On May 17, Ilya Shakursky, accused in the case of the terrorist community “Network,” refused to confess. Shakursky also challenged investigator Valery Tokarev, said lawyer Anatoly Vakhterov. OVD-InfoAs the lawyer said, his client refused the testimony made during six interrogations from October 25, 2017 to February 16, 2018, when Shakursky’s interests were represented by lawyer Mikhail Grigoryan.

In Syktyvkar, two LGBT activists were detained who were holding one-man pickets dedicated to the Day of Combating Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. This was announced on Facebook by the lawyer of the Public Verdict Foundation, Ernest Mezak. Details are not yet known.

Eco-activist Vera Kerpel was summoned to the police department of Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan), according to Idel. Realities". In the department, the activist was told that she violated the procedure for holding a public event (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), when on May 10 she stood with a single picket near the building of the city court. According to the police, Kerpel violated the republican law "On rallies" by being less than 50 meters from the courthouse.

The Kirovsky District Court of Kazan has fined eco-activist Guzel Khalilova 10,000 rubles for opposing the construction of a waste incineration plant, writes Idel. Realities". Khalilova was found guilty of violating the procedure for holding a public event by its participant (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow extended until June 14 the house arrest of civil activist and pensioner Vyacheslav Gorbaty, accused in the People's Will Army case. This was reported by Grani. Ru" with reference to a correspondent in the courtroom. Gorbaty was placed under house arrest in January 2018.

Police in Yekaterinburg detained the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters, Yuri Kuzminykh, and volunteer Andrei Trusov. They were taken away from the headquarters to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the city, according to the page "Team Navalny | Yekaterinburg" on VKontakte.

Rifat Badretdinov, 61, an Open Russia activist in Naberezhnye Chelny, was fined on May 16 under the article on participation in an undesirable organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported on May 17 by Idel. Realities". The opening of a case against Badretdinov became known on May 10.

In Novosibirsk, unidentified persons beat up activists of the Civil Patrol movement when they approached the picket near the city hall. The activists received minor bodily injuries, reports Siberia.ru . Realities". During the picket, which took place despite the incident, several people attacked the protesters and poured paint over the poster.

In Krasnoyarsk, four men in civilian clothes beat Ilya Danilenko, a volunteer of Navalny's headquarters. This was reported to OVD-Info by Yana Gerasimova, coordinator of the headquarters. Danilenko stood in a solitary picket with a poster “Went out to a rally - sat down for 10 days” and a photo of another volunteer who was arrested. Four men approached him, asked a few questions, took away the poster and hit him in the face, the coordinator wrote on Twitter.

Police detained Yelena Malakhovskaya, host of Navalny LIVE, near the entrance to her house “for calling for an unsanctioned rally” on May 5. about this on Twitter . wrote Ivan Zhdanov, a lawyer with the Anti-Corruption Foundation, The lawyer added that it was impossible to detain Malakhovskaya, since she had a young child. The presenter herself tweeted that she was guarded in the morning.

this on his Facebook page . reported The administration of the Vasileostrovsky district of St. Petersburg twice refused to approve a picket against the closure of school No. 700. Andrei Demidov, a member of the initiative group of parents, The authorities refused the first notification due to the fact that the chosen place, the site near the Vasileostrovskaya metro station, was allegedly occupied by construction, Demidov reports.

LGBT Flag The Vladivostok City Hall refused to coordinate the picket on the International Day of Homophobia to the Open Russia movement and LGBT activists. About this writes Radio Liberty. According to the publication, officials referred to the so -called ban on propaganda of homosexuality among minors. Participant of Open Russia Maria Zinchenko filed a first notification to the picket. She was refused and reminded of fines for participating in street actions, reports Radio Liberty.

In Yekaterinburg, Viktor Baldin, a local civil activist, was detained, for May 5, he is “not a king for us”. This was reported by the OTD-Info by Galina Koroleva. According to her, she and her comrades came to the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma. There, Baldin was appointed a court where his appeal was to be considered. For the rally with the flag in 2016, the court arrested the activist for 12 days, fined 10 thousand rubles, gave 30 hours of compulsory work.