On December 4, a preliminary hearing on the case of Zekirya Muratov, a resident of Crimea, was held at the Southern District Military Court. He is being prosecuted on charges of links to Hizb ut-Tahrir. The court decided to transfer Muratov from the Simferopol detention center to SIZO No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported by Crimean Solidarity with reference to lawyers Emine Avamileva and Lilya Gemedzhi.

The Stavropol Territory Court dismissed a complaint about the extension of the arrest of seven defendants in the "Ingush case". This was reported by Fortanga with reference to the lawyer Dzhabrail Kuriev. In November, the Kislovodsk District Court extended the preventive measure for Akhmet Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Ismail Nalgiev, Zarifa Sautieva, Malsag Uzhakhov, Bagaudin Khautiev and Barakh Chemurziev for 6 months.

On December 4, the Southern District Military Court ruled to return the confiscated phone to Vadim Siruk, sentenced to 12 years in the Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". Siruk attended the meeting via videoconference from correctional colony No. 2 in Bashkortostan. The lawyers were in the Crimean garrison military court. The phone, whose fate was decided by the court, was confiscated during a search of Siruk's house in February 2016.

The Proletarsky District Court of Tver extended the measure of restraint for truck driver Mikhail Vedrov, who is accused under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). Vedrov was kept under house arrest until January 8, 2021. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov. The lawyer quoted verbatim a fragment of the prosecutor's petition to extend the period of house arrest.

The European Union has decided to develop sanctions against human rights violations. This was reported on the association's website. According to the concept of the project, the EU will be able to respond to human rights violations by individuals, organizations, state and non-state structures. The EU writes that for the first time it will have such powers, regardless of which part of the world does not comply with international norms.

An employee of the Center for Countering Extremism (Center “E”), Major D. Saraev, conducted an operational-search activity “surveillance” on the page of Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina on Instagram. This was reported by the head of the international human rights group “Agora” Pavel Chikov. Chikov published a photograph of the act of “monitoring” of Alekhina’s page, which was drawn up by Major Saraev.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested a political scientist and leader of the public movement "Changes", who was detained after a provocation at a meeting of the movement on Saturday, December 5. This is reported by the telegram channel PYATNITSA. The court found Nightingale guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and appointed 10 days of arrest.

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court rejected the complaint against the order to conduct a search on October 1 at the home of journalist Irina Slavina. The day after the search, Slavina committed suicide. MBKh Media writes about this with reference to lawyer Alexander Karavaev. “Today a court decision was made on my complaint in the interests of my husband, in the interests of Murakhtaev, which raised the question of the legality of the search in their house.

The Lomonosovsky District Court of St. Petersburg refused to consider the claim of Yuli Boyarshinov, a defendant in the Network case, for compensation due to the conditions of detention in the Gorelovo pre-trial detention center. This was reported by MBKH Media with reference to lawyer Olga Krivonos. “The judge ruled to leave the claim without consideration, since, in her opinion, a similar claim had already been considered in court,” the publication quotes the lawyer.

The Investigative Committee (IC) for the Nizhny Novgorod region for the second time refused to initiate a criminal case in connection with the death of journalist Irina Slavina. This was reported by MBKh Media. Representatives of Slavina demanded that a case be opened under articles on “incitement to suicide” (Article 110 of the Criminal Code) or “inclination to suicide” (Article 110.1 of the Criminal Code).

The defense of the defendants in the case of the protests in Magas obtained permission from the Essentuki City Court to visit relatives. reports . Fortanga The publication does not provide a complete list of defendants who have obtained permission. Probably, we are talking about the defendants in the Ingush “bolotnaya case”, who are being held in SIZO-2 in Pyatigorsk.

On September 3, the Kingisepp City Court of the Leningrad Region sentenced citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic Ilyasbek Toktonazarov, a supporter of the Tablighi Jamaat movement, to two years in prison. LenTV24 published this on December 7 with reference to the FSB press service, attention to the case from the SOVA Information and Analytical Center.

The Leninsky District Court of Perm imposed a fine of 10 thousand rubles on the National Bolshevik Kirill Imashev due to the action with the banner “Revolution”, which local activists of “The Other Russia of E.V. Limonov” held on November 7. Elena Pershakova, a lawyer at the Public Verdict Foundation, reported this to OVD-Info. Imashev was found guilty under the article on violating the rules of participation in the action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

The Zheleznovodsk City Court of the Stavropol Territory sentenced Zakri Bapkhoev, a participant in the Magas rally in 2019. This was reported by the Human Rights Center "Memorial". The court found Bakkhoev guilty under the article on the use of non-dangerous violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) and appointed him six months in a general regime colony.

In the Velikoluksky district of the Pskov region, on December 6, police detained five observers and journalists because of filming at a polling station. This is written in the community “Observers of St. Petersburg for Fair Elections” on VKontakte. The reason for the detention was the refusal of journalists and observers to stop filming at polling station No. 432 at the request of members of the precinct election commission (PEC).