Special detention center employees are threatening Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Lyusa Stein with new administrative cases under the article on disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). Alekhina told OVD-Info about this. On December 17, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow arrested them because of pictures on social networks, in which they saw a demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 1, Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

The Tver District Court of Moscow fined the civil activist Vugar Kasimov for 10 thousand rubles due to a single picket on Pushkinskaya Square. This was reported on the court website. Kasimov was found guilty of participating in an inconsistent public campaign (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The fine was appointed on November 8, but Kasimov learned about the court session only now.

The Maykop City Court fined local businessman Boris Dzhambulov 2,000 rubles for publishing the logo of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a designated terrorist organization. It is reported by Kavkaz.Realii. The man was found guilty under the article on the distribution of extremist materials ( Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ). Dzhambulov admitted his guilt, but did not participate in the trial itself. Hizb ut-Tahrir was recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia.

Roskomnadzor blocked 30 publications on the website of the Dozhd TV channel, written based on investigations by the Proekt publication about politicians, including Putin and Kadyrov. Dozhd reports this on its website.

In Moscow, five participants in single pickets for the replacement of power and against QR codes were detained on Pushkin Square. The OTD-Info was reported by the detainees themselves. Among the detainees: Alexey Manakov, Alexander Kosov, Alexander Kutyrev, Ilya Khabibullin and Andrei Bezborodov. At the moment they are in Avtosak, they will be taken to the police department in the Meshchansky district. Ilya Utkin’s lawyer went to the detainees.

Victor Filinkov in court December 10 / Photo: Vitaly Cherkasov The defendant of the case of the “network” of Viktor Filinkov was sent for 3 days to the penalty area (schizo) in the colony due to the use of the word “ Murmanka ” during the court session. This is reported on Facebook by his lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov. We are talking about the case during the court session for the abolition of a similar penalty in the form of the sending of Filinkov to the schizo-also due to the use of a jargon word.

In Yekaterinburg, a local resident Danil Gindullin was detained, who held a single picket against Vladimir Putin. This was announced by Gindullin himself. The man was delivered to the police department No. 12, it is still unknown which offense is going to be imputed. A lawyer from the OVD-Info Irina Ruchko left for him in the department.

A criminal case usually lasts several weeks, or even months. There is a certain line of defense: it is necessary to use all procedural means to bring your evidence, your position to the court, challenge the prosecution’s evidence, correctly interrogate prosecution and defense witnesses, develop a strategy - all this takes time. As a rule, a lawyer by agreement knows the criminal case better, knows all its details and pitfalls.

At the hearing on December 16, Justice of the Peace Anastasia Tatarulya once again appointed lawyers to defendants in the DOXA case, Natasha Tyshkevich and Alla Gutnikova, against their will, although their lawyers, by agreement, Alexander Aldaev and Dmitry Zakhvatov were present in court. Zakhvatov, who is defending Gutnikova with the support of OVD-Info, explains why such actions of the judge violate the rights of the defendants and how he managed to get the defense counsel removed.