On December 23, the St. Petersburg City Court softened the preventive measure for anarchist, anti-fascist and LGBT activist Alexander Merkulov (Pezhich), accused of justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the telegram channel of Merkulov’s support group. The appeal court allowed Merkulov to take daily walks lasting up to two hours.

The St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision of the Smolninsky District Court on the lawsuit filed by activist Yevgeny Musin against the police, who interrupted his one-man picket against Putin, detained and confiscated the poster. This was announced by Musin's defender Maria Malysheva.

During the debate in the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region, the prosecutor requested 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony for Jehovah's Witness Evgeniy Golik. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Golik is accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Simonovsky District Court of Moscow set a thousand rubles a fine of Pussy Riot to Maria Alekhina and Rita Flores, detained for wearing kokoshniks on the street. This was reported by a lawyer from the OTS-Info Dmitry Grustatov, who represented activists in court. The girls were found guilty under the article on violation of the self -isolation regime during the pandemic period (part 1 of article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Chelyabinsk, the police drew up a protocol under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Raisa Morozova, who was standing in a solitary picket, who was holding panties in her hands. She herself told OVD-Info about this. On December 24, two local residents went out to picket the building of the local FSB in Chelyabinsk. Galina Khvan was holding a poster "Where is the criminal case in the Navalny case?".

The Tver Regional Court overturned the decision of the court of first instance on the fine and dismissed the administrative case against Ilya Grinev, who went out in a solo picket in support of the Golos coordinator, who was detained in Belarus. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest" with reference to the lawyer Alexander Peredruk.

Investigators in the Tambov region, together with employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, conducted searches in at least two houses of local Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported on the official website of the Investigative Committee for the Tambov region. The searches took place in the places of residence of two believers, one of whom is 56 years old, the second - 27. Their names are not reported.

The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest of two unlimited protest activists Gleb Sokolov and Elizabeth Dypelova due to the action on Red Square. This was reported by the lawyer of the Department of Internal Affairs of the INFO Ekaterina Selezneva, representing their interests in court. Activists of the “unlimited protest” of Sokolov and DovvoPelev were detained on December 11 on Red Square after the action with the symbolic “funerals” of freedom of assembly.

The State Duma in the first reading approved the bill of deputies Vasily Piskarev and Andrey Klimov on the introduction of fines for disseminating information about foreign agents without indicating their status. It is reported by Interfax.

The State Duma approved in the first reading a draft law by Deputy Dmitry Vyatkin on fines for participants in protests who illegally use distinctive signs of the media. It is reported by Interfax. The initiative provides for a fine of 20,000 to 30,000 rubles or mandatory work of up to 50 hours if a person at a protest wears the badge of a media worker without being entitled to do so.

The Proletarsky District Court of Tver extended house arrest for truck driver Mikhail Vedrov, who is accused under the article on non-dangerous violence against a government official (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) in connection with protests against the Platon system. This was reported by Vedrov's lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov. Vedrov's preventive measure was extended until March 9, 2021.

Professor at the Higher School of Economics, Doctor of Law and former member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Ilya Shablinsky filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court against the federal law "On meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets." This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to lawyer Vadim Danshov, one of the authors of the complaint, which he drafted together with colleagues at the Institute of Law and Public Policy.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested Sergei Udaltsov, coordinator of the Left Front movement, for 10 days because of a collective appeal to the Presidential Administration by those who disagreed with the amendments to the Constitution. Udaltsov himself reported this to OVD-Info. The activist was found guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Krasnodar, the court again fined the former coordinator of Open Russia in the region, Yana Antonova, under the article on “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by MBKh Media with reference to the coordinator of the “Human Rights Postcard” Alexey Pryanishnikov. A fine of 15 thousand rubles was imposed for reposting announcements of lectures by political scientist Alexander Kynev and politician Alexander Solovyov.

The Meshchansky District Court fined Snob journalist Renat Davletgildeev 10,000 rubles for taking part in the rally where rainbow flags were hung on government buildings in Moscow. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest". The young man was found guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in a public action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), which took place on October 7.