The defense of the leader of the Altyn Urda (Golden Horde) movement Danis Safargali sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights. This was reported on the Idel website. realities." According to Irina Khrunova, a lawyer for the international human rights group Agora, who drafted the complaint, Russia violated two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in relation to Safargali.

Three protesters against the appointment of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister of Armenia were detained outside the Armenian embassy in Moscow this afternoon. Protocols were drawn up against them under Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (petty hooliganism). This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". On April 17, about 15 Armenian oppositionists held a protest against the appointment of Sargsyan as head of government right on the territory of the Armenian embassy.

The Stavropol Regional Court refused to satisfy the appeal against the arrest of the chairman of the public movement “People's Assembly of Mineralnye Vody” Mikhail Savostin. The Caucasian Knot reports this. As Savostin’s lawyer Vitaly Zubenko said, commenting on the situation to a Caucasian Knot journalist, the activist has health problems and being in a pre-trial detention center can aggravate these problems. Savostin was detained on April 5.

The Severomorsky District Court of the Murmansk Region sentenced the local resident by the year and six months in prison with a probation period of one and a half years in accordance with Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code (calls for violation of the territorial integrity of Russia). This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Owl".

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow appointed 100 hours of compulsory work to Dmitry Tsorionov (Enteo), who was detained at a rally in front of the FSB building against the blocking of telegrams. It is reported by Mediazona. Enteo was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Organization of mass simultaneous stay and movement of citizens in public places that have caused a violation of public order).

Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova near the Beshchansky Court building / Photo from Twitter @pussyrrriot The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow appointed Pussy Riot to Maria Alekhina a hundred hours of compulsory work for the action near the FSB building against the blocking of telegram. About this writes "Mediazona". “The court found that a group of 12 people made paper products and interfered with the passage of citizens.

In a shopping center in Gatchina, a volunteer of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters, Anton Grachev, and the administrator of the “Evil Gatchina” group, Yevgeny Novikov, were detained. Novikov was going to make a report in connection with the arrival of the Governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, at the shopping center for inspection, Anton Grachev reported to OVD-Info. The reason for the detention was not explained to the activists; during the detention they were beaten.

On April 14, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow rejected Konstantin Markin’s petition to return the case of his client Vyacheslav Shatrovsky back to the prosecutor’s office. He reported this. OVD-InfoShatrovsky is accused of attacking a police officer on November 5, 2017. His lawyer points out in the petition that the materials of the criminal case contain documents that cast doubt on the objectivity of the investigation and indicate possible falsification.

Lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov tells how the courts, retroactively bringing people to administrative responsibility under an article on violations at public events, create prerequisites for the establishment of criminal cases. As an example, administrative affairs are given on the Tula activist Igor Burdukov for single pickets. Do not be surprised! It will again be about article 212.1 of the Criminal Code.