In St. Petersburg, the police and Rospotrebnadzor came to an educational event for activists and artists following a complaint that there was a meeting of “radical activists” and a violation of the “self-isolation regime”. This was announced on Facebook by the artist Katrin Nenasheva, and also said by one of the participants in the event.

In Moscow on Arbat, the police detained the blogger and activist of the Left Front Yevgeny Efremov, who interviewed passers -by about expectations in the new year. This was announced by the OWD-Info by the coordinator of the "Left Front" Sergey Udaltsov. Efremov was detained during the live broadcast on the YouTube channel of the “Left Front”. The activist was delivered to the Arbat police department to give explanations.

On January 4, the Belyaevsky District Court of the Orenburg Region decided to leave Saratov Jehovah's Witness Felix Makhammadiev, deprived of Russian citizenship, in the Temporary Detention Center for Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons (TSVSIG). This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Makhammadiev will remain in the Central Military Hospital until February 28, 2021.