The Birobidzhan District Court in the Jewish Autonomous Region found Jehovah's Witness Svetlana Monis guilty in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and imposed a fine of 10 thousand rubles on her with reference to Article 64 of the Criminal Code . The press service of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses reported this to OVD-Info.

The defendants “Boats of federal significance” with a support group / photo: Telegram channel “Protest MSU” The Tver District Court of Moscow extended the measure of restraint to the supporters of the “unlimited protest” Olga Misik, Ivan Vorobyevsky and Igor Basharimov. This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance to the OTD-Info Anna Romashchenko. The ban on certain actions was extended for six months until August 10 during a preliminary meeting in the case.

The Serpukhov City Court extended the period of stay in a pre-trial detention center for Rosderzhava journalist Alexander Dorogov by three months. This was reported in the telegram channel of the Rosderzhava journalist support group. Dorogov will be in custody until May 21, 2021.

Photo: LDPR group in Mari El in VKontakte The authorities of Krasnoyarsk refused to coordinate the rally on February 23, the organizer of which was the local branch of the Communist Party. This was reported by the portal "Krasnoyarsk Online". The Communists planned to hold an action against “the collapse of the collapse of the economy, socio-economic arbitrariness, poverty, poverty and lawlessness of the people” with the number of participants about 400 people.

Memory of Boris Nemtsov, 2019 / The Chelyabinsk Yabloko group in VKontakte In Chelyabinsk, the city authorities refused to conduct a procession in memory of Boris Nemtsov, which activists traditionally wanted to hold on February 27. It is reported by "Ural. MBH Media ”with reference to the head of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Yabloko party, Yaroslav Shcherbakov. According to Shcherbakov, the activists were refused in the agreement of the memory march due to the epidemiological situation.

The “Palace Case” is a collection of criminal cases initiated after protests by thousands of people in early 2021. One of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK investigative film “ Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe ." As part of the campaign to protect those persecuted in the “Palace Case,” we are also talking about the criminal cases opened in connection with the rallies in support of Navalny on April 21.

State Duma deputy from United Russia Andrey Baryshev submitted a bill for consideration, proposing to cancel certain provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses relating to the right to freedom of assembly. Information about this appeared on the website of the Parliament.

The Novosibirsk Regional Court overturned the decision of the first instance to recognize as legal the inaction of the Investigative Committee in connection with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. This was reported in the FBK Lawyers telegram channel.

In Kazan, a case was opened against the head of Navalny’s local headquarters, Oleg Emelyanov, for evading conscription for military service (Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code). The head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov spoke about this. reports A search was carried out in Emelyanov’s house.

Police officers in Kaliningrad came to the home of local resident Karina Kabiyeva because of a telegram message about single pickets. This was reported to OVD-Info by Kabiyeva herself. The security forces introduced themselves as employees of the criminal investigation department. They threatened Kabiyeva with a criminal case under the article on mass riots (Article 212 of the Criminal Code), and one of the law enforcement officers filmed a conversation with her on the phone.

Mass rallies in support of Alexei Navalny took place in almost 130 cities of Russia on January 23 and 31, as well as on February 2. During these days, more than 11 thousand people were detained throughout the country. In connection with the protests, criminal cases were opened against more than 180 people. OVD-Info talks about currently known defendants. The “Palace Case” is a collection of criminal cases initiated after protests by thousands of people in early 2021.