Arrests, appeals and new criminal cases - the political pressure machine works without sparing any effort. We talk about the main news for June 2: The Krasnodar court chose a preventive measure for the former director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov in the case of cooperation with an “undesirable organization.” He was sent to a pre-trial detention center for two months.

In Gryazi (Lipetsk region) on June 1, two Jehovah's Witnesses, Alexander Popras and Valery Khmil, were detained and sent to a temporary detention facility. They are charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. The trial to select a preventive measure for believers is scheduled for June 2.

In Novosibirsk, City Council member Rostislav Antonov was interrogated at Center E because of a Facebook post about traffic police officer Alexander Gusev, who was charged with the death of a detainee. reports . Taiga Info". The deputy was sure that they wanted to talk to him about his statement about the action on June 1, which was held on Lenin Square by the Azerbaijani diaspora in the wake of the death of Vekil Abdullayev during Gusev's detention.

The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal to extend the preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions against the libertarian Gleb Maryasov. The activist is being persecuted in the case of blocking roads (Article 267 of the Criminal Code) for a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23 in Moscow. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info Dmitry Zakhvatov, representing the interests of Maryasov.

The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal of actionist Pavel Krisevich, who tried to challenge the decision of the People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) on his expulsion. DOXA reports this. The Gagarinsky District Court, which considered Krisevich’s application in the first instance, on February 17 recognized the university’s decision to expel him as legal. The student was expelled at the beginning of December 2020.

The Nevsky District Court of St. Petersburg returned the case of picketer Ekaterina Mistryukova back to the police. It is reported by North-West. MBKh Media. The court decided that the police misclassified the case. The police, according to the court, should have drawn up a protocol against the activist under the article on violation of the high alert regime (Article 8.6.1 of the Administrative Code of St.

The Minusinsk City Court found local Jehovah's Witness Dmitry Maslov guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. This was reported by the press service of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The believer did not admit his guilt. The prosecutor demanded a sentence of 6 years in prison in a general regime colony.

The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal against the sentence of businessman and defendant in the “palace case” Timur Salikhov. OVD-Info was informed about this in court. The court upheld the punishment imposed on Salikhov and also corrected spelling errors in the text of the verdict. On March 16, the court sentenced the businessman to two years in a general regime colony.

The Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region rejected the claim of oppositionist Alexei Navalny against the administration of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center. Novaya Gazeta reports this. Navalny filed a lawsuit to remove him from the register as prone to escape. He was given the status of a person prone to escape in a pre-trial detention center, where the politician was kept until he was transferred to a colony.

In Buzuluk (Orenburg region), the police opened an administrative case against lawyer Sergei Salazkin. He is charged with disrespect for the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of a post on VKontakte. It is reported by Ural. MBKh media" with reference to Salazkin himself.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar chose a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for 2 months to Andrey Pivovarov, the former executive director of the liquidated organization Open Russia. It is reported by Mediazona. According to investigators, Pivovarov continued his participation in the activities of the "undesirable organization".

In the Volgograd region, the court refused to satisfy the claim of the public figure Igor Nagavkin , who demanded that the Ministry of Internal Affairs pay compensation for non-pecuniary damage. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". The decision was made by the Kalachevsky District Court on June 1. Nagavkin filed a lawsuit against the head of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region and demanded 300 thousand rubles as compensation.

The morning of June 1 began with searches at several addresses related to politicians Dmitry and Gennady Gudkov. Investigative actions took place both in the apartments and offices of the Gudkovs and in the places of residence of their associates. Among the detainees were Dmitry Gudkov, his aunt Irina Ermilova, accountant Olesia Ludwig, head of the headquarters of Gudkova Vitaly Venidicts and former assistant Gudkov Alexander Solovyov.

Photo from the page of Dmitry Gudkov on Instagram.com/d_gudkov Instagram Opposition politician Dmitry Gudkov and his aunt Irina Ermilov became defendants in an unusual criminal case of causing damage to the Moscow Property Department. All day on June 1, they were interrogated by several more people. Three lawyers from the ATS-Info attended investigative events and talked about the details of the new case.