In St. Petersburg, a local resident Alexei Khrenov was detained, who held a single picket on Sennaya Square against the entry of Russian troops into Kazakhstan. This was announced by his acquaintance about this. Alexe Khrenov on a single picket / photo was sent by a friend of the detainee The young man spent his single picket in the afternoon on Sennaya Square, during which police officers approached him for a conversation.

The prosecutor's office filed an appeal with the Kolomna City Court against the sentence of environmental activist Vyacheslav Egorov, who was sentenced under the “Dada” article (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code) to a year and three months in a general regime colony. The prosecution is asking for a tougher sentence. Egorova’s lawyer Maria Eismont wrote about this on her Facebook page. The appeal was submitted to the court on November 15, but the defense received a copy of it only on January 6.

Arshak Makichyan in a picket against the entry of troops into Kazakhstan / photo is provided to the detainees In Moscow, Arshak Makichyan was detained on Chistoprudny Boulevard, who spent a picket at Kazakhstan at the monument to the Kazakh poet Abay Kunanbaeva. This was announced by the OTD-Info by the detainee himself. On the poster, Makichyan wrote: "A new war stole the New Year." It is planned to deliver it to the police department in the Basmanny district.

Rapper Face (Ivan Dremin) was forced to leave Russia, writes Ufa1.ru with reference to the aunt of the musician, a member of the Public Chamber of Bashkiria Kristina Nedorezova. Nedorezova, according to the publication, wrote on Facebook on January 5: “Unfortunately, Vanya no longer lives in Russia. He loves Russia very much and wants to live here. He was forced to leave the country,” but then deleted the comment and refused to answer journalists’ questions.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow appointed 15 days of arrest for left-wing activist Alexander Zimbovsky under the article on disobedience to the police (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Zimbovsky himself told OVD-Info about this. The court refused to interrogate the witness, who came to the court and was ready to testify in defense of the detainee.

On January 6, the Supreme Court of Chechnya left the bloggers and representatives of the LGBTQ brothers Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev under arrest. This was reported to OVD-Info by the press secretary of the Crisis Group "SK SOS". Earlier, on December 17, the Achkhoy-Martan District Court extended the arrest of the brothers until March 26. Magamadov and Isaev are charged under the article on participation in an illegal armed formation (part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code).

On January 6, the Kirovsky District Court of Kemerovo sent Dmitry Kamynin, an employee of the human rights project Siberia Legal, to a pre-trial detention center until March 3. This was reported to OVD-Info by the mother of the arrested person, Lyubov Kamynina. The detention is connected with a criminal case of extortion by a group of persons by prior agreement (paragraph “a” of part 2 of article 163 of the Criminal Code).