The Kirov Regional Court overturned the decisions on fines to the participants of the "Strike of voters" Alexander Tyurin and Ilya Laptev. This was reported on VKontakte by Open Russia activist Vadim Ananyin, who acted as a defender for Tyurin and Laptev. Earlier, the Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov fined Tyurin and Laptev ten thousand rubles, considering that they had violated the procedure for holding public events.

In Ufa, a local resident was arrested, accused of organizing the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. This was reported by the portal Gorobzor.ru with reference to the Investigative Committee of Bashkortostan.

On April 19, 2018, at about 11 o’clock, I was taken out of the cell of the 5th special regime building in the Gorelovo pre-trial detention center, taken to the local police station and taken out the gate, where I was handed over to two men, one of whom I identified as an operative officer of the FSB Directorate for St. -Petersburg and Leningrad region by Konstantin Bondarev.

The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict of the head of the Library of Ukrainian Literature, Natalya Sharina, who was accused of inciting hatred and enmity and embezzlement of property entrusted to her. It is reported by Interfax. On June 5, 2017, Sharina was sentenced to four years probation.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow extended for 30 days the term of arrest of Konstantin Saltykov, accused of using violence against police officers. It is reported by MBH-Media. Saltykov was detained on January 28 during the action "Strike of voters".

The case of co-chairman of the Ethnopolitical Association “Russians” Alexander Belov (Potkin) regarding an attempt to launder funds was transferred to the Domodedovo City Court of the Moscow Region. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to lawyer Igor Popovsky, who represents Belov’s interests. Before this, the case was in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow.

The World Court of the Central District of Novosibirsk fined the organizer of the picket in honor of the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, Alexei Denisyuk, 20,000 rubles. He was found guilty of violating the procedure for holding a public event (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), writes Siberia. Realities". The picket took place on 22 April.

The organizer of the international documentary film festival “Artdocfest,” Vitaly Mansky, was questioned by the Investigative Committee in connection with a statement about “propaganda of national hatred and incitement of hatred towards the Russian people.” This was reported by Open Russia Human Rights Watch with reference to lawyer Sergei Badamshin, who represents Mansky’s interests. A State Duma deputy from A Just Russia, Anatoly Greshnevikov, wrote a statement to the Investigative Committee.

Four striking workers of the Megapolis company were detained in Podolsk (Moscow region). They are being taken to the Klimovskoye OVD, activist Alexander Zimbovsky told OVD-Info. Only the names of the detainees are known: Sharipov, Gadoev, Boyev, Islomov. The police did not give a reason for the arrest. Striking workers demand payment of wages for three months.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court approved the decision of the Leninsky Court of Yekaterinburg to terminate administrative proceedings under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the law on rallies) against local activist Rafail Shepelev. Elena Shukaeva reported this to OVD-Info. The hearing in the regional court took place on April 24. The police officers filed an appeal against the decision of the Leninsky Court.

During the debate on the “Case of February 26” about the clashes in Simferopol in 2014, the prosecutor asked for the five defendants to be sentenced to suspended sentences. It is reported by the portal "Crimea. Realities". All five are accused of participating in mass riots initiated, according to investigators, by the Crimean Tatars against activists of the Russian Unity movement.

In Tatarstan, 14 alleged members of the pan-Islamic organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, recognized as terrorist in Russia, were detained. About this writes the portal “Idel. Realii” with reference to the press service of the FSB department in the republic. The press service reported that among the detainees there are leaders of the Kazan cell of the organization. Searches were carried out at 14 addresses.

A resident of the Republic of Dagestan was sentenced to three years in prison for videos published on the Internet. This was reported on the Kavpolit website with reference to the press service of the regional prosecutor's office. The North Caucasus District Military Court found the man guilty under part 1 of article 205.2 (public calls for terrorism), parts 1 and 2 of article 280 (calls for extremist activity) and part 1 of article 282 (inciting hatred or enmity).

The mayor's office of Omsk intends to refuse approval of the "Monstration" in the city center on May 1, according to the page of the action in VKontakte. The organizers have not yet received an official response, but the officials informed them of their decision by phone. As Mikhail Yakovlev, one of the organizers of the march, writes, he got a call on the last day, when, according to the law, they must give an answer.

The Investigative Committee found no grounds to initiate a criminal case in connection with the death of Maxim Borodin, a Yekaterinburg journalist from RIA Novyi Den. Novyi Day The press service of the UK Department for the Sverdlovsk Region told that they did not find any criminal background in the circumstances of the death.