The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Moscow refused to initiate a criminal case into the poisoning of opposition politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza in 2015 and 2017. He wrote about this on his Facebook page.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria changed the measure of restraint for the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia and a member of the World Congress of the Ingush people, Akhmed Pogorov. this Magomed Gagiev, a lawyer, reports on his Instagram page. Pogorov was released under house arrest, having satisfied the appeal of the defense.

The justice of the peace of court district No. 422 in Moscow fined Facebook under eight administrative protocols drawn up under the article on the failure to remove “prohibited content” at the request of the authorities (part 2 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the press service of the Tagansky District Court. The total amount of fines amounted to 26 million rubles.

On May 17, bailiffs initiated new enforcement proceedings for the enforcement of fines against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty LLC, which represents the interests of the RFE/RL media corporation in Russia. It is reported by Radio Liberty. The bailiffs personally delivered the documents to the editorial office and took photographs of the equipment and furniture. Five days are given to pay the fines.

On May 24, the Supreme Court of Khakassia did not satisfy the appeal against the verdict of Jehovah's Witnesses Roman and Valentina Baranovsky. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers.

The Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles on Postcard coordinator Tatyana Usmanova under the article on non-compliance with the rules of conduct in emergency situations (part 1 of article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). It is reported by MBH Media. The protocol was drawn up because of the “Municipal Russia” forum, which was held on March 13 by the “United Democrats”. That day, the police came to the event .

The Moscow City Court upheld the extension of the arrest of former Kommersant journalist Ivan Safronov. This was reported in the telegram channel of his lawyer Ivan Pavlov. At the end of April, the Lefortovo Court extended Safronov's detention for two months, until July 7. By this time, he will have been in jail for a year. Safronov is charged under the article on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code).

The magistrate of court district No. 422 of Moscow fined Google four million rubles for not removing “prohibited content” at the request of the authorities (part 2 of article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. The court ruled on two protocols - each of them was fined two million rubles. The reason for initiating administrative cases was publications with "illegal content" and calls for participation in protests.

The State Duma adopted in the second, main reading a bill prohibiting those involved in the activities of extremist organizations to participate in elections. This is reported by RIA Novosti in its telegram. By the second reading, amendments were made to the draft, according to which the ban on being elected will apply to all elections, and not just to the Duma, as was previously implied.

In Moscow, the police detained the activist, nicknamed Zhek Tractor, who hung a banner over the Novo -Arbat tunnel. He himself told the OVD-Info about this. Now the activist is being taken to the Arbat police department. 18:04 Lawyer Nikita Spivak, who collaborates with the ATS-Info, is not allowed to be detained in the Arbat police department.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg fined the former mayor of the city, Evgeny Roizman, five thousand rubles under the article on cooperation with an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by Ural. MBH Media". The reason for the fine was the politician’s participation in the “Municipal Russia” forum, which took place on March 13, 2021. Then the police came to the event organized by the United Democrats.

On May 24, the Chekhov City Court of the Moscow Region announced the verdict of four Jehovah's Witnesses. This is reported by a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. Yuri Krutyakov was sentenced to 6 years probation with a probationary period of 5 years. Zinaida Krutyakov - by 2 years and 3 months, Konstantin Zherebtsov - by 2 years and 2 months, Vitaly Nikiforov - by 2 years; all three - with a probationary period of 2 years.

The Khabarovsk Regional Court left the artist Maxim Smolnikov (Xadad) in pre-trial detention. The online publication SOTA writes about this. The artist was sent to pre-trial detention on May 12; the day before, his home was searched. A criminal case was opened against Smolnikov under the article on justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to a publication on VKontakte made on the day of the explosion near the FSB building in Arkhangelsk.

A new person involved in the “palace case” was detained in Yekaterinburg: according to investigators, during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23, he threw “unidentified burning objects” at riot policemen. This was reported by publications with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan upheld the sentence of the defendant in the “palace case” Nikita Anufriev, accused of using violence against a traffic police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally on January 31. This was reported by Open Media with reference to the press service of the court. On April 1, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan imposed a fine on Anufriev in the amount of 25 thousand rubles. The accused admitted guilt.