In the “sanitary case” in which 10 oppositionists are being persecuted because of the action on January 23 in Moscow, another defendant has appeared. Vladimir Voronin, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) lawyer Lyubov Sobol, wrote about this on Twitter. reports Voronin clarified that, according to the new version of the charges against Sobol, the accused in the case is a resident of Moscow who had coronavirus and, knowing about the diagnosis, went to the “Free Navalny!” rally.

In Taiga (Kemerovo region) on April 2, searches took place in the family of Jehovah's Witness Yuri Belkov. This was reported by a website covering the persecution of believers. Belkov has a wife and daughter. After the search, he was interrogated by the Investigative Committee. The site does not specify whether the security forces seized anything.

In Ryazan, a criminal case was opened against local activist Artem Pavlov under an article on incitement to extremist activity (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). about this .

A law enforcement officer came to Kazan Federal University student Ekaterina Bazhutina, who was collecting guarantees for the editors of DOXA, at her permanent place of registration in Nizhny Novgorod, where her mother lives. DOXA writes about this. The security officer did not show identification. He asked Bazhutina what year she was studying and whether she knew about the responsibility for participating in the protests.

The authorities of the city of Baymak (Republic of Bashkortostan) refused to approve a rally in support of environmental activist Ildar Yumagulov, who was beaten by unknown people. It is reported by MBH Media. “ It would be strange if they agreed. But in any case, the people's gathering will be on April 25, ”Ilnara Galina, the organizer of the action, quotes the publication.

National Bolshevik Damir Petrov was fined 10,000 rubles because of a picket near the Abkhaz embassy. Information about this appeared in the telegram channel “Under the press. Chronicles of a Police State. The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow found Petrov guilty under the article on failure to comply with the rules of conduct in an emergency or the threat of its occurrence (part 1 of article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Vologda, a magistrate dismissed a criminal case against two teenagers who were accused of vandalism (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) because of inscriptions about the president on the regional government building. The local publication GorodVo reported this on April 20 with reference to the press service of the courts of the Vologda region.

A 22-year-old resident of St. Petersburg faces a second criminal case in the wake of January protests in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by Znak.com with reference to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

The Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Rais Mavlyutov, a Muslim from Kazan, to 23 years in a maximum security colony, four of which the prisoner must spend in prison. This was reported by Parental Solidarity. Mavlyutov is being persecuted as part of the Hizb ut-Tahrir case.

On April 21, the Komi Supreme Court overturned the decision to dismiss the case under the article on repeated violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Oleg Mikhailov, a deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Komi. The case was initiated in connection with the meeting of the deputy with the population, which took place on August 15, 2020 on Stefanovskaya Square in Syktyvkar.

On April 20, the Supreme Court of Dagestan rejected the appeal against the administrative arrest of the coordinator of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Eduard Atayev. Caucasian Knot reports this. On April 11, the Khasavyurt District Court found Ataev guilty under the article of failure to comply with the demands of a police officer (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code) and ordered 10 days of arrest.

The editor-in-chief of the Dovod publication, Ilya Kosygin, was arrested for 9 days due to a gathering on April 6 at correctional colony No. 2 in Pokrov, where politician Alexei Navalny is being held. This was reported on Kosygin’s telegram channel. The decision was made by the Petushinsky District Court.

On April 21, the Vladimir Regional Court upheld the sentence of Vitaly Timofeenko, a participant in the January 23 rally in Vladimir. This was reported by “Arresters 212” with reference to the press service of the court. On March 5, the Leninsky District Court of Vladimir found Timofeenko guilty under the article on the use of violence dangerous to life and health against a government official (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

On April 19, the City Court of Naberezhnye Chelny satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor's Office of Tatarstan on the recognition of 163 editions of the works of the Turkish Muslim theologian Said Nursi, the reports .

A criminal case under the article on rendering transport routes unusable (Part 1 of Article 267 of the Criminal Code) was opened on April 20, Bryansk Today reports , citing the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to investigators, on January 23, a crowd of protesters took to the roadway and blocked traffic on several streets in the center of Bryansk.