In Kursk, a criminal case was opened against a 20-year-old local resident for using violence against a security officer (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) following the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, the man kicked a riot police officer twice in the back. The man has already been detained. The investigation asks to take him into custody.

Belgorod The Oktyabrsky District Court of Belgorod arrested Vladimir Kornev , chief editor of Belgorod No. 1 for three days, the edition telegram channel said . He was accused of organizing an inconsistent action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to two posts to Belgorod No. 1.

In Togliatti, a criminal case was opened on the use of violence against police officers (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) following the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee for the Samara Region. “At approximately 2 p.m., several men, while in the Avtozavodsky district of the city of Tolyatti, used violence that was not dangerous to life and health,” the department said in a release.

Kirill Petrova during a picket / photo: Telegram channel Yaroslav Nikitenko In Moscow, a journalist Kirill Petrov was detained near the building of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - he stood with a picket in support of Sergei Smirnov’s detained editor -in -chief of the Mediazone. This is stated on the website of the publication.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested Stanislav Akhmedov, a participant in the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny, until March 30, on charges of assault on a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). TASS reports this. According to the news agency, judging by the video from the rally, the protesters knocked a riot policeman to the ground, and Akhmedov kicked him twice in the head.

In Primorye, a criminal case was opened against a local resident for incitement to violent actions against security officials and members of their families. This was reported by the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. A case under the article on incitement to extremist activity (Article 280 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against a 42-year-old resident of the village of Nepokrovka. TASS reports that the man posted the video on TikTok.

The Investigative Committee of the Novosibirsk Region opened a criminal case against a local resident for incitement to riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code). The suspect in the case has been arrested. This was reported by the press service of the regional IC.

In Novosibirsk, a case was opened against protest participant Yana Drobnokhod under the “Dada” Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violation of the rules of participation in public events). This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, Alla Frolova. Drobnokhod was detained for 48 hours - a trial to select a preventive measure is scheduled to take place on February 1. The security forces are also going to conduct a search in the activist’s apartment.

In addition to the usual articles of the Criminal Code such as violence against government officials and hooliganism, the releases of the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs this time mention truly unexpected offenses - violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, involvement of minors in illegal actions and rendering of communications unusable. We are publishing a text from Mediazona about who and what exactly the Moscow security forces suspect.

In Yekaterinburg, a criminal case was opened on the use of violence against government officials (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), reports the local department of the Investigative Committee. The suspects are two men, 24 and 25 years old. According to investigators, they used violence against two police officers during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23. Both men were detained.

OVD-Info defends the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. On January 23, some protesters committed isolated acts of violence against police officers. While not approving violent clashes, we must not forget that in fact, in not a single city did the authorities even try to organize safe and accessible sites for those wishing to join the all-Russian action.

In Kyzyl, the capital of the Tyva Republic, Jehovah's Witness Anatoly Senin was detained. A criminal case was opened against him, according to the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Presumably, the case was opened under Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code - participation in or organization of the activities of an extremist organization. After his arrest, the man was interrogated by the Investigative Committee. The court should soon choose a preventive measure for Senin.

In Moscow, in a criminal case under an article on violation of sanitary and epidemiological standards: searched at least 19 addresses As suspects, Pussy Riot activist Maria Alyokhina, FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol, head of Navalny’s Moscow headquarters Oleg Stepanov, head of the Alliance of Doctors Anastasia Vasilyeva and Alexei Navalny’s brother Oleg Navalny were placed under house arrest detained and interrogated FBK activist Anna Vellikok and activist Aleksey Sokirko (attorney from OVD-Info Sergey

In Novosibirsk, about 30 people were detained during the traditional action of “feeding pigeons”. The OVD-info is reported by the detainees themselves. Among the detainees: Andrei Kaigorodtsev, Yana Frontephnik, Nina Yakimenko, Kirill Khrustalev, Timur Khanov, Mikhail Kondryukov, Daria Gorbyleva, Yuri Izmailov, Yun Sanvetomir, Pyotr Oshchepkov, Viktor Sorokin, Alexander Abrosov, Yuri Zimin, Yuri Izmailov, Alexey Solodsky, Anna Kondrikova. The exact number of detainees is clarified.

In Naberezhnye Chelny, civil activist Andrei Chvanov, who participated in the action on January 23, was detained. Chvanov himself told OVD-Info about this. The man was met by police outside his home as he was about to take his daughter to school. The police allowed him to do this, after which they detained him and took him to the Komsomolsky police department. At the department, Chvanov became ill and his blood pressure rose.