On January 27, the Eighth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Kemerovo left the actual sentence of Jehovah's Witness Sergei Klimov unchanged. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. On November 5, 2019, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Tomsk sentenced the believer to six years in a general regime colony under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala fined Abdulgamid Zainulabidov, an activist and chairman of the public council of the village of Separators, five thousand rubles for organizing a gathering of local residents (presumably under part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by Kavkaz.Realii.

The Pozharsky District Court in the Primorsky Territory sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses from Luchegorsk, Sergei Sergeev and Yuri Belosludtsev, to six years of suspended imprisonment. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. In addition, the believers were given a probationary period of five years and restriction of freedom for one year and nine months.

A magistrate in Moscow imposed three fines of five thousand rubles each on AllRusNews chief editor Pavel Sofronov for mentioning “extremist” organizations without labeling. The journalist was found guilty under the article on abuse of freedom of speech (Part 2 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the telegram channel of the human rights organization “Apologia”.

On Sakhalin, the Nevelsk City Court sentenced five Jehovah's Witnesses to suspended sentences ranging from two to six and a half years. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. The court sentenced Sergei Kulakov and Evgeniy Elin to six and a half years probation under the article on organizing the activities of a prohibited organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Elista city court satisfied the claim of local activist Valentina Erdniyeva against the city administration and declared the decree “On places where public events are prohibited” invalid. This is reported by the publication "Kavkaz.Realii". In 2004, the Elista mayor's office expanded the list of places where public events and single pickets are prohibited. At the same time, city authorities do not have such powers.

The court in Grozny chose a preventive measure for Chechen activist Ibragim Yangulbaev in the form of detention, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic reports on its website. Yangulbaev is charged with justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to two publications in the 1ADAT telegram channel, writes SOTA. As the activist’s brother Abubakar Yangulbaev said, it is impossible to establish that the author of the posts is Ibrahim.

The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan approved three years in a penal colony for activist of the Bashkir national movement Ramila Saitova, who is accused of calling for extremism because of YouTube videos (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the telegram channel of the Kommersant-Ufa newspaper. Saitova was detained on November 3, 2020. Exactly a year later, the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa sentenced her to three years in a penal colony.

The Moscow City Court dismissed the complaint against the preventive measure imposed on Left Bloc activist Lev Skoryakin. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Evgenia Grigorieva, who represented the young man in court. Skoryakin will remain in jail. He is accused under the article of hooliganism committed by a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy with the use of weapons (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code), due to an action with a banner and fireworks near the FSB building.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala appointed civil activist Marat Ismailov one kopeck as compensation for moral damages for a fine under the “rally” article. This is reported by the publication "Kavkaz.Realii". The activist himself asked to recover this amount from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A criminal case was opened against Zarema Musayeva, the mother of Chechen activists Ibragim and Abubakar Yangulbaev, abducted from Nizhny Novgorod, under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Baza telegram channel. According to investigators, the woman scratched the policeman's face when he was drawing up a report on her.

The Tomsk regional court refused to change the preventive measure for the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters, city Duma deputy Ksenia Fadeeva. The publication “Sibir.Realii” writes about this. According to journalists, the judge spent only a minute making this decision.

The former head of Navalny’s headquarters in Vladivostok, Ekaterina Ostapenko (Vedernikov), was put on the federal wanted list.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Omsk sentenced pensioner Vladimir Beskhlebny to four years' probation for denying the collapse of the USSR. This is reported by the publication "Sibir.Realii". A 72-year-old man was found guilty under articles on preparation for the creation of an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and on preparation for a crime (part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code).

The Kirov City Hall refused to agree on the actions on January 23 and 31 in support of Alexei Navalny. This was announced to OVD-Info by one of the organizers of the events, Vadim Ananyin. On January 17, local activists notified the Kirov administration of holding rallies on January 23 and 31. On the anniversary of last year's protests in support of Navalny, residents of the city wanted to take to the square near the mayor's office demanding the release of the politician.