Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree banning public events until April 10 due to the coronavirus. This was reported on the website of the mayor. According to the decree, the ban will apply to events with more than 5,000 people. “The situation with the spread of coronavirus infection is gradually getting worse. We also see how events are developing in Italy, Germany and our other European neighbors.

The Meshchansky District Court extended the arrest of the leader of the “Left Resistance” Daria Polyudova until June 13. After the meeting, the bailiffs detained one of the listeners, Kirill Kotov. Listener Elena Sannikova reported this to the OVD-Info hotline: People were already leaving the courthouse, but the bailiffs began to put pressure on them to leave quickly, and among them were disabled people - Viktor Kapitonov, Vera Lavreshina.

The administration of Arkhangelsk refused to agree on a mass picket against changing the Constitution. This is reported by "7 × 7". The applicants for the event, Yury Chesnokov and Anton Sychnikov, planned to hold mass pickets on Lenin Square on March 9 or 15. However, the city authorities did not agree on pickets on any of the proposed days.

The European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to pay compensation to Sergey Krivov, a person involved in the Bolotnaya case, for illegal detention in a pre-trial detention center. The decision is published on the website of the court. The ECtHR recognized that the Russian court violated the right to liberty and security of person (clause 3, clause 1, article 5 of the 1950 Convention ) when he sent Krivov to a pre-trial detention center for the duration of the investigation and trial.

On March 4, the Court of Cassation in Pyatigorsk declared illegal the extension of the period of detention of Dagestani Jehovah's Witnesses in a pre-trial detention center. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Arsen Abdullaev, Maria Karpova, Anton Dergalev and Marat Abdulgalimov have been in custody since June 2019. They are accused under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Moscow City Court overturned a fine of 10 thousand rubles to Georgy Galkin, a minor detained at the rally on July 27. This was reported by lawyer Tatyana Solomina, who represented the young man in court from OVD-Info.