The Stavropol Regional Court toughened the punishment for six protesters in Magas who were convicted on charges of using violence against government officials (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Human Rights Center "Memorial". The court of appeal did not change the term of imprisonment, but added the motive of political hostility to the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and replaced the colony-settlement with a colony of general regime.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, demanded that the Krasnoyarsk television channel TVK remove a video in which pensioners burn an image of the coronavirus in a bucket. They saw in it the dissemination of deliberately unreliable information (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported on the channel's website.

The Third Court of Appeal in Sochi rejected an appeal to extend the arrest of Shaban Umerov, a defendant in the second Hizb ut-Tahrir Simferopol case. This is reported by "Crimea. Realii” with reference to lawyer Nazim Sheikhmambetov. During the meeting, Umerov challenged the panel of judges, citing the fact that he considers himself a citizen of Ukraine. The defense also pointed out the groundlessness of the conclusions of the court that extended the arrest.

The paramedic of the Novousmansk regional hospital of the Voronezh region, Alexander Kosyakin, was summoned to the police to give explanations in connection with the post about the lack of protective equipment for doctors. Police officers said that a criminal case could be initiated on the spread of fakes (Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code). About this with reference to Kosyakin reports "MBH Media". The reason for the call was a post posted by Kosyakin in social networks.

The person involved in the "Moscow case" Maxim Martintsov, sentenced to two and a half years in prison, is in SIZO-5 in Bashkortostan. This was reported to OVD-Info by his mother Galina Martintsova. According to her, he will stay in Bashkortostan for about ten days, then he should be transferred to the Bryansk region to serve his sentence in the region of registration. Earlier it was reported that Martintsov began to have health problems.

The home of Ufa resident Ilmira Bikbaeva was searched in connection with providing financial support to the mother of Bashkir oppositionist Airat Dilmukhametov, who is accused of calling for separatism and extremism. She talks about this on Echo of Moscow. she said They came to her with a search early in the morning of April 21. According to the woman, a local police officer called the apartment and said that he was checking the neighbors’ complaint about noise.

Eduard Malyshevsky, a defendant in the Moscow case, sentenced to two years and nine months in prison, is in SIZO-1 in Izhevsk (Udmurtia). There he is waiting to be sent to the colony. This was reported by the telegram channel "Konstantin Kotov INFO". Earlier it became known that Malyshevsky was sent to Udmurtia. Prior to that, he spent a week in SIZO-3 in Voronezh, and before that - in the Kursk SIZO.

The specialized psychiatric hospital No. 3 of the Krasnodar Territory demanded that the local resident Maxim Sokolov, whom the court sent for coercive treatment, would “immediately” appear. A self -isolation regime has been introduced in the region, and a man cannot reach the hospital, which is in another village. Sokolov himself informed the OVD-Info about this.

The Ministry of Justice, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, included in the register of foreign agents the Projectoria Center for the Development of Social Initiatives, funded by an American NGO. This was reported on the official website of the Prosecutor General's Office.

On April 20, a public gathering of residents dissatisfied with the lack of support from the state during the pandemic was held in the center of Vladikavkaz. It all ended in clashes with the Russian Guard. Dozens of people were arrested for periods ranging from 2 to 15 days, and a criminal case was opened. An active participant in the gathering, Vadim Cheldiev, was sent to a pre-trial detention center.