On February 22, the Kuntsevsky District Court of Moscow fined the journalist of Zelenaya Moskva and city defender Alexei Sobolev 10 thousand rubles under the article on violating the rules of picketing (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). He himself informed OVD-Info about this. Sobolev claims that he was not present at the February 12 rally in Troitsky Forest, in which he is charged with participation. And even if he was present, then as a journalist.

Roskomnadzor drew up a report to the radio station "Echo of Moscow" because of the program in Ukrainian "What do they have there." This is reported by Mediazona, the photo of the protocol is at the disposal of the editors. The program has been published weekly for over five years. The journalists were charged with an article on violation of the rules for the manufacture or distribution of media products (part 1 of article 13.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On February 22, the Ust-Abakansky District Court of Khakassia granted the petition of Jehovah's Witness Valentina Baranovskaya for parole. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The prosecutor and the administration of correctional colony No. 28 opposed parole, arguing that Baranovskaya did not repent because she had not stopped professing the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The prosecutor's office has 10 days to appeal the court's ruling.

Moscow State University student Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev was transferred to pre-trial detention center-2 in Beloretsk (Bashkortostan). Dzhumaev’s aunt Larisa Markhieva reports this on Instagram. Dzhumaev will remain in this detention center until he receives the verdict, which was approved by the Moscow City Court on February 21. Aunt gives his current postal address: *453 510, Bashkortostan, Beloretsk, st.

Former employee of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Fyodor Gorozhanko left Russia after he acted as a prosecution witness in the case against Alexei Navalny, who was charged with fraud for collecting donations (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Gorozhanko told the telegram channel “We Can Explain” and the publication “Mediazona” about this. According to Gorozhanko, he left for security reasons - fearing persecution by the Russian authorities.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on inciting hatred and enmity (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against Perm journalist and public figure Roman Yushkov. This was reported by the Periscope news agency. The basis for initiating the case were comments on a video of the Tsargrad channel entitled “Sex slave for the diaspora. Azerbaijanis are angry in Izhevsk.” Yushkov was searched and then interrogated.

Three picketers protesting against the war in Ukraine were detained in Nizhny Novgorod. Alexey Podnebesny reported this to OVD-Info. Tatyana Arshinova, Stanislav Dmitrievsky and Valeria Podnebesnaya were taken to OP No. 5 in Nizhny Novgorod. Dmitry Kalinichev, who was not far from the picketers, was also detained. Arshinova and Dmitrievsky were released from the department without drawing up a report. Valeria Podnebesnaya was released without drawing up a report.

In Moscow, on Arbat, near the monument to Bulat Okudzhava, Svetlana Shmeleva, Mikhail Lokshin and another girl were detained. They themselves reported this to OVD-Info. The detainees stood in single pickets against the war with Ukraine. Their posters read: “No to war with Ukraine” and “No to the entry of troops into Donbass.” The activists were taken to the Arbat police station. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Ilya Utkin, went to help the detainees.

A court in Perm upheld the refusal of the authorities to approve a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov on the anniversary of the February 27 murder. This was reported in the telegram channel "Perm 36.6". On February 11, it became known that the leader of the local branch of the PARNAS party, Mikhail Kasimov, was denied approval for a rally at the city hall.

In Moscow, the security forces detained the defender of the Trinity Forest, Rada Slavkina. She herself informed OVD-Info about this. The eco-activist was detained in a forest camp and taken to the Ochakovo-Matveevskoye police station together with her three-year-old child. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Alexander Salamov, comes to her aid. 15:34 They also detained Vlada Fataliyeva, who opposed deforestation for the construction of a school. She herself informed OVD-Info about this.

National Bolsheviks Boris Shepelyuk and Ekaterina Biryukova were detained in Moscow. This is reported by the telegram channel "Direct Action". Activists were detained in connection with a rally in support of the recognition of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Participants of the "Other Russia of Eduard Limonov" posted a banner "Khokhols, go home!" and lit flares in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow.

In St. Petersburg, police detained seven activists of the United Carriers of Russia (OPR). It is reported by Sota. The police also detained the Sota journalist Nick Samusik allegedly because of smoking in the wrong place. The girl performed an editorial task. Nika Samusik and one of the detained activists in Autosak / Photo: Sota 13:31 The names of detained activists became known. They themselves reported this by the OVD-info.

On Pushkin Square in Moscow, police detained six activists. The detainees themselves reported this to OVD-Info. Security forces detained Alexei Belenkin, Mikhail Leypunsky, Grigory Shiyanov, Tatyana Kozlova, Olga Zelikina and Daria Maslennikova. It is still unknown where the activists will be taken. Some of the detainees stood in single pickets against the war with Ukraine, others were simply in the square.

Relatives of prisoners who had gathered to record a video message were detained near SIZO-1 in Cherkessk. This was reported on February 22 by the "Caucasian Knot". According to relatives, the police detained several men at the pre-trial detention center. “Yesterday [February 21] we were at the pre-trial detention center. They just wanted to make a new appeal. We were asked to first go behind the barrier, and then generally go away from the pre-trial detention center.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Tambov region again filed a lawsuit against local activists for compensation for the work of security forces at protest rallies in support of Alexei Navalny in January 2021. The defendants themselves reported this to OVD-Info. The amount of the claims is still unknown - none of the defendants received a copy of the claim.