The European Parliament, at a plenary session in Strasbourg, adopted a resolution calling on the Russian government to immediately release the head of the Chechen branch of the Memorial Human Rights Center, Oyub Titiev. RIA Novosti reports this. The document states that the European Parliament “urges the Russian authorities to ensure full respect for the human and legal rights of Mr.

In Moscow, the police summoned Oleg Chekashkin, a member of the Nation and Freedom Committee, for questioning. He reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The district police officer called the activist for interrogation: he called Chekashkin and told him to come to the police department in the Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye district. At the department, law enforcement officers asked Chekashkin about his participation in political parties and about his attitude to the nationalist movement.

The police of Yekaterinburg refused to open a criminal case on the fact of threats that were received against the human rights activist and the author of the Prison-Life YouTube channel Alexei Kuznetsov. about this Znak.com writes with reference to Kuznetsov himself. The report of the publication notes that in the near future the human rights activist expects to receive an explanation from the security forces on this matter. to the door to Kuznetsov's apartment .

The Supreme Court of Crimea extended until April 17, 2018 the arrest of the defendants in the Bakhchisarai “Hizb ut-Tahrir case” Zevri Abseitov, Remzi Memetov, Rustem Abiltarov and Enver Mamutov. “Crimean Solidarity” writes about this on Facebook. Enver Mamutov is accused of organizing a terrorist cell (Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code), and Rustem Abiltarov, Remzi Memetov and Zevri Abseitov are accused of participating in it (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).

In Balakovo (Saratov region), a student of school No. 26 was summoned to the director because he published posts in the social network in support of Alexei Navalny. The student recorded the conversation on a dictaphone, later the recording was published in the Navalny Team | Balakovo group on Vkontakte. It lasts about 40 minutes.

In Barnaul, local officials canceled a creative meeting with satirist Viktor Shanderovich. about this He wrote on his Facebook page. The writer said that the producer who organized the event was first called by employees of the local department of culture and was not recommended to hold creative meetings with Shenderovich. The organizer was later contacted by other people who did not introduce themselves. They said they forbade holding an event with a satirist. "Siberia.

In Evpatoria, the Investigative Committee charged a local activist, Yevgeny Karakashev, because of publications on the social network VKontakte. OVD-Info became aware of this from the lawyer of the Agora International Human Rights Group Alexey Ladin, who represents the interests of Karakashev. The activist is accused of inciting hatred or enmity (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and of publicly calling for terrorism via the Internet (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

Six animal rights activists, who were detained yesterday in Moscow at the AgroFarm-2018 livestock exhibition, are being taken from the Ostankino court back to the police department. This was reported to OVD-Info by Memorial HRC lawyer Denis Shedov. According to Shedov, the judge returned the cases back to the police department, as the police charged all six activists with organizing a public event without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Tyumen, the police opened an administrative case against Mstislav Pismenkov, the organizer of the Voters' Strike. This was reported in the Navalny Team | Tyumen group on VKontakte. The activist is charged under Part 1 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation by the organizer of the procedure for holding a public event).

Chapter 14. Distinctive features of the Russian investigative and judicial system: window dressing, indifference and formalism “In Russia, the judicial procedure is not at all the main thing; it plays only a secondary, auxiliary role.

St. Petersburg resident Igor Shishkin filed a petition to conclude a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with the investigation. Mediazona writes about this with reference to Shishkin’s brother, Andrei, and lawyer Igor, member of the international human rights group “Agora” Dmitry Dinze.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) granted two complaints from Crimean Gennady Afanasyev regarding the conditions of his transfer to a Russian colony to serve his sentence. Russia must pay Afanasyev 2,000 euros in compensation. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii” with reference to Ernest Mezak, a representative of the human rights commission “Memorial” in the Russian Republic of Komi.

Igor Prosanov, an employee of the scientific institute of Akademgorodok, went out with a single picket on the day President Vladimir Putin arrived in Novosibirsk. Prosanov put on a vest with the inscription "Putin is Russia's trouble." Before the picketer had time to stand with the picket for twenty minutes, two men in civilian clothes approached him and carried him into the car in their arms. This is written by the local publication "Academy of News".

On February 8, the Sovetsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk ordered the Ministry of Finance to pay 22,780 rubles to a local resident, Irina Kudinova, for moral damage and legal expenses inflicted on her. Kudinova was accused of deliberate desecration of objects of religious veneration (part 2 of article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the case was closed on May 25. This was reported by the International Human Rights Group "Agora".

The police detained Yekaterinburg activist Viktor Baldin. A police squad took him from the activist's apartment to the Verkhnepyshminsky court. Baldin was accused of failing to pay an administrative fine for participating in the Free People's Walk in the summer of 2017. The court added 10 hours of work to the fine. Petitions to postpone the meeting for the participation of defenders were rejected. about this on Facebook .