The Soviet District Court of Ryazan fined and deported five Americans for speaking at a local branch of the Moscow Polytechnic University. This is reported by the Side View publication, the information is also confirmed by cards from the court's website. Representatives of the University of Buffalo Charles Lindsey, Molly Anderson, Courtney Walsh, Maria Gambino and Mary Rogers arrived at Ryazan University on December 6 at the invitation of Delovaya Rossiya.

A day after FBK submitted documents to the Ministry of Justice for exclusion from the register of foreign agents, the fund received a payment from the United States. FBK considers this a provocation. FBK project manager Leonid Volkov announced this on his Facebook. Payment from Ace Trans Inc. in the amount of $100 was not accepted, since FBK only has a ruble bank account.

Meduza correspondent Ivan Golunov filed a complaint with the FSB alleging that police officers beat him during his arrest. This was reported on the publication's website. Golunov noted that the fact of the beating is formally "still unknown to law enforcement officials." In his statement, the journalist pointed out that the police exceeded their powers by using violence against him (paragraph “a” of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code) and planting drugs.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow limited Vladimir Ratnikov (Komarnitsky) in the time he could get acquainted with the materials of the Black Bloc case. This was reported to OVD-Info by the father of the accused, Gennady Komarnitsky. According to the decision of Judge Yulia Safina, Ratnikov (Komarnitsky) and his defense should finish familiarization with three volumes and 47 disks of material evidence by December 16th.

Mikhail Kvasov, a defendant in the case of threatening a judge, will be sent for a psychiatric examination. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Olga Pelshe, who represents Kvasov’s interests. Kvasov is accused of threatening Tver Court judge Stanislav Minin (Part 1 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code) because of a comment on Instagram about the verdict against Konstantin Kotov. According to Pelshe, there is no mention of Minin in the commentary.

In Yakutia, shaman Alexander Gabyshev was again sent under recognizance not to leave. This was reported by Human Rights Postcards. The preventive measure was chosen by an FSB investigator investigating the criminal case of a shaman on calls for extremism (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). “Now Gabyshev will not be able to leave Yakutsk.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the justice of the peace of court district No. 30, Lyudmila Zakharova, fined LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova 50,000 rubles under an article on propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors (part 2 of article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported to OVD-Info by Tsvetkova's lawyer Yakov Pushkarev. According to the lawyer, the activist took advantage of Article 51 of the Constitution at the meeting and did not testify against herself.

The Department of the Ministry of Justice for the Republic of Mari El filed a lawsuit demanding the liquidation of the human rights organization "Man and Law". this information The ministry posted on its website.

On December 10, Vladimir Putin met with the Human Rights Council. A number of council members raised topics related to freedom of assembly and political persecution. The president ignored the question of why the policemen who fabricated the case against Ivan Golunov were not punished. Putin responded to most of the others, even showing familiarity with human rights topics. But some of his statements are clearly not true.