The government of St. Petersburg refused to lift the ban on single pickets, introduced as part of the “high alert regime.” This is stated in the response to the Memorial Human Rights Center from the Committee on Law and Order of St. Petersburg dated October 13. OVD-Info is available.

The Serpukhov City Court extended the preventive measure in the form of detention for Rosderzhava journalist Yan Katelevsky until January 2020. He is accused of extorting a traffic police officer and damaging someone else's property. This was reported by the telegram channel “Power of Movement”. The defense asked to change the preventive measure to one not related to imprisonment. The prosecution, represented by the prosecutor, asked to extend the arrest for three months.

The Ivanovo Regional Court upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witness from Furmanovo, Evgeniy Spirin. The believer was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. This was reported by the press service of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The prosecutor's office asked to cancel the verdict and return the case for a new trial to the court of first instance; Spirin's defense insisted on a full acquittal.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow returned to the police the materials of the case of Pussy Riot activist Tim Bestsvet, who was detained because of the action with rainbow flags hanging on the capital's administrative buildings. This was reported by the "Apology of Protest" in its Telegram channel. Earlier, a protocol was drawn up for the young man on repeated participation in an unapproved public event (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Moscow City Court dismissed an appeal against the decision to recover 241,520 rubles from opposition politicians due to alleged damage to the Armenia restaurant during the action on July 27, 2019. This was reported by MBKh Media with reference to the press service of the court.

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Pskov terminated the administrative case on fakes (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against local officials in connection with their statements about the number of ventilators. This was reported by Sever.Realii with reference to an activist of the Yabloko party and municipal deputy Nikolai Kuzmin.

The Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision to impose a fine on Vladislav Shulga, a resident of Taganrog, for commenting on VKontakte. this . reports Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora International Human Rights Group, In August, the Taganrog City Court found Shulga guilty under the article on inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles in the wake of publications on Vkontakte.

The prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the criminal case on giving false evidence (part 1 of article 307 of the Criminal Code) against the Crimean Tatar Ruslan Bekirov. The case file has been submitted to the court. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity movement.

Detention at the Moscow Marofon / Photo from the personal archive of Anastasia Pikulina The Khamovnican District Court of Moscow fined Anastasia Pikulin for 15 thousand rubles in the wake of the detention due to the flag of Belarus at the marathon. She herself told the OVD-Info about this. The interests of Pikulina were defended in court by a lawyer from the OVD-Info Sergey Telnov.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan overturned the decision of the Vakhitovsky District Court to bring civil activist Nailya Mullaeva to administrative responsibility due to a picket in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported in the “Apologies of Protest” telegram channel. The Supreme Court sent the administrative violation case for a new trial. During the meeting, the policeman who participated in the arrest was interrogated: he confirmed that he did not demand to stop the picket.

The Trans-Baikal Regional Court found local teacher Yevgeny Akhmylov guilty under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (part 3 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) due to the publication of a photo of Ataman Pyotr Krasnov on the Immortal Regiment website. This was reported by the press service of the court. During World War II, Krasnov openly supported Adolf Hitler and the actions of German troops on the territory of the USSR.

The Tverskoy District Court refused to stop the prosecution under the “Dada” article (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code) against municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Mikhail Biryukov. During the preliminary hearing in court, the defense filed a motion to dismiss the case, in which they indicated that the politician’s actions did not constitute a crime, and that the investigation did not prove the existence of real damage allegedly caused by Galyamina.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Vladimir fined a local resident 10,000 rubles for participating in a solitary picket. The woman demanded during the action to comply with quarantine measures. about writes This is what Open Media . The information is confirmed on the website of the court. In the ruling, the judge pointed out that the picketer held the rally without the consent of the authorities, thereby violating the requirements of the law on public events.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Basmanny District Court on fines for three participants in pickets in defense of lawyers' rights. This was reported by the lawyer of OVD-Info Ekaterina Selezneva.

In St. Petersburg, the prosecutor's office sent a test on knowledge of legislation on extremism to Petrovsky College, which students must pass. This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to the head of the Alliance of Teachers Daniil Ken. “This test was given to us by a college employee on condition of anonymity. It is lowered by the prosecutor's office and is intended for students. It looks like some kind of monitoring, ”Ken quotes the publication. MBH Media published a link to the test.