Judge of the Leninsky District Court of Novosibirsk Ekaterina Kashina sentenced Jehovah's Witness Yuri Savelyev to 6 years in a general regime colony under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. During the debate, the prosecutor asked for 8 years in prison for the believer.

Since November 30, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region has been considering a criminal case against four Jehovah's Witnesses behind closed doors. They are accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and its financing (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

In Nizhny Novgorod, the court arrested 12 days a participant in a single picket in support of Navalny Maxim Alibaev. This was reported by "Apology of Protest" with reference to the lawyer Ruslan Sozonov. The court considered him guilty under the article on re -non -fulfilling the legal requirement of a policeman by a picket participant ( part 6 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ). On the eve of December 15, Alibaev was detained during a single picket.

The Meshchansky Court of Moscow arrested activist Andrei Us for 15 days, who the day before went to the Main Directorate of the FSB on Lubyanka with a poster "Take the hostage from the captivity of Chekist terrorists to their homeland." He himself reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The court found Mustache guilty under the article on disobedience to a police officer (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Sevastopol City Court upheld the decision to extend the preventive measure in the form of detention for Jehovah's Witness Vladimir Maladyka. The Crimean Human Rights Group reports this. According to Crimean human rights activists, Maladyka will remain in pre-trial detention at least until February 28, 2021. The defendant participated in the hearing via video link from the pre-trial detention center in Simferopol.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Simonovsky District Court to recover 3.37 million rubles from opposition politicians Lyubov Sobol, Ivan Zhdanov, Vladimir Milov, Alexei Navalny, Alexander Solovyov, Oleg Stepanov and Ilya Yashin in favor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs due to the action on July 27, 2019. This was reported by MBKH Media with reference to the court file.

The Department of the Investigative Committee for the Pskov region refused to open a criminal case on the beating of activist Artem Milushkin in the Pskov SIZO-1. This is reported by the Internet magazine "7 × 7" according to the mother of the activist and human rights activist Irina Milushkina.

On December 16, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations Dmitry Vyatkin (United Russia) submitted to the lower house of parliament a bill introducing criminal liability for intentional blocking of transport and traffic if this created a threat to life, health, or security or property damage.

The Frunzensky District Court terminated the administrative case against the coordinator of the Vesna movement Artem Malikov due to the lack of the composition of the offense. It is reported by "Apology of Protest." Malikov was detained on the eve of December 15, near the Danube metro station in St. Petersburg and left for the night in the police department in connection with the action against raising travel prices in the subway on November 21, 2020.

At a debate in the Southern District Military Court on December 16, the prosecutor requested a prison term for pro-Ukrainian activist Oleh Prykhodko. This is reported by the publication "Grati" with reference to Prikhodko's lawyer Nazim Sheikhmambetov. The representative of the prosecutor's office asked for Prikhodko 11 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 200 thousand rubles. Prikhodko separates the speech of the defense and the last word from the announcement of the court verdict.

The Central District Court of Orenburg refused to satisfy the request of the defense of Jehovah's Witness Alexei Miretsky to replace the unserved part of the sentence with a fine. This is reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. Previously, Miretsky was sentenced to two years in prison. The defense will appeal the decision as he meets all the requirements for release.

Folk gathering June 24 / Photo: Alexander Gliskov for "Prospect Mira" The Emelyanovsky District Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory returned to the police the protocol of the deputy of the local Legislative Assembly from the LDPR Alexander Glikov, which the police made up because of the gathering against the garbage training ground. It is reported by "Taiga. Info ".

The Moscow City Court dismissed cases under the article on failure to comply with the requirements of a policeman (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Pavel Bukhshtab and Ekaterina Maksimova, opponents of the construction of the South-Eastern Expressway. Yulia Tregubova, a lawyer from OVD-Info, reports this. On September 23, the Nagatinsky District Court fined Bukhshtab and Maksimova 1,000 rubles each under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

On December 11, it became known that the Industrial District Court of Perm had received a criminal case against five followers of Jehovah's Witnesses: Boris Burylov, Viktor Kuchkov, Igor Turik, Alexander Inozemtsev and Yuri Vaag. This was reported by the SOVA information and analytical center.

Sergey Udaltsov / Photo from Telegram channel Udaltsov The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow refused to satisfy the police claim to tighten administrative supervision to the Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov. This was announced by the OVD-Info by Udaltsov himself. The police asked to oblige Sergei Udaltsov to be at home from 22:00 to 6:00 in the morning, not to travel outside Moscow, and also to be celebrated in the police department 4 times a month.