January 28 in honor of the “voters' strike”.

Judge of the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan Elena Voronkova tried to ban public figure, lawyer and journalist Elza Maulimshina from attending an open meeting. about this . writes The portal Proural.info According to the publication, Maulimshina is investigating the theft of funds from the Housing and Communal Services Fund and is engaged in protecting the rights of citizens when resettling from dilapidated and dilapidated housing.

Judge of the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan Elena Voronkova tried to ban public figure, lawyer and journalist Elza Maulimshina from attending an open meeting. about this The Proural.info portal writes . According to the publication, Maulimshina investigates the theft of funds from the Housing and Communal Services Fund and is engaged in protecting the rights of citizens during resettlement from dilapidated and dilapidated housing.

The Soviet District Court of Krasnodar arrested the lawyer of Navalny's local campaign headquarters, Razmik Simonyan, for three days. He was found guilty of disobeying the lawful order of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the "Voice of the Kuban". The meeting was held in the basement of the court building, where no one was allowed except for the lawyer's sister and a correspondent for Free Media.

On January 23, a policeman came to the parents of a fourteen-year-old volunteer from Navalny's headquarters in the city of Raduzhny (Vladimir Region). This was reported to OVD-Info by the teenager himself. On January 19, a volunteer was detained while putting up leaflets with information about a rally as part of the all-Russian campaign "Voters' Strike". After the conversation, he was released without a protocol.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan approved a fine to the deputy chairman of the All-Tatar Public Center Galishan Nuriakhmet for criticizing the language policy of the authorities at the rally, writes Idel. Realities". On December 21, 2017, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan found Nuriakhmet guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the procedure for holding a public event by the organizer). The court fined the man ten thousand rubles.

The forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not find any evidence of the guilt of mathematician Dmitry Bogatov. He is accused of calling for riots and justifying terrorism. This is reported by TASS with reference to its own source. This information was confirmed by lawyer Sargis Darbinyan. The examination of the seized laptops and flash cards lasted eight months. It is reported that all charges against Bogatov may be dropped in the near future.

On January 23, the Voroshilovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced two brothers, Green Union activists Roman and Vladimir Milchenko, to a year of imprisonment in a colony settlement each. Vladimir Milchenko wrote about this on his Facebook page. The court found the activists guilty of using violence against government officials (Part 1 of Article 318) in connection with the incident before the proposed public gathering on October 10, 2015.

In Sochi, at the exit of the railway station, the police detained Navalny's supporter Dmitry Titkov. First, they conducted a personal search, and then announced the need to go to the department. Now Titkov is in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Central District of Sochi, a lawyer is coming to see him. The activist's colleagues informed OVD-Info about this by phone.