In the Nikolsky District Court of the Penza Region, the prosecution asked the spouses Maya and Pyotr Krupnov for three years probation as part of the case on participation in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center. The married couple is charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Constitutional Court of Russia refused to consider the complaint about the refusal to compensate for moral damages for the illegal refusal to hold actions against activists Elena Sannikova, Maria Ryabikova, Daria Maslennikova and Yaroslav Nikitenko. The complaint was initiated by OVD-Info, and the interests of the activists were represented by OVD-Info lawyer Denis Shedov. The refusal is reported in the ruling on the website of the Constitutional Court.

Actionist Pavel Krisevich was finally charged in the case of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). Apology reports this.

The Moscow City Property Department demanded that the Civic Assistance Committee leave the office that the human rights organization has occupied since 2011. It is reported by Mediazona. Human rights activists received a document on the termination of the contract for the gratuitous use of the premises. They were required to leave the office within a month. “I connect this with the whole general trend of the destruction of civil society in Russia.

A former employee of Navalny’s headquarters in Tomsk, city Duma deputy Andrei Fateev left Russia. He reported this on his Telegram channel. He spoke about this in connection with the search that took place on December 28 at the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s Tomsk headquarters, Ksenia Fadeeva.

Alexei Navalny was removed from the register as prone to escape to IK-2 in Pokrov, Vladimir region. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to a representative of the colony. The politician may also be deregistered as prone to extremist activities, the agency notes. Alexei Navalny was taken into custody in early February, after returning to Russia - the court replaced his suspended sentence with a real one in the Yves Rocher case.

The Samara District Court suspended the status of “foreign agent”, which was assigned to the coordinator of the regional branch of “Voice” Lyudmila Kuzmina. The head of the International Human Rights Association "Agora" Pavel Chikov reported this in his Telegram channel with reference to lawyer Vladimir Krasikov. The court granted Kuzmina’s request to apply preliminary protective measures in the form of suspending the order of the Ministry of Justice.

There are repressions today. The Memorial Human Rights Center, which maintains a list of contemporary political prisoners, is going to be liquidated by the Moscow City Court tomorrow.

The lawyer of the North Caucasian branch of the Committee against Torture (CPT) Abubakar Yangulbaev was searched, the man was detained. This is reported by the human rights organization itself. The security forces who detained Yangulbaev introduced themselves as employees of the Center "E" of the Chechen Republic, the checkpoint told OVD-Info. Now the human rights activist is in the police department in Pyatigorsk. A lawyer is not allowed to see him.

The former head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, was transferred to an unknown direction from SIZO-11 in Noginsk. This was announced to OVD-Info by the chairman of the Public Committee "Freedom to Shestun" Vlada Rusina. On December 27, Shestun managed to report in letters that he was being taken in the "Stolypin carriage" - presumably to Tver.

The Supreme Court upheld the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office and liquidated International Memorial and its structural divisions. The telegram channel of the Memorial Human Rights Center is about this. The Prosecutor General's Office reports to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation a claim for the liquidation of International Memorial in early November.

Viktor Filinkov, a defendant in the “Network” case, was transported from correctional colony No. 5 in Novotroitsk back to Orenburg IK-1. RUPRESSION reports this. Now Filinkov is being transferred to pre-trial detention center-2 in Orsk. In IK-5, he spent a month and a half in the EPKT (a single cell-type room) by decision of the disciplinary commission. In addition, he was twice placed in a punishment cell.

Jehovah's Witness Viktor Stashevsky, sentenced to six and a half years in prison, was transferred to correctional colony No. 6 in the Krasnodar Territory in the village of Dvubratsky. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Stashevsky was brought to IK-6 on December 22 from colony No. 9, where the believer was placed in a punishment cell , and then in a high-security barracks .

Picket against the "Memorial" near the Supreme Court building / Photo: Sota At the building of the Supreme Court, where the case of the liquidation of the Memorial International Society is listed, three people with posters against the Memorial were detained, reports Sota. On the posters "Memorial" is associated with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and "Veterans of Russia" fights with it. 11:32 The police detained the opposition Grigory Saksonov, who held a poster with a crossed out swastika.

Jehovah's Witness Oleg Danilov, serving his sentence in colony No. 11 in the Krasnodar Territory, was once again assigned to a punishment cell on December 14. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers in Russia. At the same time, Danilov was transferred to a medical facility at the colony for examination. Previously, he was kept in a punishment cell from September 25 to November 2. After this, the believer was transferred to strict conditions of detention.