In the Meshchansky District Court, at a hearing in the case of defendants in the “Moscow case” Yegor Lesny, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov, bailiffs detained listeners Alexandra and Lyudmila Kalistratov, as well as Dmitry Positselsky. This was reported to OVD-Info by Alexandra Kalistratova. According to her, after the joke of one of the lawyers, the listeners laughed, and the judge ordered that “someone” be removed from the courtroom.

The Stavropol Regional Court recognized as lawful the extension of the arrest until February 10 to one of the elders of the Ingush people, Akhmed Barakhoev. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the lawyer of the "Right Initiative" Fatima Urusova. According to Urusova, the court of first instance, which extended the arrest, did not sufficiently examine the validity of the charges.

The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow extended the arrest of mathematician Azat Miftakhov, accused of hooliganism, until February 7. DOXA reports this. Thus, Miftakhov will spend 12 months in the pre-trial detention center. This is the maximum period of detention without charge. On December 17, the Moscow City Court upheld this decision, a representative of the support group Azat Miftakhova told OVD-Info from the courtroom.

The St. Petersburg City Court dismissed the administrative case of Alexandra Brusser, a participant in the May Day demonstration. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest". Brusser was detained during the procession and fined 15,000 rubles under the article on violation of the rules of the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The activist appealed the decision.

In Moscow, during a public hearing in the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki district, they detained Maxim Kozlovsky’s activist. Olga Lipina reported this OVD-Info. The police detained the activist at the school building, where hearings are being held. According to Lipina, they said that Kozlovsky had received a complaint. 17:30 Police detained activist of Alexandravdersky. A lawyer from the OVD-Info Mikhail Biryukov went to the place. 18:20 Police detained activist Olga Lipina.

The Belgorod Regional Court canceled the termination of the administrative cases of Yuri Polyakov and Andrei Ruban for a picket in support of independent candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma. about this Writes "7 × 7". The decision to terminate the cases was canceled, as it was appealed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ruban himself. The activist was not satisfied with the wording specified in the resolution on termination.

In Moscow and Chelyabinsk, FSB officers detained nine people involved in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Center for Public Relations of the FSB.

At the building of the Kuntsevsky District Court, the activist of the “unlimited protest” Dmitry Positselsky was detained. This was reported by the OTD-Info by Artem Abramov. Activists of the “indefinite” were hung next to the court building, where the case of Yegor Zhukov, the banner “Freedom of Political Planted” is listened today. Law enforcement officers forced Positselsky to remove the banner and detained the activist. 13:55 Activist released.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Sergei Medenkov in absentia on charges of allegedly attacking an employee of the Russian Guard during a protest on July 27 in Moscow. TASS reports this with reference to the courts. the press service reports. The agency clarifies that Medenkov was charged under Part 1 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code (violence against a government official) back on November 21 as part of the case of “mass riots” at summer protests in Moscow.

The Pskov Regional Assembly passed a law abolishing local restrictions on freedom of assembly. This was reported by the telegram channel of the human rights organization "Public Verdict". Human rights activists clarify that now in the Pskov region there is no ban on holding public actions near authorities and educational institutions. In November, the Constitutional Court lifted the ban on holding rallies in Syktyvkar's main square.

In Moscow, the justice of the peace of the Khoroshevsky district again found Moment of Truth guilty of allegedly spreading fake news (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed a fine of 200,000 rubles. This is reported by the TASS agency. Earlier in October, the justice of the peace had already fined Moment of Truth for 200,000 rubles under a fake news article because of several videos posted on YouTube. One of the videos is called "Urgent!

Police officers in Moscow came to search the house of libertarian Dmitry Brazhenko. This was reported to OVD-Info by Dmitry's sister Daria Brazhenko. The search is carried out as part of a criminal case on illegal possession of explosives (Part 1 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code) against Khrustalev D.S., a former classmate of Dmitry Brazhenko. The police allegedly seized an improvised explosive from Khrustalev during the search.