The Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha (Moscow Region) returned to the court of first instance the materials of the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". The materials were sent back to the Southern Military District Court in Rostov-on-Don to eliminate procedural violations. The judges of the appellate colleague concluded that the defendants in the case were not given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the case materials.

On April 15, Jehovah's Witness from Partizansk (Primorsky Territory) Leah Maltseva was charged under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The case against Maltseva was opened on June 1, 2020; in July, the woman was added to the list of “terrorists and extremists” maintained by Rosfinmonitoring.

The police came to the headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Belgorod. This is reported in the telegram channel of the headquarters. The head of the headquarters, Maxim Klimov, published a recording of a conversation with a man in civilian clothes, who introduced himself as an employee of one of the Belgorod police departments. The security official said that the police received an anonymous message: allegedly Klimov was handing out some leaflets.

The Rostov Regional Court extended the preventive measure for opera singer and COVID-dissident Vadim Cheldiev, who is involved in the case of the rally in Vladikavkaz. This is reported by "Caucasian Knot". The measure of restraint in the form of detention was extended until July 14. Five criminal cases were opened against Cheldiev in connection with calls to come to the people's gathering on April 20 in Vladikavkaz.

On April 14, searches were conducted at at least 12 addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses in Izhevsk. This was reported by the press service of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Security forces detained six men; they were charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Believers Maxim Derendyaev and Alexander Kutin were sent to a pre-trial detention center.

In Moscow, near the metro station "Park Pobedy", the police detained a volunteer of the headquarters of Kirill Goncharov, a candidate for the State Duma from the party "Yabloko". This was reported in Goncharov's telegram channel. The candidate for deputies clarified that the volunteer handed out invitation leaflets to the people's gathering on the issue of drawing a dividing line on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Goncharov announced the meeting on April 17th.

The Moscow prosecutor's office sent a lawsuit to the Moscow City Court demanding that the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), the Fund for the Protection of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny be recognized as extremist organizations. This is reported on the website of the prosecutor's office. “Under the guise of liberal slogans, these organizations are creating conditions for destabilizing the social and socio-political situation.

Two Jehovah's Witnesses from the Yaroslavl region, Andrei Vyushin and Pyotr Filiznov, were arrested for two months. This is written about on a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. The report does not say which court made the decision. It is known that co-religionists were arrested on April 15, they will be in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the Yaroslavl region.

The Sevastopol City Court dismissed an appeal against the sentence of Crimean Tatar Ruslan Bekirov, who was sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory labor under the article on perjury (Part 1, Article 307 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". According to Bekirov, in March 2019 he was persuaded to testify against later sentenced Enver Seitosmanov, a person involved in the Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, who was to 17 years.

The authorities of Cheboksary did not agree on a meeting at which they wanted to discuss the transfer of thermal networks of Chuvashia to the T Plus company. about this Writes "Idel. Realities". The rally was going to be held by the Liberal Democratic Party on April 24. In their refusal, officials referred to the decree of the head of Chuvashia, Oleg Nikolaev, which refers to restrictive measures due to the coronavirus.

The Rostov Regional Court dismissed an appeal against the detention of Kirill Skripin, a defendant in the case of an “extremist group” in Rostov-on-Don. This is reported by "Caucasian Knot". The publication cited Skripin’s comment about the court’s decision: “The case materials do not confirm my intentions to“ hide from the investigation and the court, contribute to the destruction of evidence, continue to engage in criminal activity, ”I don’t even know in what form it can be continued.

Alla Gutnikova and a lawyer from the OVD-info Dmitry Grustatov The investigation presented 84 summons for interrogations to three DOXA editors, persecuted under the article on involving minors in dangerous actions for them (Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the lawyer from the OTS-Info Dmitry Grustatov and the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov . The client’s client was awarded to Alla Gutnikova 31 summons.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala partially satisfied the claim of Raisat Sirazhudinova, who was detained before the start of the “Monstration” in 2019, whose administrative case was closed in the wake of the action. This is reported by "Caucasian Knot". Sirazhudinova and several other people were detained on the eve of the “Monstration” on May 1, 2019 in Makhachkala.

In Moscow, the police detained eco-activist Konstantin Fokin - he stood up with a single picket in the city center. Fokin himself informed OVD-Info about this. read The activist's poster , "Our planet's opportunities are enormous. But not endless. The detainee was taken to the Kitay-Gorod police department. A lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov went to see him, but he is not allowed into the department. “The door was slammed without talking,” he said.

In Moscow, a member of the StopHam movement, Alexander Varlamov, was arrested for 10 days because of an action against illegal parking of police cars. He himself informed OVD-Info about this. The decision was made by the Tverskoy District Court, which found Varlamov guilty of obstructing the activities of the police (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The activist said that after being brought to court, the policeman forbade him to file petitions.