In Ingushetia, the investigation into the kidnapping case of Oleg Kozlovsky, an Amnesty International employee, conducted a polygraph test on the human rights activist himself in order to verify the veracity of his testimony. about this . writes The "Caucasian Knot" “He did not refuse, this was done with the aim, according to the investigator and the polygraph examiner, to remove doubts that Kozlovsky is telling the truth ...

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria changed the measure of restraint for Mukharbek Mamatov, a defendant in the case of protests in Ingushetia, to house arrest until March 25, 2020. This is reported by the publication "Fortanga". The publication quotes Mamatov's lawyer Magomed Abubakarov: “This is the first case when, under Part 2 of Art. 318 of the Criminal Code change the detention to house arrest. Mukharbek Mamatov was sent to a pre-trial detention center on February 6, 2020.

Eco-activist Konstantin Fokin was arrested for 15 days in connection with the action on Pushkin Square, which took place last year. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info Olga Pelshe. On February 20, the Moscow City Court held an appeal against Fokin's arrest for another action - near the FSB building in support of the Network defendants.

The Second Western District Military Court considered the prosecution's request to extend the preventive measure for those involved in the Black Bloc case. Anastasia Mestnikova, who attended the meeting, reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The court changed one of the defendants, Artem Vorobyov, from detention to house arrest.

The Zheleznovodsk City Court of the Stavropol Territory announced the sentences for the protesters in Magas. Aslan Aushev and Bagautdin Myakiev were found guilty of using violence against police officers (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). about this with reference to lawyers Kazim Atabiev and Magomed Aushev. writes MBKh Media Aushev was sentenced to a year and eight months in a colony-settlement, Myakiev - in the form of a year and ten months in a colony-settlement.

In Belgorod on February 19, police interrupted a single picket of local city council deputy Igor Tsevmenko in support of those involved in the “Network” case and escorted him to the regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a conversation. “7x7” writes about this. According to the publication, Tsevmenko held a rally in front of the building of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal against a preventive measure against the leader of the Left Resistance, Daria Polyudova. The activist will remain in jail until March 13, 2020. A listener of the meeting reported this to OVD-Info. Polyudova’s defender, lawyer of the international human rights group “Agora” Leonid Solovyov, stated in court that there is no need to keep his client in custody, since she has no opportunity to hide.

On February 19, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested six Kyrgyz citizens suspected of creating an extremist organization (Tablighi Jamaat case). This was reported to the courts. OVD-Infopress ServiceThe court decided to arrest the visitors until March 17. TASS news agency names of those arrested: Aibek Mamazhunusov, Murzy Kushuev, Aibek Khalmatov, Asan Uulu, Kalbaev Artyk, Kozonov Altynbek.

Civil activist Marina Shoetova, a participant in a solo picket for the resignation of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, was detained in Kazan. This was reported on Twitter by the Kazan headquarters of Navalny. Earlier, Shoetova was fined 10,000 rubles for participating in an unsanctioned rally against the pension reform on September 9.

Security guards of the high-rise building developer in Ramenki beat up Moscow City Duma deputies Yevgeny Stupin and Ekaterina Engalycheva, as well as local residents opposed to the construction. This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to Stupin himself. “In relation to Ekaterina Engalycheva, me and other residents, violence was used by the developer in order to bring their equipment to the construction site.

In Ufa, they came to search the apartment of local eco-activist Sergei Strannik, and two of his comrades were detained and persuaded not to participate in the eco-landing to protect the natural monument Shikhan Kushtau. Strannik himself, as well as the detained eco-activist Syava Glysko, reported this to OVD-Info. According to Glysko, on the night of February 18-19, he was detained by FSB officers and taken to the police station in the Soviet district.

Police officers came to the home of Ruslan Diniusa, an activist of the Union of Krasnoyarsk movement, who participated in a series of single-person pickets against the reform of the Constitution. This was reported to OVD-Info by civil activist Gleb Maryasov. According to him, Dinius was at school when the police came to the apartment where he lives.

The wife of the organizer of the march in memory of Boris Nemtsov in Kemerovo is going to be fired from the children's clinic, where she worked as a nurse. This was reported in a press release of the Yabloko party. Irina Sotnikova, the wife of Yevgeny Artemyev, a member of the regional council of the Kemerovo Yabloko, was told at the clinic that she would be laid off in April.

On February 20, the terms of punishment for the defendants in the New Greatness case will be requested. They are accused of creating an extremist community. The investigation believes that 10 young people were planning a coup. The lawyer of Maria Dubovik, Maxim Pashkov, explained in detail on his Telegram channel what is wrong with the prosecution and why the extremist community "New Greatness" cannot even formally exist. OVD-Info publishes his story. The structure of Art.