In Moscow, the security forces came to the apartment of a member of the federal council of the Libertarian Party of Russia (LPR) Igor Efremov. It is reported by MBH Media. The police do not give the reason for the visit. At the same time, according to MBKh Media, they were on duty at the front door of Efremov for several days. Efremov himself is not currently in the apartment, but there are several party activists there. The security forces check their documents.

In connection with the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules (Article 236 of the Criminal Code), reports the head of the FBK legal department, Vyacheslav Gimadi, on his Twitter. In this case, employees of Navalny’s organizations are being questioned as witnesses, writes FBK director Ivan Zhdanov.

Several people were detained on Arbat, including performer Pavel Krisevich, who held the “Sphere of the Soul of the Russian Man” event. This was reported by the telegram channel “PIATNITSA”. Among those currently detained are Pavel Krisevich and the editor of the telegram channel “PIATNITSA” Victoria Samusik. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Sergei Telnov, is going to the police department in the Arbat district. The police also tried to detain journalists Victoria Arefieva and Andrei Makashov.

The Investigative Committee reported on the arrest of Nicholas the Ninth on suspicion that he hit two policemen in St. Petersburg. In the published video, Nine says that they were going to detain him during a protest after he climbed onto a traffic police tow truck.

The Interfax news agency, citing its sources, reports that Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina and Basmanny district deputy Lyusya Stein in connection with the alleged collision of their car with a police officer. detained “Yesterday, shortly before midnight, in Bolshoi Lane, the car in which Alekhina and Stein were located hit the bumper of a sergeant of the 2nd Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ran over his leg,” Interfax quotes the source as saying.

Vitaly Berdnikov's acquaintances clarified to OVD-Info that the information about his past criminal record is incorrect, Berdnikov has no criminal record. In Krasnoyarsk, a man was detained and is being investigated under the article of assault on a police officer (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) during the rally on January 23 in support of Navalny.

The Moscow Interior Ministry is checking in connection with the distribution of memos in case of detention during a public action. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. “In the vestibule of the Tsiolkovsky bookstore in Pyatnitsky Lane, 152 leaflets with memos were found during police detentions at rallies in support of Navalny,” TASS reports the words of its source.

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began checking the case in St. Petersburg, where, during the dispersal of a rally in support of Navalny, an OMON officer strongly kicked a woman, after which she was taken to the hospital. This was reported by the press service of the department. “The results of the check will be transferred to the investigating authorities for a procedural decision,” the press service writes.

On January 23, the Central District Court of Khabarovsk considered two protocols against Arsenyevskie Vesti journalist Boris Zhirnov. This was reported by Sota and a local detainee assistance group . The court found Zhirnov guilty on both counts - the demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) and the repeated violation of rally legislation (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

Novaya Gazeta reports that at 15:20 on January 23, at the request of Roskomnadzor, it removed from the site an article that in a boarding house near Moscow they were explaining to students how to provoke fights and clashes at a rally for the freedom of Alexei Navalny. The reason for this requirement is not specified. The publication entitled “So that the cops don’t screw people up, but so that we beat civilians” was read by the Mediazona newsmen.