In Moscow, four participants in a solidarity rally with protesters against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko were detained near the Belarusian embassy. The detainees themselves told OVD-Info about this. Andrei Domunyan, Svetlana Mishurova, Elena Bolotnikova and another participant in the action were taken to the police department in the Basmanny district. 21:56 The detainees were released from the department without protocols. On August 9, 2020, presidential elections were held in Belarus.

The Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev, who tried to reach Moscow in order to “expel Putin”, complained of a sharp deterioration in his health due to being under compulsory treatment in a psychiatric dispensary. about it Write "Siberia. Realii” with reference to Gabyshev’s relatives. “This week I visited Sasha twice - on Monday and yesterday. Only relatives are allowed there, so I managed to visit - the rest are refused.

In Stavropol, the police detained the National Bolshevik Vitaly Kolesnikov, who was holding a solo picket. This was reported to OVD-Info by acquaintances of the detainee. Kolesnikov went to the building of the government of the Stavropol Territory with a poster against the actions of Governor Vladimir Vladimirov. The picketer was taken to police station No. 1.

Crimean Tatar activist and businessman Oleg Fedorov was placed in a forced forensic psychiatric examination. He is being held under arrest as part of the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. about this with reference to lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi. writes Crimean Solidarity Fedorov was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to the Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital. “Keeping cheerfully, he asked everyone to convey greetings. Preparing for the month of Ramadan,” said Gemedzhi.

In Volgograd, law enforcement officers in civilian clothes at about 9 am at the exit of the house detained Dmitry Alekseev, the author of the song “Get out, Putin is a thief!”. The musician himself told OVD-Info about this. Unidentified men in civilian clothes first brought Alekseev to the regional FSB department, then he was taken to the police department in the Tsentralny district. Alekseev was released almost 10 hours after his arrest.

In Moscow, near the Prague metro station, police officers detained journalist Sergei Kuok, who held a single picket. The detainee himself told the OVD-info. Kuok stood with the poster "Putin will go down in the story of the killer of Navalny Free.navalny.com." They plan to deliver the detainee to the Central Chertanovo police department. 18:57 Ilya Utkin, a lawyer from the ATS-Info ATF, went to the aid of the journalist in the department.

Photo from the personal page of Dmitry Nadein on Facebook Dmitry Nadein, a volunteer of the headquarters of Navalny in Irkutsk and the defendant of the case of justification of terrorism, was placed on a forced forensic psychiatric examination. This was told by the OTD-Info by Nadein's lawyer Dmitry Efremov. Examination is carried out on the basis of the SIZO-1, where, after the decision on the arrest, Nadein was placed.

In Moscow, a magistrate found Sergei Smirnov, editor-in-chief of Mediazona, guilty under the article on disseminating information about a banned organization (Part 2 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). MBKh Media writes about this with reference to lawyer Leonid Solovyov. “He was fined four thousand, formally because in the news article about the verdict of Azat Miftakhov they did not indicate that “Art preparation” was prohibited.

Screenshot from the broadcast of the YouTube channel "Group 24" In Moscow, the Embassy of Tajikistan was detained by participants in the peaceful assembly - they are in support of the human rights activist in the extension of Amon, who was expelled from Russia. This was announced by the OTD-Info by the participant of Group 24 Rachmatzhon Mahmadzhon. According to the interlocutor of the ATS-Info, the embassy has about 15 autozaks. Currently, the exact number of detainees is unknown.

The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow rejected the claim to suspend the status of a foreign agent against human rights activist Lev Ponomarev. MBH Media writes about this. Ponomarev asked the court to take preliminary protective measures while the process of challenging the status of a foreign agent media outlet is underway.

On March 31, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg recognized the JW Library application with literature of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist. This is stated on the website of the prosecutor's office, which filed an application demanding blocking of the service. During the investigation, the prosecutor's office revealed that “extremist printed publications” were distributed using the application.

On March 31, the Simferopol District Court of Crimea fined Ruslan Umerov 1,000 rubles under an article on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of a VKontakte post with Timur Mutsuraev's song "Jerusalem", reports Grati . In court, Umerov confirmed that he posted the post, but said that he did not know about the song's ban and did it unintentionally. The court recognized Umerov's disability as a mitigating circumstance.

The authorities of Chelyabinsk did not agree on a rally in defense of the city forest, where they are going to build a surgical building for a children's hospital. This was reported in the Citizens group on VKontakte. Officials in their refusal referred to the unfavorable epidemiological situation and the coronavirus restrictions associated with it. Local activists wanted to hold a rally on April 10 at the monument to Kurchatov.

In Birobidzhan, on April 1, local Jehovah's Witness Tatyana Zagulina was sentenced - she was given a suspended sentence of two years and six months. This is stated on the website dedicated to the persecution of believers. The decision was made by the Birobidzhansky District Court. Two years of restriction of freedom were also added to Zagulina’s punishment. Previously, the prosecutor asked to sentence the believer to four years in prison.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Saransk considered Alexander Fomin's complaint against the decision of the justice of the peace, which fined him 30,000 rubles under the article on the dissemination of knowingly false information (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the repost of the petition to Putin. The court canceled the fine and stopped the proceedings, reports .