The Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan assigned 240 hours of compulsory work to Artem Terbalyan, an observer at the 2018 presidential election in the Astrakhan region, on charges of “using a knowingly forged document” (part 5 of article 327 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Boris Zolotarevsky in his telegram channel. The investigation considers the referral to the polling station as an observer signed by V.

The prosecutor filed a protest against the decision of the Meshchansky District Court, which ordered three days of arrest for eco-activist Konstantin Fokin, who handcuffed himself to the front door of the FSB building. This was reported to OVD-Info by Fokin's lawyer Olga Pelshe. The prosecutor motivated the protest by saying that when deciding on Fokin's case, the judge did not take into account that the activist had already been held accountable for protest actions.

In St. Petersburg, the Irkutsk anarchist Igor Martynenko was summoned to the E Center. Martynenko himself reported this to the legal bot OVD-Info. In the conversation, the employee mentioned the "Movement of Irkutsk anarchists", asked if Martynenko was familiar with it.

Former drug control department operative Denis Konovalov, arrested in the case of journalist Ivan Golunov, fully admitted his guilt and testified against his boss Igor Lyakhovets. Interfax reports this with reference to Lyakhovets’ lawyer Alexey Kovrizhkin. “Last week, during a confrontation between my client Lyakhovets and his former subordinate Konovalov, the policeman stated that it was Lyakhovets who gave him instructions to plant drugs on Golunov.

In February 2020, eight criminal cases were opened against Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). About this on the website “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”. reported Criminal cases were opened against Irina and Anna Lokhvitsky, Tatiana Schollner, Tatiana Zagulina, Anastasia Guzeva, Natalya Kriger, Oleg Postnikov and Andrei Gubin.

The defendants in the Black Bloc case were taken from the pre-trial detention center on February 19, allegedly for a court hearing, depriving them of a meeting with their lawyers, the father of one of the accused, Gennady Komarnitsky, reported to the hotline. OVD-Info A preliminary hearing and extension of custody in the Black Bloc case is scheduled for 10:00 on February 20. On the morning of February 19, the day before the trial, the defendants were scheduled to meet with their lawyers.

Rushan Kabirov in the Supreme Court of Tatarstan / Photo: Gulnaz Ravilov The judge of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan, Irebatedinov, terminated the case under the article on the organization of mass residence of citizens in public places that entailed a violation of public order (part 1 of article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Rushan Kabirov, journalist of the Rosabustiva publication.

On Saturday, single pickets were supposed to take place near the Gallery shopping center for the preservation of the constitutional order. They were scheduled for three o'clock in the afternoon. I arrived 20 minutes early to stream the video - I have a group on VKontakte “Russia of Changes” and a YouTube channel with the same name. I wanted to cover the event to the best of my ability and somehow protect people from illegal actions of the police.

Sergey Lazarev / Photo from the Lazarev page in VKontakte On February 15, in St. Petersburg, a series of single pickets was supposed to be held against changing the constitution. Participants began to be detained almost immediately. 16 people were taken to the police, some did not let go of more than 12 hours. The city of Pushkin Sergey Lazarev spent more than 14 hours in autozaks and the department. He was detained after he explained to the police that single pickets did not require approval.