In Nizhny Novgorod, police came to the home of Mikhail Iosilevich, rector of the Temple of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. He spoke about this in his Telegram channel. Iosilevich is accused in the case of an “undesirable organization” (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code); on October 1, 2020, he was given a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave. As the activist himself writes, he did not violate his subscription.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court sent into custody until March 22 a participant in the January 23 rally in support of Navalny, Andrei Lomov, accused of using violence against members of the National Guard (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), the United Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg reports in its telegram. channel.

Promotion "Sphere of the soul of a Russian person" / Photo: Sota The Presnensky District Court of Moscow arrested for 10 days the artist Bulat Subkhankulov, who photographed the action “The Sphere of the Soul of the Russian Man”, held on January 24 in the city center. This was reported by the lawyer of the Department of Internal Affairs of the INFO Ekaterina Selezneva, representing the interests of Subkhankulova.

A law enforcement officer came to work at the Ryazan Kremlin Museum employee Irina Kusova to question him about a comment about the head of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs as part of a case. Kusova herself spoke about this on Facebook, as well as the chairman of the “Voice” movement in the Ryazan region, Sofia Ivanova .

The Presnensky court sent taxi driver Valery Evsin, a defendant in the case of violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny, to pre-trial detention. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Elena Sheremetyeva, who represented his interests in court. Evsin was arrested until March 28.

The Investigative Committee charged in absentia Leonid Volkov, the head of the network of regional headquarters of Alexei Navalny, under the article on involving minors through public speech in committing actions that pose a danger to their lives (clauses “a”, “c”, part 2 of article 151.2 of the Criminal Code ). The department talks about this on its website.

The Volzhsky City Court (Volgograd Region) decided to release Yegor Lesnykh, the person involved in the Moscow case, on parole. this on its telegram channel. reports The Public Verdict Foundation The lawyer of the “Public Verdict” Eldar Garoz applied to the court for the release of the Lesnykhs. He also represented the interests of the convicted person in court. on December 6, 2019 Yegor Lesnykh was sentenced to three years in a penal colony.

On January 23, protests were held across the country demanding the release of Alexei Navalny - protests were recorded in at least 185 cities in different parts of Russia, from single pickets to gatherings of thousands. OVD-Info’s position on mass persecution in connection with the protest rallies of January 23, 2021 The total number of actions and their participants cannot be calculated quickly, but something else is known: in a number of cities - from Vladivostok to St.

On January 23, protests were held all over Russia in support of the arrested politician Alexei Navalny, and the next day, supporters of the opposition leader announced new ones: on Sunday, January 31. In anticipation of new actions, the authorities put pressure on their organizers, potential participants, and even random people. OVD-Info keeps a chronicle of events.