The Chertanovsky District Court of Moscow will consider the issue of tightening administrative supervision against Olga Shalina, the head of the Moscow branch of the Other Russia, according to the party's public page on VKontakte. Shalina has been under administrative supervision since April 2019.

On March 23, the Investigative Committee opened a case under the article on organizing mass riots (Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) against the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov. This is reported on the department's website. According to Russian investigators, Chubarov instructed his deputy Akhtem Chiygoz, with the help of supporters of the Mejlis, to organize mass riots near the Supreme Council of Crimea in February 2014.

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In SIZO No. 2 in Pyatigorsk, Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, accused of organizing the use of violence at a rally in Magas in March 2019, were quarantined in the same cell with prisoners who are now being tested for coronavirus. About this writes “South. MBKh media” with reference to the lawyer Magomed Abubakarov. “They were quarantined in a cell with sick people who were tested for coronavirus. There were no responses to the tests.

The person involved in the second Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, Server Mustafayev, does not receive the necessary medical care. This is reported by "Crimea. Realii” with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. “Illegally detained Crimean Tatar Server Mustafayev has had a fever and cough since March 19, but he still does not receive proper medical care in the Russian pre-trial detention center.

In March, Emil Dzhemadenov, convicted in the Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, was placed for the second time in a punishment cell in a strict regime colony in Bashkortostan. This was reported to OVD-Info by Dzhemadenov's wife Liana Belialova. In February, Emil Dzhemadenov was placed in ShIZO IK-16 in Salavat for 20 days, while the maximum stay there is 15 days. The staff of the colony called the reason for this the fact that Dzhemadenov refused to do exercises.

In Moscow, civil activist Alexander Kuznetsov was detained on Nikolskaya Street. He reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. According to Kuznetsov, the police said that he was wanted, and they took the detainee to the police department in the Kitay-gorod district. Alexander Kuznetsov noted that during the detention he did not participate in any public event, he did not have posters with him.

On March 18, the Yoshkar-Ola City Court extended the house arrest of Ekaterina Pegasheva, accused of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), according to the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Ekaterina Pegasheva's measure of restraint was extended until May 26. the judge connected this with the receipt of the results of three examinations in the case. Pegasheva is also prohibited from using mail, telephone and the Internet.

Employees of the Federal Bailiff Service, accompanied by armed security officials, came to the annual meeting of shareholders of the State Farm named after Lenin. This was reported by the press service of the State Farm (the letter is at the disposal of OVD-Info). The incident took place around 10 am on March 19.

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 International Society "Memorial". Dmitriev will remain in custody until June 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).

The Prosecutor's Office of the Perm Territory submitted to the court a criminal case about a mannequin with the face of Vladimir Putin. This is reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the approved indictment.

Due to the coronavirus epidemic, we are forced to spend most of our time in self-isolation. Fortunately, the development of progress allows you to relieve boredom with the help of the Internet, video games or TV series. Unfortunately, political prisoners are deprived of all this. OVD-Info tells how you can help them without leaving home, and also what else can be done to make things easier for society in Russia.