In St. Petersburg, municipal deputy Vladimir Volokhonsky was summoned to the police because of a complaint from colleagues from the municipality that he gave an interview in a T-shirt with the inscription "Porn Films". this He announced on his Twitter. The complaint was signed by six people, they accused the deputy of advertising porn films and that he discredits the honor and dignity of the municipality.

Judge Igor Izmailov of the Industrial District Court of Orenburg on March 17 granted the defense's request in the case of Jehovah's Witnesses to recuse himself, according to a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. Six people appeared in court.

On March 18, the judge of the Southern District Military Court removed Servet Gaziev and Erfan Osmanov, defendants in the “second Simferopol” case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, from the meeting for speaking in the Crimean Tatar language. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". According to lawyer Ayder Azamatov, Judge Valery Opanasenko regarded the speech in his native language as a violation of the rules. After the break, the defendants were returned to the meeting.

The administration of Colony No. 2 in Bashkortostan extended for five days the detention of Crimean Tatar Teymur Abdullaev, who is serving a sentence in the case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, in a punishment cell. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". The mother of the prisoner, Dilyara Abdullayeva, said that he continues to have health problems: he suffers from headaches and high blood pressure. The lawyer managed to consult Abdullayev and give him a tonometer and medicines.

In Moscow, on the Arbat, four musicians were detained during an uncoordinated parade in honor of the past St. Patrick's Day, reports , citing one of the detainees. Mediazona The musicians were taken to the police department to check their documents, they took explanations. How the police explained their actions is unknown. After being released from the police department, the parade participants continued the celebration, OVD-Info was unable to contact them.

The Industrial District Court of Kursk arrested an eighteen-year-old local resident for 5 days because of posts on VKontakte under the article on the demonstration of extremist symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Ivan Shurupov, who defended the young man. The court considered three protocols that were drawn up against him after his arrest on March 19.

The Kirov City Court of the Leningrad Region held Valentin Dudnik liable under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for laying flowers to those who died on the Nevsky Piglet in 1941-1943, human rights activist Dinar Idrisov told OVD-Info.

On March 19, the Fifth Court of Cassation in Pyatigorsk sent Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev under house arrest, accused of violence against a policeman (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally against changing the borders between Ingushetia and Chechnya. reports . Fortanga Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev was detained on November 26, 2020. Before that, a search was conducted at his house, during which about 30 masked people were present.

The Investigative Committee for the Astrakhan Region opened a criminal case for justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) against a local resident who wrote a comment on the Internet. This is the press service of the department. reports The author of the comment, whose name has not been named, is in the status of a suspect.

On March 19, the Nalchik City Court imposed a measure of restraint on Murad Gorbakov, who was detained on March 18, a resident of Ingushetia. He is accused of using violence against employees of the National Guard at a rally in Magas in 2019 (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the lawyer of the detainee Bayramuk Bakkuev.

The Central District Court of Khabarovsk sent the coordinator of Navalny's regional headquarters, Alexey Vorsin, to house arrest for two months. This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, Alla Frolova. Vorsin will remain under house arrest until May 16. The activist is charged with the “Dada” article on repeated violations of the rules of holding the action (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code).

On March 18, the Central District Court of Simferopol arrested civil activist Ilya Bolshedvorov for 10 days for filming a solo picket with the banner of the Left Front. He went on a hunger strike. This is reported by the publication "Grati". The picket, in connection with which Bolshedvorov was arrested, took place on January 22 in front of the building of the Prosecutor's Office of Crimea.

On March 3, Judge of the Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, Ekaterina Geiger, fined local resident Stepan Kukharev 60,000 rubles under the article on disrespect for authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of a video criticizing the FSB. This is reported by Wikinews, the information is also confirmed on the website of the court. “Kukharev S.V.