The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow fined director Vitaly Mansky 10 thousand rubles for a picket with underpants near the FSB building in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by MBKH Media with reference to the Postcard Human Rights Defender. Mansky was found guilty of violating the procedure for holding a public event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The panties were confiscated as a “means of visual propaganda” and were not returned to the director.

The Moscow City Court upheld 10 days of arrest for the artist Ilya Kachaev, who held the performance Dream of a Ridiculous Man on March 13 . Yulia Sycheva, a lawyer from OVD-Info, reports this. The court recognized as lawful the decision of the Tverskoy District Court of March 16, by which Kachaev was brought to justice under the article on disobedience to a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The term of arrest was reduced by one and a half hours.

In Kursk, the police detained a local resident because of posts on VKontakte, in which law enforcement officers saw a demonstration of extremist symbols. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Ivan Shurupov. Security forces were on duty near the detainee's house for several days, his acquaintance claims. When a resident of Kursk appeared at this address, the policemen offered him a ride "for a conversation." He refused.

On March 25, the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Region is to pass the second reading of the draft of a new regional law on public events. Information about this is posted on the website of the Legislative Assembly.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk fined Zakhar Sarapulov, the acting coordinator of Navalny's local headquarters, for a march in support of political prisoners that took place on October 10, 2020. this Sarapulov announced on his Facebook. The court did not accept the arguments that the activist was at the event as a journalist with a press card and an editorial assignment.

On March 18, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow ordered a ban on certain actions of Maxim Lelikov, who is suspected of using violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at the rally on January 23. The press service of the court reported this to OVD-Info lawyer Dmitry Piskunov. The investigation filed a petition for house arrest, but it was rejected. The preventive measure was chosen until May 17, 2021.

In Yoshkar-Ola, municipal deputy Anton Sokolov was summoned to the FSB after being detained at the “Municipal Russia” forum, which was held in Moscow on March 13. Tatyana Usmanova, coordinator of the Open Russia movement, told OVD-Info about this. The FSB summoned Sokolov without a summons. There they asked him questions about the forum, and also asked where and why he went. The municipal deputy refused to answer questions from service employees.

The prosecutor's office in Chelyabinsk appealed against the acquittal in the case of hooliganism (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code) against Oksana Eremina and Yury Vashurin, participants in the 2018 “He is not our king” rally. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest". The Chelyabinsk Regional Court will consider the appeal on March 26. On January 14, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk acquitted Eremina and Vashurin, recognizing their right to rehabilitation.

On March 16, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow sentenced Timur Salikhov, a participant in the January 23 action, to two years in a general regime colony under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). He reported this in a letter to the “Prisoners 212” project. published “On March 16, I had a trial (Tverskoy) and I was sentenced to 2 years in a general regime colony.

Police officers came to the former coordinator of Open Russia in Krasnodar, Yana Antonova, with a warning about the inadmissibility of illegal actions, she reports on her Facebook. Previously, she notified the city administration about a picket demanding the construction of a school. Antonova commented on the actions of the security forces: Apparently, no one sees any violation in the fact that children study in overcrowded schools in the village in fact in three shifts.

In Moscow, police allegedly detained Vadim Samolkin, a picketer in support of the “Police Ombudsman” and those detained at rallies in support of him, allegedly because of an unpaid fine. The detainee himself told about this to OVD-Info.

In Moscow, the police without explanation of the reasons detained a minor girl. At the police station, she is asked questions about the performance, in which she did not take part. The detainee herself reported this to OVD-Info. The police took her to the Kitai-Gorod police station and asked questions about the performance Dream of a Ridiculous Man , which took place on March 13 on Red Square. The detainee claims that she has nothing to do with this action.

In Moscow, Yevgeny Goncharov, who was detained on March 18 during a solitary picket, was arrested for 30 days. This was announced to OVD-Info by an activist of the project “ Transmissions. Moscow ". On that day, Goncharov went to Red Square with a poster "Putin you crap." He was detained and taken to the Kitai-Gorod police station. There, the man, according to him, was put in a cage, his phone was taken away and he was forced to give his password.

In Moscow, the head of the “Alliance of Doctors” Anastasia Vasilyeva and FBK supporter Nikolai Lyaskin, accused in the “sanitary case,” were extended a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions until June 23. The decision was made by the Basmanny District Court. The Moscow agency reports this. Vasilyeva is still not allowed to leave the apartment at night from 20:00 to 8:00. Lyaskin cannot go outside throughout the day, with the exception of a two-hour walk in the yard.

In Khabarovsk, a criminal case was opened against the coordinator of Navalny’s regional headquarters, Alexey Vorsin, under the “Dada” article on repeated violations of the rules for holding rallies (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, Alla Frolova. Vorsina in the early morning of March 19 local time.