In Krasnodar, the prosecutor's office summoned the "head" of "Free Media" to give explanations because of the news about "Open Russia". This is written on the website of the publication. An employee of the prosecutor's office said by phone that the reason was the posting of an article on the Free Media website - Open Russia. What that means, she did not elaborate.

The Moscow City Court withdrew demands from activist Nikolai T. to publish in Rossiyskaya Gazeta a refutation of the fact that he had been beaten at the Yuzhnoportovy police station. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Ekaterina Selezneva, who is in charge of this case. The Interior Ministry demanded that he publish a refutation in Rossiyskaya Gazeta. This can only be done through the advertising department. The cost of such a publication is at least 70 thousand rubles.

On February 26, the Khanty-Mansiysk District Court refused to extend the detention of 38-year-old Andrei Sazonov, a defendant in the case of Jehovah's Witnesses from the city of Urai, to the Investigative Committee. They write about this on the website of the religious organization. The man was placed under house arrest. He will live in Urai, 400 kilometers from Khanty-Mansiysk, where the SK is located.

Two works by the poet Alexander Byvshev were sent for a third examination - linguists will again look for signs of extremism and calls for extremist or terrorist activities in them. Byvshev himself told OVD-Info about this. We are talking about the book "Bloody Memory" about the Second World War and the poem "Dedicated to the expansion of NATO to the east." Earlier, the forensic laboratory in Tula did not find signs of extremism in the works, after which they were sent to the Oryol experts.

The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal against the arrest of Moscow State University graduate student Azat Miftakhov, accused in the case of a broken window in the United Russia office. This was reported by MBKH Media. The judge explained the decision by saying that Miftakhov had previously “prepared color revolutions”, had been convicted and could escape. On February 12, the graduate student was placed in custody until March 7. Azat Miftakhov was detained on February 1.

The URA.RU news agency claims that the followers of Jehovah's Witnesses who spoke about torture beat each other under the direction of their lawyers. A law enforcement source told reporters about this. In mid-February, mass searches took place in the homes of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut. At least seven of them reported beatings, humiliation and electric shocks.

In the Ulyanovsk region, FSB officers detained five followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, Interfax reports .

The Cossack beats the Nagayka protesting at a rally of supporters of Alexei Navalny, May 5 / Vlad Dokshin, New Gazeta On May 5, 2018, in many cities of Russia, the action of Alexei Navalny was held "He is not a king for us." Perhaps the event caused the greatest excitement in Moscow - at least 719 people were detained on that day on Pushkinskaya Square. In addition, in the capital of the demonstrators, the Cossacks dispersed along with the police.