An investigator from the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Academic District of Moscow charged Lev Skoryakin, an activist of the Left Bloc, with hooliganism in the case of a rally with a banner and flares near the FSB building. This was reported by lawyer Evgenia Grigorieva, who collaborates with OVD-Info. Skoryakin is accused of hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy with the use of weapons (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code).

In St. Petersburg, the police detained and has already released a local resident named Alexei, who unfolded the poster in support of the political prisoners. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. Alexey in a single picket / photo provided the detainee Alexei unfolded his poster on Palace Square, and soon the police approached him and demanded to drive with them. The man was delivered to the police department No.

Relatives of opposition blogger Khasan Khalitov were kidnapped in Chechnya. this He announced on his telegram channel. According to him, the security forces kidnapped the father, brothers and uncle of the blogger. And also several distant relatives whom Khalitov “does not know”: Muslim Uzarov, Magomed Azarov and Abu-Muslim Avdeev. Khalitov links the kidnappings to the fact that he regularly criticizes Ramzan Kadyrov.

The Ministry of Justice entered the register of unregistered public associations performing the functions of the Foreign Agent, the initiative group of LGBT "reverse" and the St. Petersburg LGBT-Initative group "Exit". This was reported on the website of the department. Screenshot from the website of the Ministry of Justice In the sources of financing of both organizations, the Charity Fund for Social and Legal Assistance “Sphere”, which was recognized as a “foreign agent” in 2016.

The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced eight defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case to real prison terms. This drew the attention of the TASS news agency. The court found Marifjon Mamadaliyev and Ikboljon Sultonov guilty of creating a terrorist organization (Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). Mamadaliev received a term of 16 years, and Sultonov - 18 years in prison.

Aslan Artsuev, an activist from Chechnya and director of the human rights organization Human Rights Center Ichkeria, reported the detention of his relatives by Chechen security forces. about this . writes The Kavkaz.Realii publication At the moment, Artsuev lives in Germany. According to the activist, on the evening of December 22, he was informed about the detention of his cousins ​​Khizir Abdulmuslimov and Selim Aslakhanov, uncle Sultan Artsuev and second cousin Musa Artsuev.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined activist Vadim Shchukin because of a solitary picket. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Nikita Petreev, who represented the interests of the detainee in court. Shchukin was fined 20 thousand rubles under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On December 21, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced the father of many children, Jehovah's Witness Vitaly Sukhov, to six years of suspended imprisonment. The press service of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses reported this to OVD-Info. Sukhov was found guilty under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The prosecution asked that he be sentenced to six years in prison.

The Essentuki City Court extended the arrest until February 25, 2022, of one of the defendants in the “Ingush case”, protest leader Akhmed Pogorov. This is reported by the publication "Fortanga". Pogorov is charged under articles on participation in an extremist community (part 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and organizing life-threatening violence against police officers (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code).

The Vologda City Court overturned the decision of the Investigative Committee to close the criminal case on the death of activist Sergei Pakholkov in the police department. This drew the attention of "7 × 7". On August 26, 2020, Pakholkov and Oleg Malinovsky were detained at a rally in defense of the Vologda public garden. They were taken to the city police department No. 1. During the detention, Pakholkov fell and hit his head, on August 27 he died in the police department.

Orenburg human rights activist Yevgeny Pleskachev, who was sentenced to forced labor, was recognized by the administration of the correctional labor center as a malicious violator of the order of serving the sentence. He himself told OVD-Info about this. In addition, Pleskachev was assigned to be placed in a room for violators for five days, but since he had a referral for hospitalization, the punishment was postponed for the duration of his stay in the hospital.

The head of the Pskov branch of the “Voice” movement, Vladimir Zhilinsky, recognized as a “foreign agent,” left Russia. This was reported by the publication Sever.Realii. Zhilinsky emigrated to Georgia with his family. “The incompetent Ministry of Justice has been trying for two months to draw up a report on me and fine me 100 thousand rubles, but the court returns the report every time because it was drawn up illiterately.

On December 23, the Abinsky District Court in the Krasnodar Territory sentenced Jehovah's Witness Alexander Nikolaev to two and a half years in a general regime colony. The man was found guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the portal covering the persecution of believers.

The prosecutor's office of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug appealed the verdict imposed on the father of the former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Ivan Zhdanov, Yuri Zhdanov. His lawyer Vladimir Voronin reported this on Twitter. On December 19, the Naryan-Mar City Court sentenced Yuri Zhdanov to three years probation. He was found guilty of official forgery (Article 292 of the Criminal Code) and fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

The coordinator of the human rights project “Legal Siberia” Dmitry Kamynin, who is accused of drug possession (Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code), was placed in a punishment cell in the Kemerovo pre-trial detention center for 15 days. His mother Lyubov Kamynina told OVD-Info about this. The formal reasons for being placed in a punishment cell are unknown.