On February 21, the Central District Court of Sochi extended the term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for Nikolai Kuzichkin and Vyacheslav Popov, suspected of organizing the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), the Caucasian Knot reports . About fifty people came to the hearing, but the judge, in the interests of the investigation - “in order not to disclose the materials of the preliminary investigation” - declared the hearing closed.

On February 21, the Zheleznovodsk City Court of the Stavropol Territory sentenced Dzhokhar Aliev, a participant in protests against changing the borders of Ingushetia, to a year and eight months in a colony-settlement. It is reported by MBH Media. Aliyev was found guilty under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code).

Pavel Steppanchenko and Alexander Kuznetsov in the police department / PHOTO OF LAWER In Moscow, the presidential administration detained two participants in single pickets in support of political prisoners, Pavel Steppanchenko and Alexander Kuznetsov, the OVD-Info hotline reported. According to an eyewitness, police artificially created a situation of violation of “Rules 50 m” - a minimum distance between the picketers.

Shihan Kushtau / Photo: @shihankusshtau on Facebook The authorities of the Ishimbay Rain of Bashkortostan did not agree on a flash mob in defense of Shikhan Kustau, declared on February 22. It is reported by Idel. Realities ". The refusal states that the organizers of the event submitted a notification later. In addition, officials indicated, “the concept of“ flash mob-sales of citizens ”is not provided for” by the Federal Law on rallies (FZ-54). “The flash mob will take place anyway.

The security guards of the high-rise building developer in Ramenki again attacked activists protesting against the construction of the house. It is reported by MBH Media. As a local resident Vasily Luzinovich told the publication, unknown people knocked deputy Yekaterina Engalycheva to the ground, two victims asked for emergency help, and one person was beaten. The police, who are nearby, do not react to the situation.

In Yakutsk, the police detained blogger Sergei Tikhoy (Sergey Popov), who covered the campaign of the shaman Alexander Gabyshev. This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to the coordinator of the Human Rights Postcard Alexei Pryanishnikov. According to him, 20 police officers broke into the house of the blogger's wife, allegedly because of an anonymous call about child abuse.

On February 19, the Cherboboksar city hall refused to coordinate the march of the memory of the politician Boris Nemtsov in the city center and invited the organizers to hold an action in the cemetery. This was announced by the coordinator of the local headquarters of Navalny Semyon Kochkin. The procession was supposed to take place on February 29 along the route from the square named after V.I. Chapaeva and end at the Lenin monument on Karl Marx Street.

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg dismissed the case against six participants in the procession in honor of the anniversary of the Great October Revolution “Flowers to Aurora”. This was reported by the joint press service of the courts of the city.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Natalya Taubina, head of the Public Verdict human rights foundation, 100,000 rubles under the law on foreign agents. This was reported by MBKh Media from the court. Taubina was found guilty under the article on the distribution of materials of a foreign agent without appropriate marking (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Lawyer Magomed Bekov, who defends persecuted protesters in Ingushetia, was summoned to the prosecutor's office for explanations. about this The lawyer spoke on his Facebook page. As Bekov writes, the prosecutor's office was interested in whether Bekov participates in the activities of public associations, such as IKNE (Ingush Committee of National Unity), the volunteer group "Ambulance" and others.