Photo: Telegram channel "Puatnits" In St. Petersburg, the police detained the picket worker Nikita Chirkov, who stood on a poster with a congratulation of the politician Alexei Navalny on his birthday. It is reported by the Telegram channel "Piannitsa". Chirkov was detained after the end of the picket and delivered to OP No. 78. He is charged with an article on violation of sanitary standards (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).

Court district No. 43 in St. Petersburg dismissed the case of Irina Mayorova, a participant in the Municipal Russia forum, due to the lack of corpus delicti. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Nikita Sorokin, who represented the interests of the detainee in court. Police detained Mayorova in Moscow on March 13 at the Municipal Russia forum organized by the United Democrats project. That day, the police came to the event .

In Ishimbay, the police detained a participant in the protests in defense of Shikhan Kushtau. He is accused of using life-threatening violence against a government official (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the local department of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, on August 16, 2020, near Shikhan, an activist hit a policeman in the head with a wooden handle and thereby caused serious harm to his health.

Ramazan Suleymanov was detained on November 14, 2020, first as a witness, and after the identification procedure he was transferred to the status of a suspect. “No one explained to me why I was being detained and what I was charged with. I already learned this from the case materials. It said that employees of police department No. 5 (Suleymanov was brought there for identification - OVD-Info) recognized me as the man who hung the banner.

The signing of a law prohibiting those involved in the activities of “extremist organizations” from participating in elections, real deadlines for Jehovah’s Witnesses and fines for activists - read about the main things for June 4 in the OVD-Info digest. Vladimir Putin signed a law that prohibits those who worked in “extremist organizations,” publicly supported them or donated money, as well as provided advisory and other assistance, from participating in elections at all levels.

On June 2, Anas Gimazetdinov, convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan, was placed in a punishment cell for five days. This was reported to OVD-Info by his friend. Anas Gimazetdinov is in correctional colony No. 26 in the Samara region. He is registered as a hypertensive patient. At the moment, Gimazetdinov is ill: he complains of pain in the heart area, cough, sore throat, stuffy nose and weakness.

The coordinator of Siberia Legal, Dmitry Kamynin, reported that he was beaten by police officers during his arrest. Since February, the human rights activist has been under arrest in a drug case (Article 228 of the Criminal Code).

In St. Petersburg, the investigator canceled the decision to initiate a criminal case of vandalism based on political enmity (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code), the reason for which was graffiti with Alexei Navalny on a transformer booth. This was reported by lawyer Maria Belyaeva, who collaborates with OVD-Info. Belyaeva represents the interests of one of the authors of the drawing; at the request of her client, she did not name his name.

In Vladivostok, Kamilla Sopova, one of the organizers of a motor rally in support of political prisoners, was fined. This is reported by Activation. The Leninsky District Court found Sopova guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles. Her interests in court were represented by public defender Anastasia Kapitonova.

Denis Varkashentsev, a resident of Orenburg, was denied permission to hold a procession during which he was going to lift the curse and exorcise demons from the city hall building. about this He wrote on Facebook, the record drew the attention of "7 × 7". The Orenburger filed an application for holding a rally with the city administration on May 27. After the prescribed three days, he did not receive a response from the officials.

In the Astrakhan region, police officers conducted a second search in the house of believer Anna Safronova and her mother. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. During the search, the believer’s electronic devices were confiscated again and then placed in a local temporary detention center.

In Kursk, four Jehovah's Witnesses were sentenced to actual terms ranging from two to four and a half years in prison. This was reported on a website dedicated to the persecution of believers. The decision was made by the Industrial District Court on June 3.

On June 2, the Central District Court of Kaliningrad fined Alexander Dolgov. The reason for this was a hunger strike near the city administration building. About this writes the publication "New Kaliningrad". Dolgov was charged with an article on organizing an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The court imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles on him.

In the rural settlement of Russko-Vysotskoye (Leningrad Region), on June 3, the magistrate of court district No. 50 fined Dmitry Skurikhin, a former activist of the liquidated organization Open Russia, 15 thousand rubles. This was reported by Sever.Realii. Skurikhin was found guilty of carrying out the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code).

The Kirovsky District Court fined lawyer Artur Khaziev in the amount of 30,000 rubles. He was charged with an article on disrespect for the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). It is reported by Znak. According to Khaziev, he was detained during a hearing on the case of activist Sergei Zykov in the Verkh-Isetsky court.