In Moscow, at a gathering in support of Azat Miftakhov, which takes place near the main building of Moscow State University, three people were detained. Broadcast from the scene of the event by the online publication “Sota. Vision". leads Among the detainees: administrator of “Protest MSU” and supporter of “Perpetual Protest” Dmitry Ivanov, “Association of Popular Resistance” Nikita Zaitsev and provocateur from the pro-Kremlin SERB movement Gosha Tarasevich.

On February 28, Judge Svetlana Chebukina of the Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk chose preventive measures for five followers of Jehovah's Witnesses. This is reported on the organization's website. The court placed 53-year-old Sergei Mysin in pre-trial detention until April 23, accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria overturned the sentence of 70-year-old follower of Jehovah's Witnesses Arkada Akopyan in connection with the partial decriminalization of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred). This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. At the end of December 2018, Akopyan was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting religious hatred or enmity) and was sentenced to 120 hours of compulsory labor.