In Tolyatti, police detained local resident Konstantin Muratov as part of a case of violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny. This is reported on the UK website. Muratov is involved in the case as a suspect.

In Kursk, 7x7 freelance correspondent Ivan Zvyagin was charged with organizing a protest action due to a link to OVD-Info instructions in the messenger. The editorial office of the publication told OVD-Info about this. According to Horizontal Russia, Zvyagin was detained on January 29 and taken to OP No. 5.

In St. Petersburg, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for violence against security forces during the protests on January 31. Because of this, a local resident has already been detained, they wrote on the department’s website. According to investigators, around noon on Pionerskaya Square the suspect “punched at least twice in the head area” of a Russian Guard fighter. The issue of arresting the suspect and bringing charges against him is now being decided.

As of 02/01/21 18:57, more than 5,658 people have already been detained in 90 cities Moscow There are at least 1,871 detainees in the city, with at least 183 remaining overnight. Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chertanovo Central district of Moscow 28 detainees, including Faina Yasen, Anastasia Demina, Elena Sirotkina, Yuv Grachev, Elena Shakirova, Natalya M. Savoskina, Anna P.

In St. Petersburg, a criminal case was opened under the article on rendering vehicles or means of communication unusable (Article 267 of the Criminal Code) in connection with the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. Anastasia Burakova, coordinator of Human Rights Postcard, talks about this.

On January 29, the Ulyanovsk Regional Court announced the verdict of six Jehovah's Witnesses. The court extended the suspended sentence of one of them by six months, according to the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. For believer Sergei Mysin, the court changed the article on appeal from participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) to organization of its activities (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Police officers detained the ex-coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Arkhangelsk Andrei Borovikov on January 30 on the street. A protocol was drawn up against him under the article on propaganda of Nazism (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). Local activists reported this to OVD-Info. The reason for the protocol was a video on VKontakte with a parody of the intro of the television series “Friends,” which Borovikov published in 2014.

In Moscow : the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, Sergei Smirnov, was detained - this is the first detention of the editor-in-chief of a federal media outlet related to protests; he was released on a promise to appear in court; arrested another defendant in the case of an attack on a security official; they arrested and interrogated Anna Wellicock, a friend of the FBK investigator Georgy Alburov, on a “sanitary case”; immediately after 7 days of arrest, FBK employee Nikolai Lyaskin was detained, and

On January 31, mass protests are held all over Russia under the general slogan "Freedom to Navalny!". Protesters demand the release of the arrested politician Alexei Navalny. Police detain protesters: in most cities, protests are held without approval. OVD-Info publishes a list of detainees. The information is being updated. As of 02/01/21 18:57, more than 5658 people have already been detained in 90 cities Moscow There are at least 1871 detainees in the city, at least 183 stay overnight.

On January 31, a second rally took place across Russia in support of politician Alexei Navalny, who is about to be sent to serve his sentence in the Yves Rocher case. By the time of publication, at least 5,754 people had been detained throughout the country; in many cities, the protests were violently dispersed by police and riot police. Security forces beat protesters during arrest and used electric shockers and gas. OVD-Info tells the main thing about the all-Russian protest action.

On January 23, mass protests took place all over Russia: the protesters demanded the release of Alexei Navalny, who was “detained” for 30 days after returning to Russia. The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, more than four thousand people were detained, and a wave of pressure began after the protests. The court left Navalny in custody. Outraged by the actions of the authorities, people again take to the streets on January 31. OVD-Info is online.