An administrative case was opened against Tyumen resident and chairman of the regional branch of the Civic Initiative party Nikita Kiforuk for carrying out the activities of an “undesirable organization.” He reported this.

In Moscow, on Manezhnaya Square, Konstantin Kotov and Yulia Bestuzheva, participants in single pickets against the torture of political prisoners and in support of those involved in the Network case, were detained. Tatyana Yushnikova reported this to OVD-Info. During the rally, activists of the SERB movement interfered with the participants and caused provocations. One of them, Gosha Tarasevich, was also detained.

The Moscow City Court reduced the fine for participation in the action "He is not our king" to the deputy of the Akademichesky district Levon Smirnov from 15 thousand to 10 thousand rubles. Smirnov's interests were represented in court by lawyer Maxim Sorokin under an agreement with OVD-Info.

Pro-Ukrainian activist and political prisoner Volodymyr Balukh was placed in the ShIZO of Colony No. 4 in the Tver Region. This is reported by the "Crimean Human Rights Group" with reference to his sister Nadezhda Balukh. Nadezhda learned about her brother's transfer to the punishment cell from the prison staff when she tried to hand over food and things. The administration told her that the transfer was impossible, since Balukh is in the ShIZO, and parcels and visits are not allowed for him.

In Novorossiysk, law enforcement officers and representatives of the city administration disrupted a festive Baptist service in honor of the Annunciation. This is written by IAC "Sova". On April 7, FSB officers, Russian Guard soldiers, policemen, firefighters, Cossacks and representatives of the city administration broke into the private house where the event was held. There were about 70 believers in the hall, including children, women and the elderly.

In the village of Kantyshevo (Ingushetia), FSB officers detained and took away in an unknown direction Ibragim Dugiev, who took part in a rally against the revision of borders with Chechnya. “Caucasus” writes about this. Realities" with reference to one of the leaders of the Ingush protest, Akhmet Pogorov. About ten FSB officers came to the young man’s house at 6 a.m. to search.

The Investigative Committee of Yekaterinburg closed the criminal case against a local resident Pavel Volkov, who was suspected of having an extremist article due to reposts on VKontakte and an inscription on the elevator. this on his telegram channel . announced Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora International Human Rights Group, The Investigative Committee decided to dismiss the case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) due to the absence of corpus delicti.

Journalist Alexander Savelyev said that the search in the apartment of the “Ecological Watch in the North Caucasus” took place as part of the criminal case of “Open Russia” Yana Antonova under the article “about an undesirable organization.” He was in the apartment during the search. OVD-Infoex Coordinator “At 6 am, people in masks with rifles and machine guns rang the bell at the gate. They cut down the bolt and went in.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision on a fine of 300 thousand rubles for the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements of political scientist Boris Kagarlitsky because of the status of a foreign agent. This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to Kagarlitsky himself. The Ministry of Justice listed NGOs on the list of foreign agencies in December 2018. “In fact, we were fined for criticizing the pension reform with money from a foreign fund.

In Arkhangelsk, eco-activists were detained who are participating in an indefinite protest against the construction of a landfill. This was reported to OVD-Info by the journalist of the SotaVision network publication Sergey Ainbinder. A total of five people were detained. They were taken to the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Oktyabrsky district. The name of one of the detainees is known - Anatoly Byzov.

The European Court of Human Rights recognized that keeping Alexei Navalny under house arrest in the Yves Rocher criminal case is a politically motivated deprivation of liberty, and awarded the politician more than 22,000 euros in compensation. This was reported on the website of the court. The Court saw in the actions of the Russian authorities a violation of the right to liberty and security of person (Article 5 of the European Convention) and the right to freedom of expression (Article 10).

In Krasnodar, searches are being carried out at the former coordinator of Open Russia and at the office of the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus. Aleksey Pryanishnikov, coordinator of Human Rights Postcard, told OVD-Info about this. According to him, searches “95% are carried out in a criminal case about an undesirable organization” (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code) against Yana Antonova.

Teenager Nikita was detained on March 24 at a rally in St. Petersburg. He came with the poster “Return the elections, fagots”, where in the last word two letters were closed by photographs of Putin and Medvedev. He was detained and drew up a protocol on petty hooliganism. Parents were not in the country at that moment, and he was taken to the temporary detention center for minor offenders. Nikita told the OVD-Info how he spent five days there.