In Crimea, the investigation sent Ernest Ibragimov to a clinic for a forensic psychiatric examination, whom the court sent into custody in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity movement with reference to lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi. The investigator informed the lawyer that they plan to charge Ibragimov under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).

In Moscow, the police detained Alexander Kuzmenkov and Sergei Bakharev, volunteers from the campaign headquarters of Lyubov Sobol. Kuzmenkov himself informed OVD-Info about this. The activists are in the police department in the Zamoskvorechye district. The police forbid them to film, saying that the department is a secure facility. Employees also require a personal examination of volunteers and a medical examination.

In Azov (Rostov region), security forces searched the homes of the authors of the Azak TV blog, Yuri Kolobrodov and Vasily Rubanov. about this with reference to the head of the Communist Party faction in the Azov City Duma, Nikolai Bocharov, whose assistants are Kolobrodov and Rubanov. writes 161.RU In a conversation with the publication, the deputy said that he did not know the reason for the searches - he had no information about the initiation of a criminal case.

The authorities of St. Petersburg refused to coordinate the march in defense of women's rights on March 8, which local feminists wanted to hold. about it Writes "North-West. MBH media” with reference to the member of the “Eighth Initiative Group” Mira Tai. Officials explained their refusal by the difficult epidemiological situation.

The Mail.ru Group holding was fined four million rubles in total due to posts on the Odnoklassniki social network. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow, Maria Mikhailova. The reason for the fines was two protocols under the article on non-deletion of information containing calls for participation in uncoordinated actions addressed to minors (part 2 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Jehovah's Witness from Nizhny Novgorod Sergei Verkhoturov was sentenced to six years of suspended imprisonment. OVD-Info was informed about this by the press service of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses. Verkhoturov was found guilty under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The decision was made by the Prioksky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod.

The Central District Court of Barnaul declared illegal the refusal to approve the rally of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, scheduled for February 23. This is written on the website of the Altai regional branch of the party.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow upheld the detention of Ekho Moskvy journalists Tatyana Felgenhauer and Alexander Plyushchev during a rally on May 29, 2020. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest". Felgenhauer and Plyushchev were detained at the building of the Moscow police department (Petrovka, 38) while carrying out an editorial task - they covered single pickets that were held in support of the Novaya Gazeta special correspondent Ilya Azar, who was arrested at that time.

The Leninsky District Court of Vladimir sentenced Vitaly Timofeenko, a participant in the action and a resident of the city of Raduzhny, to three years in prison. He was accused of using violence against a security officer at a rally in support of Navalny on January 23. MBKh Media reported this with reference to lawyer Anatoly Shuvalov.

In Ufa, the arrest of the activist of the Bashkir national movement Ramila Saitova, who is accused under the article on public calls for extremism on the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), was extended. about this They write “Idel. Realities". Saitova will stay in the pre-trial detention center until May 6. The decision was made by the Kirovsky District Court. The case against the activist was initiated due to statements in some videos on her Youtube channel.

In the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Rostov region), a criminal case was opened against Alexey Popov under the article on calls for extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code). Popov himself told OVD-Info about this. On March 3, eight FSB officers came to Popov’s home and conducted a search. Two computers, a laptop and a phone were confiscated from the man. The investigators did not explain what became the reason for the criminal case.

In Kaluga, a criminal case was opened against DedBaldesh Twitch streamer Ivan Bagnyuk on charges of assault on a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Bagnyuk himself told OVD-Info about this. A preventive measure has not yet been chosen for the streamer. It is unclear what exactly he is charged with. He himself finds it difficult to answer which episode could form the basis of the case.

On the night of March 5, unknown persons attacked Timofey Nikonov, a volunteer who was on duty at the memorial on the Nemtsov Bridge. This was reported to OVD-Info by Nikonov himself. According to Timofey Nikonov, he was on duty at the memorial along with another volunteer. At about 4 o'clock in the morning, two men came to the bridge. They announced that they had come from Chechnya and began asking questions about Boris Nemtsov, Boris Yeltsin and Anatoly Chubais.

In Moscow, SotsFem Alternative activist Anna Pavlova was detained allegedly because of calls for an uncoordinated action. She herself told OVD-Info about this. According to Pavlova, she was detained at the exit from a grocery store and taken to the Tverskoy police station for a check. The officers are not saying what exactly they are going to charge her with. The detainee herself suggests that this may be related to the strike on March 5.

In Cheboksary, they detained Aleksey Mironov, the operator of Idel. Realii”, which covered the actions for the freedom of Alexei Navalny on January 23. This was reported on the publication's website. Law enforcers told Mironov that he was wanted and taken to the department. “The police did not say any more details during the arrest. Documents stating that I was on the wanted list were not presented in paper form, - Idel. Realities" words by Mironov.