In St. Petersburg, on Nevsky Prospekt, a participant in the action in support of the Crimean Tatars "Strategy-18" Dmitry Dorokhin was detained. This was reported to OVD-Info by the Detainees Assistance Group. Dorokhin was detained due to the fact that he asked a police officer for the reasons for checking documents. UPD 23:50 Dorokhin was released from police department No. 76, the Detainees Assistance Group reports. At the same time, the activist was refused to issue a protocol on delivery.

Moscow's Tverskoy District Court has returned the case of pensioner Vyacheslav Gorbaty on his membership in the "Army of the Will of the People" to the prosecutor's office. This was reported by his lawyer, Alexei Chernyshov. OVD-InfoAccording to the lawyer, the court pointed out that the charges were vague and contradictory, and that it was impossible to accurately establish the place and time of the crime.

In Penza, the courts extended the arrest of seven defendants in the Network case. This was reported on the website of Rupression, a campaign in support of those involved in the case. On October 10, hearings were held by Maxim Ivankin, Mikhail Kulkov, Andrey Chernov, Arman Sagynbaev, Dmitry Pchelintsev, and on October 16 - by Ilya Shakursky and Vasily Kuksov. The preventive measure for all seven was extended until January 18 to familiarize themselves with the case materials.

In St. Petersburg, on Vosstaniya Square, Yevgeny Tarasov, a participant in a solitary picket, was detained. This was reported to the OVD-Info hotline by Ilya Tkachenko. According to Tkachenko, Tarasov was detained about three people. Where the activist is being taken is still unknown. UPD 18:45 Not far from the Rebellion Square, another participant in a solo picket, Yevgeny Musin, was detained. This was reported to OVD-Info by Ilya Tkachenko.

In Barnaul, an administrative case was opened against local civil activist Viktor Rau for violating the rules of election campaigning because of a Facebook post. It is reported by Siberia. Realities". Rau said that he learned about the case from a letter from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region, which he received on October 17. The charges relate to violations of the rules of campaigning during the election of the governor of the Altai Territory on 9 September.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined Elvira Dmitrieva, the coordinator of Navalny's local headquarters, 75,000 rubles, according to the telegram channel of the Apology for Protest project. Dmitrieva was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules for holding a public event (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On October 17, unknown people threw a funeral wreath with threats to one of the journalists on October 17, and the next day in the same place they found a basket with a cut off her head. It is reported by the New Gazeta. A text with threats to the chief editor and journalists of the publication was attached to the basket with the head of the animal. The editors turned to the police with a request to investigate the fact of threats and attract the perpetrators to responsibility.

The administration of Tambov refused to approve the action in memory of the victims of political repressions "Return of names" in the square "Sochi", referring to the fact that the site is busy. This is reported by "Solid Sign". The action was held in Tambov for two years in a row. In the square "Sochi" near the monument to the Tambov peasant in the early 1920s, there was one of the first concentration camps in Russia.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a draft law on new fines if the organizer of a public event did not notify the authorities of its cancellation or filed a notification without the purpose of holding an action. This was reported on the website of the activities of the State Duma. The new article 20.2.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses will provide for fines from 5 to 20 thousand rubles, for officials - from 10 to 30, for legal entities - from 20 to 100.

The Moscow authorities refused to coordinate a picket against the reduction of doctors of the Research Institute of Eye Diseases, as well as other medical and scientific organizations. This was written on Facebook by the co -chairman of the prosecutor’s medical workers “Action”.

In the Tverskoy District Court, at a hearing on the case of the use of violence against a policeman (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) during the Voters' Strike action, the prosecutor requested one year in a penal colony for a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's headquarters, Konstantin Saltykov. This was reported in the telegram channel "Pravozashchita Postcards". 20-year-old supporter of Alexei Navalny Konstantin Saltykov was detained on January 28.

In Chelyabinsk, the world court fined Denis Ibragimov, the regional coordinator of the Open Russia movement, five thousand rubles. It is reported by Znak. Ibragimov was found guilty of carrying out the activities of an organization recognized as undesirable in Russia (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Supreme Court of Chuvashia refused to lift restrictions on blogger Konstantin Ishutov, suspected of rehabilitating Nazism. This is reported by "7 × 7". On October 8, by a court decision, Ishutov was forbidden to leave his house from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. until December 4, to communicate with all participants in the criminal proceedings in his case, except for a lawyer and an investigator, and also to use the Internet and mail.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs continues to stamp criminal cases for memes and reposts. Most often, they are excited under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code on the initiation of hatred or enmity - according to the judicial department , last year 460 people were convicted of this part in Russia. Recently, Vladimir Putin proposed decriminalize 1 part 282 of the Criminal Code - perhaps criminal liability on it will occur only after a repeated violation committed during the year.

Illustrations: Anastasia Pozdaeva for OTD-Info The unconditional leader in the number of users accused of words on the Internet was the VKontakte social network. After the scandals related to the transfer of personal data to law enforcement officers, accusations of combination for the bodies collapsed to the social network. Representatives of VKontakte hastened to assure the public that Russian legislation simply leaves no choice.