An investigator of the May interdistrict investigative department of the Investigative Committee for Kabardino-Balkaria opened a second criminal case against Jehovah's Witness Kirill Gushchin. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. The believer is charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). On April 28 he was charged.

The Leninsky District Court of St. Petersburg rejected the claim of the artist and activist Darya Apakhonchich, who demanded that her inclusion on the media list of “foreign agents” be declared illegal. by Reported Northwest. MBKh Media. "Mediazona" drew attention to the fact that the Ministry of Justice included in the case file a certificate of references to Apakhonchich in the publications "Current Time", "Radio Liberty" and "Sever.Realii" over the past five years.

The Surazhsky District Court in the Bryansk region terminated the proceedings on the materials on the parole of the person involved in the "Moscow case" Maxim Martintsov. attention to card . the case drew The project “Prisoners 212” The project has published an address where Martintsov can write a letter: * FKU KP-3 UFSIN of Russia in the Bryansk region 243 500, Bryansk region, Surazh, st.

The prosecutor's office withdrew the demand to the Vladimir State University (VlSU) to cancel the rule of the university, according to which students must be "disciplined and tidy" outside of it. This is reported by "7 × 7" according to student Yevgeny Sautin, who filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office in February 2021.

In Moscow, at the Voikovskaya metro station, Alexander Rimov, a participant in a virtual rally on Yandex.Maps against the new law on educational activities, was detained. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The young man has already been released. He was walking on the subway with his girlfriend when the police approached him and asked him to go with them to the line department, and then to the police department in the Voikovsky district.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow canceled 140 fines against Radio Liberty and its leader, Andrey Sharom, who had previously been fined under the article on “foreign agents” (19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). attention to decision the court's drew MBKh Media , and later the information was confirmed by TASS with reference to the press service of the court. The court decided to cancel the fines due to violations of jurisdiction.

On May 12, the Sovetsky District Court in Lipetsk fined the first secretary of the regional committee of the Komsomol, Alexander Ushakov, 150 thousand rubles under the article on repeated participation in an unapproved public event (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). About this writes the publication "7 × 7".

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The investigation in Vladivostok on May 6 charged the defendant of the case of the overlapping of the road to the participant of the action on January 23 to Alexei Gasyuk. This was reported by lawyer Sergei Valiulin, who, with the support of the ATS-Info, represents the interests of Gasyuk. The young man is accused under the article on the deliberate blocking of transport communications and transport infrastructure facilities (part 1 of article 267 of the Criminal Code).

On May 12, the Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region, after an appeal, tightened the sentence of local resident Svetlana Monis, who had previously been found guilty of extremism due to participation in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, and sentenced her to 2 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”.

After a single picket, a member of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” Bakhrom Khamroev was detained at the Embassy of Uzbekistan, allegedly due to a complaint of a citizen of Uzbekistan. This was announced by the OTD-Info by the detainee himself. Khamroev conducted a picket dedicated to the sixteenth anniversary of the execution of civilians in the Uzbek city of Andijan.

Alexander Shestun, the former head of the Serpukhov district, announced pressure in the colony and began a hunger strike. It is reported by MBH Media. In the morning, Shestun was sent to the ShIZO because he allegedly did not show up for breakfast. The prisoner claims the opposite: according to him, the inspector deliberately closed the door in front of him in order not to let him into the dining room.

On May 13, the Surgut City Court in the Khanty-Mansiysk District sentenced Daniil Bolonin, a participant in the January 23 action, to six months of restricted freedom. OVD-Info was informed about this by the press service of the court. Bolonin was found guilty of inciting mass riots and violence against security forces during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23 (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code).

The Sovetsky District Court of Crimea ruled to fine Sahiba Burkhanova, the wife of Nabi Rakhimov, who was killed by the security forces, and expelled to Uzbekistan two thousand rubles. This is reported by the publication "Grati". Sahiba Burkhanova was found guilty of violating the rules of stay in Russia (part 1.1 of article 18.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Until her expulsion, she will be kept in the Temporary Detention Center for Foreign Citizens.

The Kemerovo Regional Court upheld the demands of three Kuzbass colonies to refute the material about torture published on the website of the Sibir.Realii publication. This was reported by Siberia.MBH Media.