In Makhachkala, unknown persons beat Ruslan Ablyakimov, an employee of the federal headquarters of Alexei Navalny, who came to the region to launch a local headquarters. about this on Twitter . wrote Anastasia Kadetova, manager of the politician's team, The activist also added that Ablyakimov said that he was being followed. “Ruslan answered, said that he was still being pursued, a car was following him. There are no other details yet, ”she later said.

In Moscow, police detained Anna Dulevskaya, who was filming a video at the scene of the death of Boris Nemtsov. A friend of the detainee reported this to OVD-Info. First, the police told Dulevskaya to leave the Nemtsov Bridge, after which they detained her. The girl was taken to the police department in the Kitai-Gorod district. 23:31 The girl was released without a protocol.

The defendant in the “Network” case, Ilya Shakursky, who was transferred to Mordovia, was hospitalized at Hospital No. 21 at the Federal Penitentiary Service, located in the village of Barashevo. They write about this in the RUPRESSION telegram channel. Shakursky’s mother Elena Bogatova clarified that there is no information yet about the reasons for hospitalization. According to Bogatova, the prisoner felt unwell after the transfer from Penza to Mordovia.

In Moscow, police detained two attendants at the memorial at the site of the death of Boris Nemtsov - Karine Kovkhaeva and Alexei Udodov. The detainees themselves reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. Kovkhayeva and Udodov were taken to the police department in the Kitay-gorod district. The police said they wanted to check the detainees "for previous crimes." 20:20 The detainees were released from the department without protocols.

In Crimea, the security forces massively give civil activists, human rights activists and journalists warnings from the prosecutor's office about the inadmissibility of uncoordinated actions, reports .

Convicted Jehovah's Witnesses Sergei Britvin and Vadim Levchuk were transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Novosibirsk, according to a website covering the persecution of believers. Before this, the believers were in custody in pre-trial detention center No. 4 in Anzhero-Sudzhensk (Kemerovo region). It is currently unknown to which colony they will ultimately be sent.

Jehovah's Witness from Komi Gennady Skutelets has had his preventive measure commuted in a criminal case for participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), according to the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. On January 27, the Pechora City Court released Skutelets from house arrest on his own recognizance.

In Korolyov near Moscow, police detained activists of the Revolutionary Workers' Party Vasily Vlasenko and Vladimir Avramchuk during the distribution of a party newspaper near the building of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation. This was reported to OVD-Info by acquaintances of the detainees. The activists were taken to the Centralny police department. The detainees managed to report that FSB officers came to them in the department and threatened to take them somewhere.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg ordered the police to pay local activist Ekaterina Sursyakova 12,700 rubles in moral damages for illegal detention at a rally in support of the ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, held in August 2020. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta and the It's My City portal .

In Barnaul, police officers, representatives of the local administration and witnesses came to the office of the regional committee of the Communist Party to give a refusal to agree on the action on February 23. This was reported in the Telegram channel "The Communist Party of Altai Official".

A draft law on tightening the regional law "On Ensuring the Conditions for Holding Public Events" was submitted to the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region. This is reported on the official website of the Legislative Assembly. The project was prepared by representatives of the Committee on State Policy, Legislation and Local Self-Government.

In the Vladimir region on February 17, security forces conducted searches of Jehovah's Witnesses, according to a website covering the persecution of believers. Searches took place at at least six addresses in the city of Kovrov. Security forces, according to the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia website, detained and took away 14 people for interrogation. It is unknown in what criminal case the investigative actions took place and what status the detainees are in.

Natalya Rezontova, a columnist for the Nizhny Now publication, was detained in Nizhny Novgorod. She was taken to police department No. 5. She reported this on her Telegram channel. According to Rezontova, she was detained for calls on the Telegram social network to take part in an uncoordinated protest. Perhaps we are talking about a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31. “I was detained for calling for an action on Telegram. But I don’t have such posts,” said the Volga journalist.

The Leninsky District Court of Tambov arrested for 10 days Alexander Kozlov, who was present at the rally on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny, but at the same time stood with a single picket in support of the ex-schema-hegumen Sergius. This was reported by Ural. MBH Media". The court found Kozlov guilty under the article on participation in an action that interfered with traffic and infrastructure (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

The administration of Volgograd did not agree on a rally in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. This was reported on February 18 by the "Caucasian Knot". A rally demanding an investigation into the murder of Nemtsov was planned to be held on the anniversary of his death - February 27. Igor Konotopov, a representative of the local branch of PARNAS, submitted an application for holding an event with up to a hundred people.