In Moscow, in the Arbat district, a minor participant in an “indefinite protest” was detained, who was standing in a solitary picket against torture. This was reported to OVD-Info by the activist of "Indefinitely" Alexei Sizov. According to Sizov, the girl was standing in a solo picket, but the security guard of one of the enterprises near which the action was taking place began to demand that she and other activists leave.

The St. Petersburg headquarters of Alexei Navalny came to the police and detained an employee of the headquarters and coordinator of the movement "Spring" Mikhail Borisov. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Daniil Semenov. At the moment, Borisov is being taken to the 76th police department of St. Petersburg.

In Moscow, at the house where the student of Moscow State University lives and a participant in the “unlimited protest” Dmitry Ivanov, a tombstone with his photograph appeared. Ivanov wrote about this in the telegram channel "Protest MSU", which he administers. Before a memorial plaque appeared in the courtyard of the house, Ivanov, one of the activists of the pro -Kremlin movement SERB, called several times.

In Yalta, a criminal case was opened against a local resident under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). He is accused of organizing the activities of the local Jehovah's Witnesses community. Interfax reports this with reference to the press service of the Crimean FSB department.

The editor-in-chief of the publication Free Media was summoned to the prosecutor's office to give explanations because of the news, which contains a video with the logo and symbols of the political movement Open Russia. This was reported on the website of the portal. In early March, it became known that the prosecutor's office was checking Free Media because of the news that Open Russia had written 400 letters to the State Duma with a request to build schools.

Yuli Boyarshinov, a defendant in the case of the terrorist community “Network,” will ask to consider his case in a special manner. His lawyer Olga Krivonos reported this to OVD-Info. Boyarshinov chose the position of admitting guilt and separating the criminal case for consideration in a special manner . The court will consider the petition to separate the case on March 25. If he is approved, the court will not examine the evidence in his case.

The Yakutsk city court fined a man for 20,000 rubles for posting in messengers calls for a spontaneous gathering against migrants. about it. writes YakutiaMedia.ru He was found guilty of violating the established procedure for holding the event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The content of his post is not reported. About 200 residents of Yakutsk took to the streets against the migrants on March 17.

Sergei, a participant in the "Indefinite Protest" from Voronezh, tried to challenge his fine for a mass picket of 10,000 rubles. After the court of appeal returned his administrative case to the district court, Sergei was again fined, this time for 20,000 rubles. The activist himself told about this to OVD-Info. Sergei was detained in September 2018 due to a picket against the pension reform.

A criminal case was opened against three followers of Jehovah's Witnesses from Severodvinsk on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Arkhangelsk Region. The investigation believes that the suspects, knowing about the liquidation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, continued their activities in the territory of Severodvinsk.

In Simferopol, the first president of Crimea, Yuri Meshkov, was arrested for two days. He attributes this to his attempts to hold a rally on March 19 to criticize the Crimean authorities. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. A man and two other activists were detained during a concert in honor of the fifth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. The police first asked for documents, and then stated that they had received information about Meshkov's alcohol intoxication.

In Tula, the police detained the secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party and the editor-in-chief of Tulskaya Pravda, Mikhail Fedorov. This was reported to OVD-Info in the Tula regional committee of the party. Fedorov handed out leaflets about an agreed March 23 rally against the construction of a new landfill and against the increase in tariffs due to the garbage reform. He stood at the checkpoint of the Tula arms factory on Kazanskaya embankment.