The Eighth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Kemerovo declared illegal the detention of 66-year-old Jehovah's Witness Yuri Savelyev, who was sentenced to 6 years in prison under an extremist article. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The court considered the last of four cassation appeals against the extension of preventive measures during the consideration of the case in the first instance.

On March 26, the Kirovsky District Court of Crimea imposed a fine of 1,500 rubles on the coordinator of the Crimean Solidarity Mustafa Seidaliev under the article on violation of the high alert regime (part 1 of article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code) due to a single picket in support of the persecuted Crimean Tatars, the public reports movement . Five public defenders were present in the court, and several dozen people also came to support Seidaliev.

In Khabarovsk, local resident Nikita Karaev was fined 75 thousand rubles due to a rally in support of the ex-governor of the region Sergei Furgal, which took place on January 18, 2021. About this Sota. reports The decision was made by the Central District Court. Karaev was found guilty under the article on repeated violation of the rally legislation (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This is Karayev’s fifth trial due to participation in rallies, Sota notes.