In the building of the government of the Samara region, about 12 people were detained who came to see the governor to discuss mass vaccination against coronavirus. Ilya Baltabaev, a journalist from the telegram channel “And to be honest,” told OVD-Info about this. According to the journalist, local residents initiated filing applications to refuse mass vaccination after the publication of the Independent Association of Doctors on the website of the All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia.

The Pechora District Court, with a permanent presence in Palkino, Pskov Region, dismissed the case of environmental activist Oksana Gromova, initiated because of the publication of photos from the picket on VKontakte. This is reported by "7 × 7". The case was dismissed for lack of an event of wrongdoing.

Near the FSB building in Moscow, police detained a minor with a poster “FSB is poisoning people.” He himself told OVD-Info about this. The activist was taken to the Meshchansky police station. The police officers could not explain to him exactly why he was detained. The detainee was told that this was “due to a single picket” and that allegedly minors should not stand with the pickets.

The Balashikha City Court of the Moscow Region has extended for a month the detention of blogger and author of the Mortally Dangerous YouTube channel Andrey Deineko, who is charged under an article on causing harm to health due to filming a video in the administration of the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in Balashikha. This was told to OVD-Info by lawyer Anastasia Samorukova, representing the interests of Deineko.

Rospotrebnadzor suspended the activities of the New Sincerity club in Moscow until the trial. This is reported by one of the owners of the institution Mikhail Svetov. The department saw a violation of the mask regime on the territory of the club and imputed to the site “violation of the law in the field of ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population” (Article 6.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Near the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow, police officers detain people who came to support Azat Miftakhov. Today he has the last word in the process about the broken window in the United Russia office. This was reported to the hotline by one of the detainees. One of the detainees, Elena Sannikova, said that about 15 people were detained, who came to court to support Miftakhov. She herself was also detained - she photographed what was happening near the court.

The Taganrog City Court of the Rostov Region again fined former aircraft factory engineer Vladislav Shulga 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) because of a comment on VKontakte. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". The commentary was as follows: “These are not stupid laws, but those who are appointed to fulfill them are criminals!

Representatives of OVD-Info, “Memorial”, “Public Verdict” and the Moscow Helsinki Group to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova and to parliamentary factions (, , , ) with a call to help resolve systemic problems with freedom of assembly in Russia, identified in the resolutions ECtHR.

The Podolsky City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced the former head of the Serpukhov District of the Moscow Region, Alexander Shestun, to 15 years in a strict regime colony, Interfax reports .

On December 24, the Essentuki City Court extended the detention of Magomed Khamkhoev, a defendant in the Ingush case, for two months. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Khamkhoev will remain under arrest until February 17. On December 24, the main hearing in his case was held, where key witnesses were supposed to speak, but one turned out to be ill, and the second was not taken to court. Magomed Khamkhoev has been in detention since April 3, 2019.

The Central District Court of Chelyabinsk returned to the police the materials of the administrative case of local resident Raisa Morozova, who was detained at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by Apology of Protest with reference to lawyer Andrei Lepekhin. The police regarded the picket with panties in their hands near the local FSB building as petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code), detained Morozova and drew up a report.

On December 23, the Kemerovo Regional Court upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Hasan Kogut, reports a website covering the persecution of believers. Thus, the decision of the Berezovsky City Court came into force, which in September found Kogut guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and imposed a two and a half year suspended sentence and two years of probation.

On December 22, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don extended the preventive measure for Ruslan Nagaev, Ruslan Mesutov, Eldar Kantimirov and Lenur Khalilov, defendants in the Alushta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, until April 15, 2021. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity movement. Lawyers for those accused under "terrorist" articles asked the court to change the measure of restraint to one not related to deprivation of liberty.

On December 16, the Ninth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction returned the cases of seven Jehovah's Witnesses from Vladivostok for a new trial. This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia website .

On December 24, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the district court, which imposed a fine on doctor Valentina Shainazarova because of her detention at the reception of the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova. She herself told OVD-Info about this.