The city court of St. Petersburg, at a meeting to consider the appeal of the defense, extended the arrest of Alexander Eyvazov, the former secretary of the Oktyabrsky court. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the lawyer Ivan Pavlov. Pavlov noted that the court in this situation violates the law. The defense challenged the judge and made a statement about the commission of a crime by the court and the prosecutor. Eyvazov was arrested until July 21.

More than a hundred people gathered, but there were a lot of them “in civilian clothes.” After the small rally, people went for a “walk” from one square to another (from Ordzhonikidze Square to Lenin Square - OVD-Info ), these are the main squares of the city, the distance between them is less than a kilometer. At each of the squares, the authorities organized events, as it seemed to us, specifically to counterbalance this.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg arrested civil activist Viktor Baldin for 15 days. His lawyer Galina Koroleva reported this to OVD-Info. Baldin was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of holding an event (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences) allegedly due to his participation in the “He is not our king” action, which took place on May 5. The Queen claims that on May 5 the activist spent the entire day in court.

Photo: Sergey Bespalov / Facebook The Oktyabrsky District Court of Irkutsk arrested the coordinator of the local headquarters Alexei Navalny Sergey Bespalov for 30 days. He wrote about this on Facebook. According to the headquarters page on the VKontakte social network, in the morning the police stopped Bespalov’s car when he was heading to the airport. The coordinator was detained and delivered to the police department, where they made a protocol.

Rebuttal: Earlier we indicated that Viktor Korb appears in the case as an accused. This information is not true, the journalist is in the status of a suspect. We apologize for the incorrect information. In Omsk, a criminal case was opened against journalist Viktor Korb in connection with the publication of the last word of the convicted blogger Boris Stomakhin. Korb tweeted about it himself . Korba is accused of promoting terrorism (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

Vyacheslav Slyusarev on the picket on May 17 / photo was sent by Nina Potogaeva The City Court of Syktyvkar postponed the consideration of the administrative case of the LGBT activist Vyacheslav Slyusarev. He was detained a day earlier, when he shot a picket against homophobia on a video. This is written by the publication "7 × 7". Slyusarev said that on May 17, he shot the head of the LGBT network in Syktyvkar Nina Potogaeva.

In Krasnodar, the coordinator of the movement "Voice" David Kankiya was attacked. He wrote about it on his Facebook page. Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko went to the scene of the attack. David Kankia was called an ambulance and they are waiting for the police, writes Sofya Rusova. Belsat TV correspondent in Krasnodar Alexander Savelyev told OVD-Info that “anonymous pro-Kremlin channels are already writing about the attack” on David Kankiy.

The criminal case against mathematician Dmitry Bogatov for inciting mass riots and justifying terrorism has been dropped. Interfax reported this on May 17, citing an informed source. Tatyana Fedorova, the wife of a mathematician, writes this information to Mediazona. Lawyer Sarkis Darbinyan, who represents Bogatov’s interests, told the publication that he had not received notice of the termination of the case.

Defense attorneys for the head of the Grozny Human Rights Center “Memorial” Oyub Titiev examined the material evidence in his drug possession case and did not find expensive equipment and some of Titiev’s personal belongings. About this Human Rights Center "Memorial". reports Lawyers Pyotr Zaikin and Marina Dubrovina and the human rights activist himself on May 16 studied the case materials and examined the material evidence attached to it.

In Simferopol, the police detained participants in the “Light a Fire in Your Heart” action in memory of the deportation of Crimean Tatars. This is reported by the portal "KrymSOS". More than 10 people have been arrested, according to the newspaper. Journalist Anton Naumlyuk writes on Facebook that there are several dozen detainees. According to him, they were taken to different police departments, including the "Central" - there are five people, two of them minors.

Oe (Egor) Karpov / Photo from the Karpov page on Facebook OVD-Info publishes the story of Oy Karpov, a journalist from Yakutia, about an inconsistent campaign in Yakutsk on May 5, 2018. 75 people were detained on it. Most of them were released, but on five still drew up protocols on various administrative articles.