The Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol extended the period of detention until February 10, 2022 for the defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Rustem Murasov and Zavur Abdullayev. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". On October 5, the same court left the Crimeans in a pre-trial detention center until January 11, 2022. Zavur Abdullayev and Rustem Murasov were detained after mass searches of Crimean Tatars in mid-August. Then, in addition to them, three more people were detained.

The Ivanovo regional court canceled the fine for the head of the local branch of Yabloko, Andrey Avtoneev, imposed because of a rally in memory of victims of political repression. This is reported by the publication "7 × 7". On November 2, the Frunzensky District Court of Ivanovo fined Avtoneev 21 thousand rubles under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Moscow City Court canceled the compulsory labor for picketer Dmitry Len, who came out in support of the “foreign agent” media. This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, Daniil Pospelov. On November 25, Lenya was sentenced to 20 hours of compulsory labor under the article on violating the rules of holding an action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

The Central District Court of Voronezh fined Aleksey Larchenko, a picketer, who opposed corruption, 10,000 rubles. This was announced by the defender Nikita Isaev, who cooperates with OVD-Info and represents the interests of the activist. Larchenko was detained on November 27 during a solo picket on Nikitin Square.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision on a fine of 300 thousand rubles, which was imposed on the Memorial Human Rights Center due to the lack of a “foreign agent” marking in a letter to the Foreign Ministry. This was reported by the press service of the human rights center. On October 1, the Tverskoy District Court fined HRC Memorial under the article on disseminating materials on behalf of NGOs recognized as “foreign agents” (Part 2, Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow upheld the refusal of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to transfer the former head of the Serpukhov District of the Moscow Region, Alexander Shestun, to another colony. reports SOTA . In the summer, a prisoner sent an application with a request to be transferred from IK-6 in the Tver region to the Tula, Kaluga or Ryazan regions due to a conflict with the leadership of the Tver colony.

On appeal, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court approved 17 days of arrest for Yury Chesnokov, a participant in the protest against QR codes. reports SOTA . Chesnokov was detained on December 13, the day after the action. Then the district police officer called him according to the statement that the man wrote at the cafe, where he was not served coffee without a QR code. At the meeting, the policeman said that they had material against the activist himself.

In Samara on December 15, massive searches took place in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses. OVD-Info was informed about this by the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses. In total, searches at 10 addresses and interrogations of 16 people are known. Believers Denis Kuzyanin, Sergei Polosenko and Nikolai Vasilyev were detained. On December 16, the Samara District Court arrested them for two months. 37-year-old Nikolai Vasilyev said that security forces used force against him.

A resident of Old Crimea, Nariman Ametov, said that FSB officers tortured him with electric shock. A video recording of the man’s story was published by Crimean Solidarity. On December 17, Ametov’s house was searched in connection with a case of sabotage on a gas pipeline brought against three Crimean Tatars. The security forces took the man himself out of the house through the back door and took him away in an unknown direction.

The Vsevolozhsk City Court in the Leningrad region has terminated the case against the activist of Strategy-18 Asan Mumji, accused of demonstrating extremist symbols in the support of Crimean Tatars. This was reported by the Telegram channel "peaceful resistance of St. Petersburg." Mumji was detained on September 1 in a trolleybus and delivered to the police department to draw up a protocol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law expanding the powers of the police. It is reported by RIA Novosti. According to the law, the police will have the right to enter residential buildings and other premises for detention, open vehicles and cordon off territories. Also, the police, under the new law, have the right not to present themselves if necessary to stop a crime or offense. In early December, the State Duma adopted the law in the third reading.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision to fine Natalya Poruchenko in the amount of four thousand rubles under the article on failure to comply with the requirements of a policeman (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the lawyer from OVD-Info Oksana Borodina, who represented her interests. Poruchenko was detained because of an attempt to hang a banner on the building of the Detsky Mir store on September 5 in Moscow.

The Yaroslavl Regional Court upheld the decision on compensation for the work of security forces at the January 23 rally in support of Navalny. Apology reports this. In July, the court upheld the claim of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ordered the former head of Navalny’s local headquarters, Elena Lekiashvili, to pay the department 296,175 rubles.

Anna Lokhvitskaya with her husband / photo: "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia" On December 16, the court of the Jewish Autonomous Region approved the verdict of the 28-year-old witness Jehovah Anna Lokhvitskaya. This was reported on the site covering the persecution of believers in Russia.

Lawyer Maria Eismont was not allowed to see the former head of Navalny's Ufa headquarters, Liliya Chanysheva, in the pre-trial detention center. This is already the fourth case of a defense lawyer being denied access to Chanysheva. Eismont herself reported this to OVD-Info.