The Investigative Committee for the Saratov Region opened a criminal case for participation in the activities of the religious association “Tablighi Jamaat” against a 50-year-old local resident, whose name has not been released. This was reported on the official website of the regional IC. The detainee is suspected of participation in the activities of an organization recognized as extremist (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

In the Industrial District Court of Kursk, the prosecutor requested prison sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses: for Andrei Andreev - 7.5 years, for Andrei Ryshkov - 4.5 years, for Alevtina Bagratyan - 4 years, for Artyom Bagratyan - 3.5 years. This is reported by a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. The criminal case was initiated on September 12, 2019.

In Makhachkala, unknown persons broke into an open discussion “Looking at the Caucasus,” dedicated to journalism in the region and organized by the portal “Takie Dela.” This is reported on the website “Such Affairs”. According to the portal's correspondent Lydia Mikhalchenko, unknown men came to the Primorskaya hotel, where the event was taking place, and started a fight.

3 On May 1, OVD-Info received information from lawyer Svetlana Baiturina that the information about the transfer to the colony was not confirmed. In fact, Zelensky was in pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Moscow all this time. Former Anti-Corruption Foundation operator Pavel Zelensky, sentenced to two years in prison, was transferred from a Moscow pre-trial detention center to trial on an appeal against the sentence.

For detailed instructions on how to behave if someone tries to fire you because of your participation in a protest, read here: Since the beginning of the protests after the return of Alexei Navalny to Russia, as well as the broad wave of political persecution that followed, information about dismissals for participation in protests or activist activities has increasingly appeared.

In the Chekhov City Court, the prosecutor asked for 2 to 6 years of probation for Jehovah's Witnesses: Yuri Krutyakov - 6 years of probation, Zinaida Krutyakova and Konstantin Zherebtsov - 2 years of probation, Vitaly Nikiforov - 2 years and 3 months of probation. This is reported by a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. The criminal case was initiated on September 30, 2019.

FSB officers came to the house of the Magnitogorsk activist of the "Union of Marxists" Maxim Potapov. For an hour they rang at his door. this The "Union of Marxists" announced on the page in "VKontakte". According to members of the union, in the morning Potapov and another activist, Azamat Mustafin, were persistently called from unknown numbers. Potapov did not pick up the phone, Mustafin answered - it turned out that they were representatives of the FSB.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow sentenced the defendant in the “palace case” Evgeniy Yesenov to 4 years in a general regime colony, “Arresters 212” reports . This is the longest sentence awarded in the “palace case” at the moment.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Omsk Region filed a claim for 452 thousand rubles against supporters of Alexei Navalny due to the fact that the police had to work at the rally on January 23 on a day off. Olga Kartavtseva, the former head of Navalny’s local headquarters, reported this on Twitter.

The Minister of Internal Policy Mari El Mikhail Danilov sent messages to the heads of the administrations of municipal areas. In the newsletter, the official forbade the provision of municipal sites for “radical” followers of the Mari traditional religion. It is reported by "IDEL. REALLIALS" with reference to the site "Mariuver" According to one of the believers, in his message, the Minister of Internal Policy offended the Mari traditional religion and contributed to inciting interethnic growth.

Roskomnadzor decided to draw up an administrative protocol against Maria Bukhtuyeva, editor-in-chief of TVK Krasnoyarsk, under the article on the abuse of freedom of the mass media (part 2.1 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was announced by the general director of the TV channel Vadim Vostrov on Facebook.

On May 18, the Kemerovo District Court sentenced blogger Alexey Fedorov to 13 days of administrative arrest under the article of inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) and 5 days of arrest under the article of disobedience to police demands (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). Kuzbass activist Mikhail Alferov reported this to OVD-Info. The reason for the case of incitement to hatred was a video called “” posted on Fedorov’s YouTube channel.

In the Birobidzhansky District Court on May 18, the prosecutor demanded that Jehovah's Witness Yevgeny Egorov be sentenced to four years in prison with a restriction of freedom for one year. The believer is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the SOVA information and analytical center.

Photo: Gulnaz Ravilov The court in Kazan terminated the administrative case of cooperation with the “unwanted organization” (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against the local activist Gulnaz Ravilova, who was detained in March over -the forum “Municipal Russia”. The court decision is reported by Sota.

In the city of Yemanzhelinsk, Chelyabinsk region, a search was conducted at the home of Jehovah's Witness Pavel Popov and his family. This was reported by Znak with reference to the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses. At 7 a.m., officers from the Russian Guard came to the Popovs’ apartment; the search lasted about five hours.