In Chelyabinsk, activists of the movement "Spring" Alexander Belyaev and Albert Mullayarov were detained. Belyaev himself informed OVD-Info about this. The activists were taken to the Traktorozavodsky police station. The reason for the detention is not explained to them and they continue to be kept in a room to identify the detainees. At the same time, their passports were confiscated and a personal search was carried out without witnesses.

The Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow upheld the decision to impose a two and a half thousand fine on Alexei Navalny. It is reported by RAPSI with reference to the press secretary of the court Lyudmila Morozova. Navalny was found guilty of non-execution of a court decision (Article 17.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for not refuting the widespread information about businessman Alisher Usmanov.

In October 2017, five young people were arrested in Penza: Yegor Zorin (later he was transferred to house arrest), Ilya Shakursky, Vasily Kuksov, Dmitry Pchelintsev and Andrei Chernov. Arman Sagynbaev was taken from St. Petersburg to Penza and also placed in an isolation ward. All of them were accused of participating in the terrorist community “Network” (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).

Most of those detained at the protests against blocking Telegram on April 16 were released. For one more night, Dmitry Tsorionov and Maria Alyokhina are left in the police. This is reported by the released participants of the action. Protocols were drawn up against the detainees under part 1 of article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (organization of a simultaneous mass stay of citizens in a public place that caused a violation of public order).

It became known that on April 12, the Leninsky District Court of Ufa arrested until June 2 local Anatoly Vilitkevich, suspected of participating in the activities of the banned religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center. Vilitkevich was detained on April 10. According to investigators, he participated in the activities of the banned Jehovah's Witnesses (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Meshchansky District Court fined two participants in yesterday's action against the blocking of Telegram, Yulia Kostenko and Alina Muzychenko, under Part 1 of Article 20.2.2 of the Administrative Code (organizing a simultaneous mass presence of people in a public place, resulting in a violation of public order). Kostenko - 10 thousand rubles, Muzychenko - 20 thousand rubles. Mediazona reports this.

In Gorno-Altaisk, searches were carried out at the editorial office of the newspaper “Listok” and at its founder, member of “Open Russia”, Sergei Mikhailov. Dozhd writes about this with reference to Mikhailov. He said that the searches were carried out under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred). All equipment was confiscated from the editorial office, and Mikhailov’s laptop was confiscated.

On April 16, in Votkinsk, bailiffs detained local activist Mikhail Sokolov, who is considered one of the authors of the investigation into the activities of bailiffs in Udmurtia. He told the OVD-Info hotline that force had been used against him during his detention. Sokolov said that before the arrest, he stood in the lobby of the Votkinsk District Court. The head of the local bailiff service approached him - he demanded to go to the court and undergo a personal search.

In Tatarstan, police asked Farida Gulmutdinova, a participant in a protest against the construction of a waste incineration plant in Osinovo, to undergo a lie detector test. “Idel” writes about this. Realities" with reference to lawyer Albina Gaifullina. The lawyer said that police officers came to the activist’s home, among them was the head of the OP in Osinovo. They suggested that Gulmutdinova undergo a polygraph in Zelenodolsk, but did not explain the reason.

On April 16, the Simferopol District Court extended the arrest of Crimean Tatar Ismail Ramazanov, reports Krym. Realities". Law enforcement agencies accuse Ramazanov of disseminating information that incites hatred and enmity (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) using the Zello Internet walkie-talkie. Allegedly, there is some kind of audio recording on which Ramazanov's voice is heard - and, according to the investigation, it contains signs of extremism.

Photo: Dmitry Pchelintsev / rupression.com In Moscow, a press conference of the Parental Network was held-a committee of relatives of the accused in the case of the Terrorist community "Network". Parents of the defendants in the case talked about threats of murder, torture, psychological pressure and cooperation of security forces with NTV reporters.