Georgy Markov, a photographer from St. Petersburg , told MBKh Media that the police suspect him and two other people of financing the New Greatness and Set organizations. Markov says that he left a SIM card issued for himself to a friend whom he had not seen for two and a half years. Around 8 am on April 19, a police officer called a friend at this phone number and arranged a meeting.

The North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced anarchist Yevgeny Karakashev to six years in a penal colony in the case of incitement to terrorism on the Internet (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to OVD-Info by his lawyer Alexei Ladin. The prosecutor asked to condemn Karakashev for nine years, the defense counsel - to acquit. The court sentenced the anarchist to six years in prison and banned him from speaking publicly after his release.

The Department of Regional Security and Anti-Corruption of Moscow did not begin to coordinate the rally in Lubyanka against the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. about this with reference to the lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov. writes Mediazona Akhilgov says that in the notice he proposed two dates - April 21 and 28. The authorities listed this as one of the reasons for the refusal. Second, the applicant allegedly did not explain how he would ensure public order.

The organizing committee of the student championship “What? Where? When?" refused to allow the New Greatness team to compete unless they changed their name. This is reported by the network publication "Project" with reference to the team members.

The hotel complex "Volga" in Kazan canceled the lease of the conference hall for the event "Schools of Local Self-Government". It is reported by "Idel. Realii” with reference to one of the organizers of the project, Dmitry Egorov. “The events were supposed to take place over three days. However, today we were told that they could not provide a room, allegedly because of the previously made reservation of the premises.

On April 18, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested Georgy Prikaznov, a left-wing activist, for ten days because of a picket on Red Square. Human rights activist Eduard Rudyk told OVD-Info about this. The man was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of the event (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Prikaznov was detained a day earlier when he went to Red Square with a single picket.

In the Nazran district of Ingushetia, security forces detained the chairman of the Council of Teips of the Ingush people, Malsag Uzhakhov. He was taken away in an unknown direction, writes "Mediazona" with reference to his son. According to him, several armed men in two cars arrived at their house in the village of Barsuki at about six in the morning. They told Uzhakhov to get dressed, take his documents, and then put him in an unmarked car and said they would take him “to the committee”.

The Central District Court of Novokuznetsk sentenced the mother of Protest Kuzbass coordinator Olga Gyammer to one and a half years probation. She was found guilty of using violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Taiga.info writes about this. Gyammer’s interests were represented in court by lawyer from OVD-Info Maxim Marynych. A criminal case was opened against the woman in September 2018.

Timothy Filatov / Photo from the Timofei page in VKontakte In Magnitogorsk on the morning of April 19, people in civilian clothes rudely detained the ex-coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny Timofei Filatov and brought to the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There, according to the activist, the police beat him with his hands on the head, threatened him with a criminal case and even murder, if he did not stop conducting an opposition public on VKontakte.

Illustration: Anastasia Pozhidaeva for OTD-Info Breastplate gradually becomes a mandatory detail of police equipment. But if the unlawful actions of the police are recorded, the recording can “get lost”. There is no responsibility for law enforcement officers for this. Also with stationary cameras in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSIN.