The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg dismissed the case on violation of the procedure for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Pavel Chuprunov due to the use of a megaphone at a picket in memory of Boris Nemtsov. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest". The interests of the participant of the action were represented by the lawyer of "Apology" Alexander Peredruk. What the court motivated its decision is unknown.

Representatives of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) discovered violations of the law in the conditions of detention of defenders of an apple orchard on Slavyansky Boulevard, who were detained for two days. PMC member Eva Merkacheva told OVD-Info about this. "Everything is sad. None of the women (who had children under the age of 14) were released. Tomorrow (Moscow Human Rights Ombudsman) Tatyana Potyaeva will come to the department.

In Omsk, the court fined Dmitry Grunin, a participant in the picket against the Minister of Health of the Omsk Region, Alexander Murakhovsky, 10 thousand rubles. This was reported by MBKh Media. The interests of the picketer were represented by Apology of Protest lawyer Anastasia Vasilyeva. The website of the Central District Court of Omsk contains information about two administrative cases against Grunin.

In Nizhny Tagil, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on insulting a representative of the authorities (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) because of comments about the local prosecutor Denis Isakov. This is reported by the portal "Mezhdu Rows". According to the portal, the case was initiated against the owner of the page on VKontakte under the name "Alexander Nikolayevich".

A representative of the Moscow Federal Penitentiary Service threatened politician Alexei Navalny to petition the court to revoke his probation in the Yves Rocher case. Lawyer Vadim Kobzev reports this. The lawyer published a screenshot of a message from the head of one of the FSIN inspectorates in the city. The service employee said that he would submit a petition to the court to replace the suspended sentence with a real one if Navalny does not appear at the inspection on December 29 by 9 am.

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg awarded compensation of 65 thousand rubles to Alexander Gusakov, a participant in a rally against pension reform, for illegal arrest for 7 days. in his telegram channel This was reported by the "Apology of Protest". The court ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay Gusakov 15,000 rubles as compensation for non-pecuniary damage, and the Ministry of Finance - another 50,000 rubles.

The Industrial District Court of Izhevsk fined local resident Natalia Kochkina 10,000 rubles for participating in the recording of a video message in connection with deforestation along 40 Let Pobedy Street. Kochkina herself told OVD-Info about this. Kochkina was found guilty under the article on holding an action without notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

They tried to take a written undertaking not to leave the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) lawyer Lyubov Sobol within the framework of a criminal case under the article on violation of the inviolability of the home (Part 2 of Article 139 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by MBKH Media with reference to FBK Director Ivan Zhdanov.

Why did the protests start? In September 2018, Sergei Furgal won the elections and became governor of the Khabarovsk Territory. He defeated the United Russia candidate in the second round by a margin of 40%. Furgal himself ran for the LDPR party, and his victory was the result of a protest vote against the ruling party.

Center “E” began an investigation under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against Izhevsk activist of the Russian Socialist Movement Dmitry Morozov. This was reported by Idel. Realities." According to the publication, an application was filed against Morozov by representatives of the construction company ASSO-Stroy, which is engaged in cutting down forests along 40 Let Pobeda Street in Izhevsk.

Screenshot from the broadcast of the channel "Strength of Movement" The Serpukhov City Court extended the measure of restraint to the journalist of Rosotravy, Alexander Dorogov, who is accused under the article on extortion (paragraph “b” of part 3 of article 163 of the Criminal Code). This was reported in a direct broadcast by the Telegram channel "The Strength of Movement". The court decided to extend the period of detention until January 29, 2021.

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg dismissed the administrative case against Vesna activist Valentin Khoroshenin. He was charged with violating actions against amendments to the Constitution. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest". Khoroshenin's interests were defended by the Apology of Protest lawyer Daniil Semenov.

For the first time, the Ministry of Justice included individuals, including journalists and human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, in the register of media outlets performing the functions of foreign agents. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Justice.

The Department of Internal Policy of the Primorsky Territory refused to coordinate a rally with a demand to investigate the poisoning of Alexei Navalny and against new bills before the quarantine measures were lifted. Marina Zheleznyakova, deputy chairman of the regional branch of Yabloko, reported this to OVD-Info. The action was planned to be held on January 5 in front of the entrance to the regional Youth House with up to 100 participants.

Photo: press service of the LPR In Moscow, four supporters of the Libertarian Party of Russia were detained near the FSB building in Lubyanka during the action. The detainees themselves informed the OTD-info. Activists tried to deploy a banner with the inscription "state - terrorist." The detainees associate the action with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. As eyewitnesses specified, two activists tried to hang out a banner, two others removed the action, but they detained all four.