Yury Koretsky, chairman of the Alliance for Animal Defenders, was detained near the building of the State Duma in Moscow. He himself told OVD-Info about this. At the building of the State Duma, a people's gathering was held against the adoption of a law allowing aviary hunting. The video broadcast shows that the animal rights activist was detained after the end of the gathering. Several police officers approached Koretsky and took him to a car.

The Moscow government did not agree on a rally, march and mass picket as part of World Wide Protection Global Strike for Future, which was scheduled for May 24. This was announced by the OTD-Info by one of the organizers of the event from the Student Syndicate union Mitya Porotov. Initially, the action was planned to be held in the form of a rally for 500 people near the monument to the heroes of Plevna in the Ilyinsky Square.

Due to threats, Tochka News journalist Anton Pantin wrote a statement to the police against Alexander Bekker, a deputy from United Russia of the Yugorsk City Duma. He asks to open a case on obstructing the professional activities of a journalist (part 3 of article 144 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to the statement of the journalist.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow fined Association of Popular Resistance (ANS) activist Liliya Osipova 15 thousand for hanging a banner “Apologize for Ekb” on the fence of Patriarch Kirill’s residence. The press secretary of the movement, Nikita Zaitsev, wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

In Saransk, a protocol was drawn up on charges of carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization (20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Yevgeny Pashutkin. He was charged with such an offense due to the fact that he was one of the organizers of the screening of a film about Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the council of the Open Russia movement. About it writes "MBH Media".

The Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the Babushkinsky District Court that the criminal case against Kolomna activist Vyacheslav Egorov under the “Dada article” was opened legally. This was stated by lawyer Maria Eismont, who represents the interests of the activist from Sitting Rus'. OVD-Info“Even if we admit everything that Egorov is suspected of, this is not enough for a criminal case. We consider the very initiation of the case illegal,” the lawyer said.

In Ingushetia, the city court of Nalchik extended the arrest of activists Azhigov, Oskanov, Mekiyev and Bakiyev and one of the protest leaders, Bagautdin Khautiev, until September 25. This was reported by MBKh Media with reference to lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov. The lawyer believes that such a decision was made in connection with the request of the investigation. The terms of detention for all prisoners expired in the first days of June.

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, at the request of the defense, removed the arrest from the accounts and securities of politician Alexei Navalny. It is reported by TASS. The defense asked to satisfy the petition to remove the arrest, since all property claims in Navalny's criminal cases were extinguished. The arrest on the accounts and securities of the politician was imposed during the investigation of the case of the Yves Rocher company in 2013.

The city court in St. Petersburg rejected the complaint of the Ministry of Internal Affairs against the decision to terminate two administrative cases under the article on disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov reported this to OVD-Info. On April 1, the Kuibyshevsky District Court of St.

In Lipetsk, a court found Pravda newspaper journalist Dmitry Pashinov guilty of insulting former deputy prosecutor Andrey Pazhetnykh. The journalist himself told about this OVD-Info. His interests in court are represented by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Yulia Zatonskaya. The journalist spent 13 days in a pre-trial detention center, although the article on insulting a government representative (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) does not provide for detention.

On May 18, the Leninsky District Court of Smolensk sent two followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, Tatyana Galkevich and 63-year-old Valentina Vladimirova, to a pre-trial detention center for two months. This was reported on the website of the religious organization. Women are suspected of participating in extremist activities (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Both were searched and their equipment was seized.

Police in Pskov terminated the administrative case of Yabloko activist Nikolai Kuzmin, who was detained during a one-man picket against Russia's spending on the war in Syria. This is reported by Radio Liberty with reference to Kuzmin. The Yabloko activist was detained on April 26, when he was standing in a solo picket near the exhibition of captured weapons "Syrian Break", which was held on the forecourt.

The head of the human rights organization Mashr, Magomed Mutsolgov, was visited at home by employees of the Investigative Committee with a summons for questioning as a witness in a criminal case. This was reported by MBKh Media, citing Mutsolgov himself. The activist was not at home. According to him, his relatives did not take the summons. It is unknown what criminal case is being discussed. Mutsolgov says that law enforcement officers began to come to him after the protests.

FSB officers in Astrakhan detained three people on suspicion of organizing an extremist community and involving in its activities (part 1 and 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the official website of the Investigative Committee. Among the detainees are two residents of the Astrakhan region and one resident of the Krasnodar Territory. SK does not give their names. At the moment, the issue of choosing a preventive measure is being decided.