the Supreme Court of Crimea On January 31 and February 1, approved fines under articles on violation of the high alert regime (Article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) to five Crimeans detained near the courts and the FSB. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity movement. The first publication deals with the approval of fines for Ervin Emiraliev and Pakiz Seytumerova.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow fined Dmitry Panin and Anton Avtonov in the amount of 10,000 rubles, who were detained due to solitary pickets in support of political prisoners. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Alexander Salamov, who defended them in court. The court considered cases of violation of the procedure for holding the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The prosecutor requested 2 years and 3 months of imprisonment to be served in a penal colony for blogger from Chita Alexey Zakruzhny, also known as “Lekha Kochegar.” This was reported by ChitaMedia.su. According to the prosecution, while intoxicated at a cemetery in April 2020, the blogger recorded a video in which he condemned the ban on visiting cemeteries before “Parents’ Day” due to the coronavirus pandemic and incited violent actions against police officers.

The Moscow City Court approved fines for four people detained at protests in 2021, Daniil Pospelov, coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, reports. All of them were found guilty of violating the order of the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Moscow State University student Tatyana Akinshina was detained at pickets in support of “foreign agents” journalists on August 21, 2021.

In Krasnoyarsk, the prosecutor asked Jehovah's Witness Anatoly Gorbunov to be sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. The announcement of the verdict is scheduled for February 2 in the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk. Gorbunov is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The case against the believer was opened in March 2020.

The prosecutor's office in the Oryol region approved the indictment of Jehovah's Witnesses Vladimir Melnik, Vladimir Piskarev and Artur Putintsev. The case was brought to the Sovetsky District Court of Orel. IAC "Sova" reports this. Believers are accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, they led the Oryol branch of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Leninsky District Court of Tambov returned, without considering the merits, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' claim against local activists for compensation of 472,299 rubles allegedly spent in connection with work at protest rallies in January and April 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. This is reported on the court's website. The statement of claim, registered on January 16, was returned by the court on January 24.

The Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region rejected Alexei Navalny’s claim to declare his registration as an extremist and terrorist illegal. TASS about this.

Roskomnadzor demanded that independent media remove publications about investigations of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta , Dozhd and Medusa . The regulator’s orders were received by Novaya Gazeta, Dozhd, Meduza, Ekho Moskvy, Znak.com, the Saratov publication Svobodnye Novosti and the Magadan portal Vesma.

A protocol was drawn up against Artem Vazhenkov, coordinator of the “Voice” movement in Tver, for not labeling information due to an Instagram post without a signature stating that the message was disseminated by a “foreign agent.” He announced this on Facebook. Vazhenkov posted the photo while in Tbilisi, but the protocol indicated that the place where the offense was committed was the Zavolzhsky district of Tver.

The Syzran city court of the Samara region fined the "citizen of the USSR" Kudryavtseva for 10 thousand. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". The woman was found guilty under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). In March 2021, she sent a leaflet on behalf of the community of “citizens of the USSR” with an appeal from the “Soviet deputy” Yuri Slepnev.

Employees of IK-11 of the Krasnodar Territory do not provide information about Jehovah's Witness Vasily Meleshko, who was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). His wife Zoya Meleshko and lawyer Anton Bogdanov reported this to the Caucasian Knot.

A new wave of emigration began in Russia in the winter of 2021 - immediately after the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, says political scientist Alexander Morozov in an interview with OVD-Info. According to him, those who have faced political pressure and persecution are leaving Russia. They use different methods: some look for internship opportunities abroad, enter universities, others leave on work contracts or relocate unnoticed, fearing persecution.

The Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg overturned the appeal decision in the case of Andrei Borovikov on the publication of a video by the group Rammstein. This is what the “Network Freedoms” project is about. reports The case was sent for a new trial to the Arkhangelsk Regional Court with a different composition.

A person involved in the “palace case,” TikTok blogger Konstantin Lakeev, was transported to an unknown direction from pre-trial detention center No. 4 in Norilsk. This is reported by the Arresters 212 project. Lakeev was taken to the Norilsk pre-trial detention center at the end of January. On January 20, Lakeev was transferred from pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Krasnoyarsk. Before this, he was transferred from Moscow pre-trial detention center No. 1 “Matrosskaya Tishina” to Chelyabinsk.