Photo: David Frenkel In December 2020, the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg terminated the administrative case against Valeria Gnusareva, detained on an action against a change in the Constitution on March 15. This was reported to the OTD-Info by the defender of Gnusareva Maria Malysheva. Valeria Gnusareva held a single picket at the copper horseman. The police detained her, delivered it to the police department No.

Rustem Emiruseinov, Eskender Abdulganiev and Arsen Abkhairov, convicted in the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, were transferred from Rostov-on-Don to SIZO-3 in Novocherkassk. This is reported by "Crimean Solidarity" with reference to the lawyer Edem Semedlyaev. The lawyer visited Abkhairov and Abdulganiev and reports that the conditions of detention in this pre-trial detention center are very bad. “Both complain about the disgusting conditions of detention.

On January 9, the FSB conducted searches at at least three addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karachay-Cherkessia. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. With searches in the morning, security forces came to Andrei Serdtsev, Irina Perfilyeva and Svetlana Gergokova in the village of Mednogorskoye. Gergokova’s elderly mother’s blood pressure rose and she needed emergency medical help.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg arrested Vsevolod Moguchev, a supporter of the former shiigumen Sergius, for 15 days. This is reported by MBH Media with reference to lawyer Mikhail Tolmachev. The court found Moguchev guilty under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the video of Sergiy (Romanov) “Who is preparing slavery in Russia”, which Moguchev published on VKontakte.

The Krasnodar police led to the head of the local headquarters of Navalny Anastasia Penchenko administrative case because of the post on Instagram. This was reported by lawyer Panchenko Mikhail Benyash. According to law enforcement officers, information insulting society and state power is distributed in the publication of the opposition (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Roskomnadzor drew up the first eight protocols under the article on non-compliance with the requirements for the media - "foreign agents". This was reported on the website of the department. According to officials, the media did not place the “foreign agent” marking on four websites and thus violated the administrative article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Within three days, the protocols will go to the Magistrate's Court for consideration.

Anarchist Azat Miftakhov was not given letters from at least one person in the Moscow pre-trial detention center No. 2 “Butyrka”. This was reported by the FreeAzat telegram channel. It is currently unknown why the detention center staff detained the mail. “Slightly alarming news - today Azat was not given letters from several people marked “delayed”. This is possible for various reasons, including, for example, if he was now in a punishment cell. So far we do not know any reliable reasons.

The Meshchansky District Court arrested Andrei Us for 15 days, who was detained on January 11 near the FSB building in Moscow during a picket demanding Ukrainian citizenship. He himself reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The picketer was found guilty of disobedience to a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because he refused to show the contents of his bag to the police on the street. In case of refusal, he referred to the legislation.

On December 30, 2020, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Barnaul fined civil activist Maria Ponomarenko 75 thousand rubles for picketing on Constitution Day. Taiga.info reports this. Ponomarenko was found guilty of repeated violation of the law on rallies (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The trial took place without her participation, as her blood pressure rose and she called an ambulance. The court refused to postpone the hearing and add defense evidence to the case.

Nikita Karaev, a participant in protests in support of ex-governor Sergei Furgal, was detained in Khabarovsk. His relatives reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. Karaev was taken to police department No. 4. He said that he was charged with participating in the action on September 9, 2020, but a report had not yet been drawn up.

On January 11, the Federal Penitentiary Service appealed to the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow with a claim to replace opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case with a real one. Navalny himself announced this on his Twitter, attaching a screenshot of the case file on the court’s website.

The Moscow City Court commuted the sentences of four defendants in the New Greatness case. The sentences of the remaining defendants were left unchanged. This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, Alla Frolova.

The Supreme Court of Buryatia overturned the decisions on fines to the teacher of the agricultural college Tuyana Tsydympilova, who held a meeting with students against the reorganization of the educational institution. The cases were returned for a new trial to the court of first instance. This is reported by "Taiga.info" with reference to the lawyer Nadezhda Nizovkina.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Enver Omerov, Ayder Dzhepparov and Riza Omerov, defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Belogorsk, to terms of 13 to 18 years. This is reported by the Grati publication and the Crimean Solidarity movement .

The Khabarovsk Regional Court overturned the arrest order for Prosto Gazeta journalist Tatyana Khlestunova under the article on participation in an uncoordinated action that resulted in obstruction of transport and pedestrians (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code), and sent the case for a new trial. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Tatyana Titkova, who defended the journalist.