In Taganrog, on December 7, searches were carried out in at least eight houses of local Jehovah's Witnesses, and one person was detained. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. It is unknown what exactly the believers are charged with. During the search, electronic devices, postcards and photographs were confiscated from them. Several people were questioned after the searches. One of Jehovah's Witnesses, 59-year-old Alexander Skvortsov, is still detained.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined the All-Tatar Public Center (VTOC) 250,000 rubles for criticizing amendments to the Constitution on the status of Russians. This is reported by the newspaper "Kommersant". The organization was found guilty under the administrative article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The reason was an appeal to the State Council of Tatarstan on the Day of Remembrance on October 15.

A court in Krasnodar recognized the seizure of the property of the former director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov as legal. This was reported in the telegram channel "Team Pivovarov". Earlier, the investigator in the case of Pivovarov arrested his apartment and car, justifying this with a potential fine of 500,000 rubles as punishment. At the trial, the activist noted that the seized property was several times higher than the fine that he could be given.

The State Duma adopted amendments to the law on police in the third reading. The documents are posted on the website of the lower chamber. The law clarifies the conditions for entering a home, opening vehicles, cordoning off territories. In a number of articles, the word “must” is replaced by a verb in the third person present tense, for example: “represents itself” (instead of “is obliged to present itself”), “shows documents” and “suppresses”.

Konstantin Lakeev / photo: social networks Tverskaya District Court has appointed two years and eight months in prison in the colony of general regime Tiktok-blogger Konstantin Lakeev, Baza reports . Protection intends to appeal the verdict. According to investigators, Lakeev threw snowballs and kicked the FSB car during the rally on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny. He is charged with damage to property from hooligan motives (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code).

The Kurgan Regional Court canceled a fine of 30 thousand rubles for a local resident Marina Kamshilova, imposed on her because of a post criticizing the traffic police. It is reported by Znak. Kamshilova was fined under the article on disrespect for the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the post she posted in the Incident Kurgan group on VKontakte. According to her, she wrote that the traffic police do not fine drivers for violations.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan overturned the decision on the administrative arrest of local activist Salim Khalitov and sent the case for a new trial in the first instance, reports . Kavkaz.Realii Khalitov was detained in Makhachkala on 14 October. He stated that he was attacked by employees of the Center for Combating Extremism, who tried to provoke a fight.

In Yeisk, opposition municipal deputy Alexander Korovayny and his team were deprived of their powers. Members of the Yabloko party were accused of “dishonestly fulfilling their duties.” Korovayny spoke about this in his Telegram channel. The reason for the review of the deputy’s status was a current account with Sberbank that was not reflected in the declaration, which was opened by the deputy’s parents in 1992 (it was closed back in 2012).

The coordinator of the Crimean Solidarity movement, Mustafa Seydaliev, was not released from the police after 14 days of administrative arrest had expired. New protocols are being drawn up against him, according to the movement’s website.

In Moscow, the municipal deputy Grigory Tolkachev was detained on Leninsky Prospekt, when he, along with other residents, tried to prevent the fencing of the sidewalk due to the construction of the metro. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. Tolkachev was delivered to the Gagarinsky police department. According to him, the builders began to illegally protect the sidewalk, several people did not let an excavator on it. The deputy came to support local residents.

The defendant in the “palace case” Alexey Milyaev, sentenced to a year in prison under the article on the use of violence not dangerous to health against a representative of the authorities (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), was transferred on October 14 to IK-5, located on the territory of the village of Naryshkino in the Oryol region . This was reported by the Arresters 212 telegram channel.

The Leninsky District Court of Tyumen invalidated the agreement on the gratuitous transfer of land and buildings, which the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut executed for other believers. This was reported by the publication “Our City” with reference to the press service of the courts. The property became the property of the state. We are talking about a land plot with a total area of ​​960 square meters and a non-residential building with a total area of ​​319.7 square meters.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Evgeny Dilman, a former participant in protests in support of ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal, was detained in the morning. They had a “preventative conversation” with him, without allowing him to have a defense lawyer, and after that he was released. Dilman himself told OVD-Info about the incident.

In Barnaul, National Bolshevik Nikolai Umerenkov was detained, after which a protocol was drawn up against him under the article on non-payment of a fine (part 1 of article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The court immediately assigned Umerenkov 20 hours of compulsory work. This was reported in the telegram channel "Direct Action", which is run by activists of the "Other Russia E. V. Limonov".

The prosecutor's office of the Nizhny Novgorod region approved the indictment in the case of Mikhail Iosilevich, a Nizhny Novgorod public figure and rector of the Temple of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, accused of collaborating with an “undesirable organization” (Part 1 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the prosecutor's office. The investigation believes that Iosilevich collaborated with Open Russia .