Detention of Pavel Krisevich / Photo: Victoria Arefieva / Sota In St. Petersburg, the artist Pavel Krisevich was arrested for 10 days due to an exhibition of paintings dedicated to political repression. About this writes Sota. The Dzerzhinsky District Court found the artist guilty under the article on a repeated violation of the Rules of the Promotion (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

A resident of St. Petersburg, Ivan Punegov, was sent to a pre-trial detention center until June 27 - a case was opened against him for using violence against a Russian Guard soldier at a protest rally on April 21. Fontanka reported this on May 1 with reference to the press service of the city courts. reported The decision to arrest was made by the Leninsky District Court.

Photo from the telegram channel Pavel Chikov In Kansk (Krasnoyarsk Territory), 15-year-old teenager Nikita Uvarov was released from the pre-trial detention center, who is charged with the organization of the terrorist community. This was reported by the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov with reference to lawyers Vladimir Vasina and Tatyana Galeeva. “Uvarov was in a pre -trial detention center for almost 11 months.

In St. Petersburg, the police detained and drew up protocols for Zenit fans - after the victory of the football team, they went out into the street and lit flares. The telegram channel OFNEWS and Fontanka write about this . “A group of fans celebrating the championship in the SBG 25 bar on Goncharnaya, after midnight on May 4, lit flares and went out onto the roadway,” the online publication reports.

In Perm, the investigation department of the OP No. 2 in February 2021 opened a criminal case under the article of vandalism motivated by political or ideological hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) against local resident Pavel Lisin because of two inscriptions on houses against Putin and about a thief . Lisin himself reported this to OVD-Info. As follows from the case materials, Lisin allegedly wrote “Putin is a thief” and “Putin thief” on two houses.

The Gatchina City Court of the Leningrad Region dismissed the case under the article on fakes (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Tatyana Voltskaya, a journalist from Radio Liberty. This is reported by MBH Media with reference to the lawyer Leonid Krikun. The case was opened because of Voltskaya's article about the lack of ventilators.

On April 28, the Syktyvkar City Court of the Komi Republic released from custody local Jehovah's Witness Alexander Kruglyakov, who was being prosecuted under the article on the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. The measure of restraint for the believer was changed to a ban on certain actions.

Judge Alesya Kirichek of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Novosibirsk on April 27 sentenced local resident Renat Kovalenko to two years and two months of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years. Press release on the court’s website, pay attention to the project “Prisoners 212”.

In the city of Kaltan, Kemerovo region, on May 2, after searches, security forces detained Jehovah's Witnesses Vitaly Syrykh and Alexander Tsikunov. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Law enforcement officers conducted searches of at least four residents of Kaltan. After the searches, they were all taken in for questioning, but two were eventually released.