The authorities of St. Petersburg did not approve the march in memory of Boris Nemtsov, Andrei Pivovarov, chairman of Open Russia, wrote on his Twitter. “The march will take place in any case,” the activist said. He also added that the organizers intend to appeal the officials' decision. The Vremya movement clarifies in its Telegram channel that all proposed routes and sites for the rally were rejected. Vladivostok and Kirov also refused to coordinate the commemorative event.

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested Crimean Tatars Eskender Abdulganiev, Rustem Emiruseinov and Arsen Abkhairov for two months. This is stated on the page of the public association "Crimean Solidarity". Emiruseinov is suspected of organizing, while Abdulganiev and Abkhairov are suspected of participating in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamist political organization that was recognized as terrorist in Russia and banned.

In Surgut, Lyantor and other settlements of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, searches were carried out in the houses of alleged members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, according to a Facebook page covering the persecution of believers. About 15 people are known to have been detained.

The Moscow District Military Court sentenced the defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case to terms of 11 to 16 years in a penal colony, writes the Moskva agency. The men were found guilty under part 1 or under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an organization recognized as terrorist).

The Yaroslavl Regional Court upheld a six-year term of administrative supervision for Ruslan Vakhapov, the coordinator of the local branch of Rus Sitting and a former prisoner of IK-1. This is stated on the Facebook page of the Public Verdict Foundation. The decision on supervision has entered into force. The foundation's lawyer, Irina Biryukova, who represents Vakhapov's interests, said she would appeal the decision to the Constitutional Court and the ECtHR.

On February 14, the Volzhsky District Court in Saratov fined Mikhail Smyslov, the applicant for a rally for the resignation of the region's governor Valery Radaev, 10,000 rubles. The activist himself told about this to OVD-Info. In court, Smyslov emphasized that the city administration did not respond within three days to the notice of the action (see Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 28 of June 26, 2018, paragraph 10).

A graduate student of Moscow State University and anarchist Azat Miftakhov was charged with hooliganism committed by a group of persons (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code). This was told to OVD-Info by his lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina. In January 2018, unidentified persons smashed the window of the United Russia office in Khovrino and threw a smoke bomb into it. The investigation believes that Miftakhov participated in this.

Victor Gorbunov / Photo: Roman Yukhnovets On February 2, to Viktor Gorbunov, the Kaliningrad activist of the Yabloko party, came with a search of the case of illegal distribution of pornography (Article 242 of the Criminal Code). He immediately betrayed the situation by publicity, answering on Facebook live on all questions. OVD-Info talked with Gorbunov about the search and reaction of the public. I am already under 60, I have been brought up in Soviet times.