In St. Petersburg, participants in solo pickets in support of Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia were attacked by unknown persons. This was reported on the Facebook page of one of the picket participants Marianna Khanukova. “Tonight, a group of activists who came to hold a rally on Nevsky Prospekt were attacked by ‘titushki’. In response, one of the activists received pepper spray in the face. The attackers and victims were taken to the 78th police department," the statement said.

Police in Moscow detained the activist of the Libertarian Party of Russia Polina Karpova, who participated in a series of single pickets against the recruiting service in the army. About this OTD-Info was told by the press secretary of the party Daria Petrushenko. Karpova on the afternoon of May 15 stood near the military commissariat in the Tver district and held a poster with a photograph of Anton Porechkin, a conscript, who was beaten to death in the army.

Photo from the page of Alexandra Aksenova on Facebook The wife of the accused in the case of the "Network" in St. Petersburg Viktor Filinkov Alexander Aksenov received political asylum in Finland. She told the OVD-info about this. "I'm very happy. I was waiting for this from last April. I think this will be a precedent for all other recipients, I will wait for the other [emigrants in the case of “Network” -OTD-Info ] will also soon receive positive.

UPD 22:20 The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested five detainees at the Moscow gathering for five days. Three of them announced wet hunger strike. The sixth detainee, Viktor Kapitonov, was fined 150 thousand rubles. The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested Left Resistance activist Daria Polyudova for five days. Polyudova herself reported this to OVD-Info .

Update of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region reported 70 detainees. Three of them are minors. In total, since the beginning of the protests, employees have drawn up protocols for 98 people. Some of the detainees claimed to have been beaten by the police. In Yekaterinburg, residents are again detained who oppose the construction of a temple on the site of a square near the Drama Theater.

On May 14, the Magistrate's Court of the Sovetsky District of Kazan fined Elza Nisanbekova, a lawyer for the Human Rights Protection of the Card, for the second time for collaborating with an undesirable organization. It is reported by "Idel. Realities". The court found the lawyer guilty of participating in the activities of the Open Russia organization, which was recognized as undesirable in Russia (Article 20.33 of the Criminal Code), and fined him 10,000 rubles.

At the Krasnoselsky police department, a report was drawn up against human rights activist Lev Ponomarev for repeated violation of the rules of the action (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) due to the gathering “In Defense of the New Generation,” public defender Irina Yatsenko told OVD-Info.

A resident of the village of Verkhovazhye, Vologda Oblast, Yury Shadrin, was charged with disrespect for the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to the publication on VKontakte of the status “Putin d ****** is not fabulous, but real.” This is written by Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora International Human Rights Group. Shadrin's friends say that the police are taking revenge on him for organizing a rally against the pension reform.

In Yekaterinburg, after protests against the construction of a church on the site of a square, the police summoned protest leaders for questioning, two people were detained, journalist Yelena Shukayeva told OVD-Info. The organizer of the "Parks and Squares of Yekaterinburg" group, Anna Baltina, was brought to the police department on Frunze Street, 76. Lawyer Irina Ruchko went to see her.

Ismail Nalgiev with a poster / photo from Nalgiev's page on Facebook Ismail Nalgiev is a journalist and one of the applicants of the rally on March 26 in Magas against the transfer of land in Chechnya. During the protest between the activists and the security forces, a skirmish occurred. Nalgiev became the 25th person involved in the "Ingush swamp business" about violence against representatives of the authorities. For two days, a journalist was deported from Belarus and placed in custody.

Gathering near the FSB building on Lubyanka Photo: Varya Mikhalova On May 13, at the FSB building in Lubyanka in Moscow, a gathering was in support of the defendants in the affairs of the “New Greatness”, “Network” and other persecuted for political reasons. The police detained two participants in the action and 13 activists after it. OVD-Info monitors the ships of them. *UPD 22:20:20 The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested the five detainees at the Moscow gathering for five days.

Vladimir Skubak with a poster with the Presidential Administration / Photo: Svetlana Shmeleva The Major of the missile forces Vladimir Skubak served in the army for 22 years, but did not receive housing, which is relied by retired military personnel. Since April 20, in Moscow, he began daily pickets with the presidential administration, during which he was detained several times. OVD-Info recorded the story of Skubak. At the moment, I was detained seven times.

Photo: “Ural. MBH Media " In Yekaterinburg, for a few days of protests in defense of the square at the Drama Theater, the police detained more than 100 people. As a result, the authorities decided to find another place to build a temple, but the courts of opponents of this construction continue. We publish their results. The news is updated. If you have information about other court decisions, write to us in a bot in Telegram (@ovdinfobot) or by mail, call the hotline.