The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined two activists 10,000 rubles for picketing on Pushkin Square on different days. This is reported by their defenders. The court found Sergei Nerobeev and Dmitry Bulankin guilty under the article on violation of the rules for holding the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Their interests were represented by lawyers from OVD-Info, Alexander Salamov and Sergey Telnov, respectively.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow refused to file a complaint against the arrest of his client, the head of the protest department of the city committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Pavel Ivanov, the defender from OVD-Info, Vladimir Vasilenko. Vasilenko himself reported this to OVD-Info. According to an employee of the court, the defender did not attach documents stating that he represents the interests of the activist.

On December 15, the Supreme Court of Crimea approved fines for activists Alimkhan Abitov, Nariman Parmanov and Eskender Memetov under the "rally" and "coronavirus" articles. Crimeans came to court to support the defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir cases and the FSB building in support of the Crimean Tatars, who were being searched. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity".

Police officers in Moscow detained a member of Pussy Riot Maria Alekhina. It is reported by SOTA. Alyokhina was detained at the exit from the house. She knew that the police were waiting for her, so she packed her things in advance and called a lawyer. In her opinion, the detention is related to a post on social networks in 2015, which contains a swastika and a photograph of Lukashenka.

In Moscow, at a meeting with residents of the Khamovniki district dedicated to the transport reform of the Central Administrative District, Sergei Mitrokhin, a Moscow City Duma deputy from Yabloko, was detained. This was reported in the telegram channel of his assistant Maria Chuprina. Mitrokhin is taken to the Khamovniki police department. What he is charged with is still unknown. 20:30 Sergey Telnov, a lawyer from OVD-Info, comes to help the deputy.

The Naberezhnye Chelny City Court of the Republic of Tatarstan imposed suspended prison sentences on four Jehovah's Witnesses Vladimir Myakushin, Aidar Yulmetyev, Ilham Karimov and Konstantin Matrashov. This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center.

In Chelyabinsk, the police detained Valentina Komkova, a supporter of the Yabloko party from Miass, because of a rally on November 25. Then the activists tried to get to the meeting of the regional parliament in order to oppose QR codes. It is reported by Znak. Komkova was summoned to the department on her allegations of abuse of authority by the employees of the private security company during the November action.

The First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction declared legal and approved the extension of the arrest of journalist Ivan Safronov, accused under the article on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by TASS. On October 4, Safronov's preventive measure was extended until January 7, 2022.

The magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined Twitter and Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) 10 and 13 million rubles, respectively, for not removing prohibited content. This is reported by the telegram channel of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.

The Moscow City Court upheld the extension of house arrest for environmental activist Olga Kuzmina, who climbed a tree with a crossbow in protest against the renovation. This was reported by Sergei Telnov, the lawyer defending her from OVD-Info. On November 3, Kuzmina’s preventive measure was extended until January 9, 2022. The activist is accused of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code) due to the action she held on August 9.

At the debate in the Cherkessk City Court on December 14, the prosecutor asked to assign five years in a general regime colony to Jehovah's Witness Elena Menchikova, who is accused of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and involvement in such activities (Part 1.1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

During the transfer of Maxim Ivankin, a defendant in the “Network” case, from pre-trial detention center-1 of Ryazan to IK-9 of Chuvashia, it is not possible to establish his exact location. The wife of the convicted person, Anna Shalunkina, reported this in a Facebook group dedicated to those involved in the Network case. Ivankin’s wife said that she has conflicting information about her husband’s movements.

In Moscow, municipal deputy Lyusya Stein was detained while leaving her house. Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina and lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov told OVD-Info about this. According to Zakhvatov, Stein is being taken to the Tverskoy police station. 14:44 Pussy Riot member Alexander Sofeev told OVD-Info that Stein was detained by two men in civilian clothes, and they put her in an ordinary car to take her to the OVD. According to them, Stein was detained based on the report.

On December 16, the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan approved the verdict of Jehovah's Witness Anatoly Vilitkevich. Kommersant-Ufa reports this. On September 27, 2021, the Leninsky District Court of Ufa sentenced Vilitkevich to two years of suspended imprisonment. He was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Lawyer Nikos Paraskevov was not allowed to see the ex-head of Navalny's Ufa headquarters, Liliya Chanysheva, in the pre-trial detention center. The pre-trial detention center employees referred to the “lack of permission from the investigator,” writes Mediazona. Earlier, on December 13, lawyer Andrei Sergeev was not allowed to see Chanysheva. He was removed from the case. On December 10, lawyer Vladimir Voronin, who had previously defended her, was unable to get to her.