In St. Petersburg, a second suspect was detained in an attack by security forces (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally on January 31 in support of Alexei Navalny. This is reported on the website of the regional IC. The department writes that the second suspect was born in 1989 in the Arkhangelsk region. According to the case materials, he, “acting together with unknown persons, used violence against law enforcement officers” on Sennaya Square.

A court in Krasnoyarsk sent into custody Pavel Khokhlov, a suspect under the “Dada” article on repeated violations of the rules for holding rallies (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). The head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov spoke about this in his Telegram channel. reports “It was established that the man was born in 1990.

The defendants in the Alushta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir Lenur Khalilov, Eldar Kantimirov and Ruslan Nagaev were transferred from SIZO-1 to SIZO-5 in Rostov-on-Don. about this Writes "Crimean solidarity" with reference to the lawyer Emil Kurbedinov. “Today, the hearing did not take place. As the presiding judge explained, an application was submitted to the pre-trial detention center. But at some point we found out that our clients were transferred to another pre-trial detention center.

In St. Petersburg, a 32-year-old man, born in Arkhangelsk, was detained as part of a criminal case for the use of violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) following the January 31 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. Znak reports this with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

The Moscow City Court upheld the restriction on the time limit for oppositionist Alexei Navalny to familiarize himself with the case materials under the article on libel (Part 2 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code) against a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. MBKh Media writes about this with reference to lawyer Olga Mikhailova, who represents the interests of the politician. “The court limited access to the case materials back in the summer.

In Kazan, after the rally on January 31 in support of Alexei Navalny, an investigation is being carried out under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), the head of the human rights group “Agora” Pavel Chikov reports . According to Chikov, the Investigative Committee detained two participants in the protest on January 31; they may be charged with using violence against a traffic police officer.

The Central District Court in Novosibirsk sent protest participant Yana Drobnokhod to house arrest for two months, according to the court’s website. It is reported that the investigator petitioned for Drobnokhod to be taken into custody, but the court decided to place the activist under house arrest until March 30, 2021. A case was opened against Drobnokhod under the “Dada” article (repeated violation of the rules of participation in public events).

On Sunday, January 31, and again on Tuesday, February 2, people again took to the streets of cities across Russia in support of the arrested politician Alexei Navalny, as well as against police brutality and arbitrariness of the authorities. The response was mass detentions, violence and pressure. OVD-Info monitors the dialogue between the authorities and society and publishes information about the consequences of actions.