The Petrozavodsk City Court extended the arrest of the historian and head of the Karelian "Memorial" Yuri Dmitriev for three months. This is reported by the publication "7 × 7". Dmitriev will remain in custody until March 25. The historian was arrested on June 28, 2018. The investigation believes that from 2012 to 2016 he committed sexual acts of violence against his minor adopted daughter (clause “b” part 4 of article 132 of the Criminal Code).

Elista city fined pensioners Semyon Ateev and Arkady Goryaev 10,000 rubles for participating in a rally on October 27 against the appointment of Acting Mayor of Elista Dmitry Trapeznikov. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". The publication reports that the judge ignored the evidence of the defense that the Supreme Court of Kalmykia recognized the rally as coordinated.

In Penza, an activist was detained in connection with a theatrical action dedicated to a violation of human rights. Two more were summoned to the police department for an explanation. This was announced to the hotline of the OWD-Info by the deputy of the Penza City Duma, Alexander Rogozhkin. Activist of Roman Stotsky was detained at home and taken to the police department No. 1 on Nekrasov Street. There is no connection with him yet.

The Ministry of Justice has included the Legal Initiative Foundation in the register of NGOs performing the functions of a foreign agent. This was reported on the website of the department. The fund was recognized as a "foreign agent" after an unscheduled verification of documentation by the Ingush department of the Ministry of Justice, the report says.

Six Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza were sentenced under the article on the activities of an extremist organization. One believer received six years in prison. This was reported on the official website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The case of the believers was heard in the Leninsky District Court of Penza. Vladimir Alushkin was sentenced to a real prison term - he was found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

For the second time in a day, FBK employees Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov were ordered to pay compensation for damage caused during the protests on August 3. MBH Media writes about this. The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow recovered a total amount of 1.5 million rubles from Alburov and Sobol in favor of the State Budgetary Institution “Highways”. The court, therefore, partially satisfied the claim from the institution, which demanded to pay them an amount of 3 million rubles.

Evgeny Kurakin in court / Photo: Nikolai Sizikov The judge of the Moscow Regional Court Ekaterina Kudryavtseva December 12 decided to change the jurisdiction of the criminal case of the head of the Reutovsky branch of the Yabloko party Evgeny Kurakin. This was reported by a member of the ATS-Info Nikolai Sizikov. Now the case will be transferred from the Reutovsky City Court to the city court of Zheleznodorozhny.

The Zheleznovodsk Court of the Stavropol Territory sentenced a participant in a March rally in Magas to 1 year and 4 months in a colony-settlement on charges of using violence that is not hazardous to health against a member of the National Guard (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by RAPSI (Russian Agency for Legal and Judicial Information).

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow recovered a total amount of 657 thousand rubles from employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Lyubov Sobol and Georgy Alburov in favor of Mosgortrans due to the protests on August 3. MBH-Media reports this. Thus, the court fully satisfied the claim from Mosgortrans. Representatives of the enterprise noted that due to the action, Trubnaya, Old and New Arbat streets, Pushkinskaya Square and the Boulevard Ring were blocked.

In the Moscow region, a participant in protests against the construction of a landfill in a forest area near Likino-Dulyovo was interrogated in the case of illegal logging. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta with reference to the eco-activist himself, whose name is not given. “I was summoned to the investigation department in Orekhovo-Zuevo for illegal logging where a waste processing plant was to be built. The investigator told me that 50 mountain ash had been uprooted there.

On December 12, the City Court of St. Petersburg upheld the decision of the Smolninsky District Court, which in April refused to satisfy the claim for the illegal transfer of personal data. This is reported by the publication “Idel. Realii" with reference to the lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov.

Students of the Vologda Governor's College of Folk Crossing told Newsvo about a voluntary and compulsory meeting with representatives of the United Russia party on December 11. According to students, they were collected in the assembly hall and handed out forms with a request to consider the party who filled the supporter. The meeting was attended by the director and head teacher of the college.

Sergey Fomin at a meeting in the Moscow City Court on October 23 / Photo: Vlad Dokshin, New Gazeta On December 6, Sergei Fomin was unexpectedly released - the only person involved in the “Moscow business”, who was still accused of “riots”. From the rest, this charge was removed for a long time, while Fomin spent several months under house arrest.