In Belgorod, the police were pounding on the door of Ilya Potemkin, a lawyer. He himself informed OVD-Info about this. The reason for the visit is unknown. According to Potemkin, the police were rude and aggressive, saying “open the door, or it will be worse”, threatened to break the door. At the time of writing, it is not known if the police have left. Potemkin tends to associate the visit with his professional activities. The lawyer, in particular, cooperates with OVD-Info.

An activist from Chuvashia, Alexei Mironov, a former volunteer of Alexei Navalny's headquarters, has asked for political asylum in the UK. This is reported by the publication "Idel.Realii". Mironov told the publication that he is currently in a hotel for refugees. An interview based on his request should take place in two months, at the end of April. The activist explained his decision to leave the country by pressure from the authorities.

Human rights activist Dmitry Kamynin, who is in custody in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Kemerovo on charges of extortion, suggests that he could have been deliberately infected with Covid. This was reported by the Sibir.Realii publication on February 25. Kamynin said that in one of the cells of the pre-trial detention center, a prisoner was diagnosed with Covid.

On February 25, a court in Moscow extended the detention of Left Bloc activists Lev Skoryakin and Ruslan Abasov until March 28. This was reported by lawyer Evgenia Grigorieva, who collaborates with OVD-Info and represents Skoryakin’s interests. The activists are accused of hooliganism committed by a group of people 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.

A total of seven protocols were drawn up against the defender of the Trinity Forest, Lyudmila Martirosova. She herself informed OVD-Info about this. In the Biryulyovo Vostochnoye police station, 3 protocols were drawn up under the article on violating the rules of picketing (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) were drawn up for the episodes of February 9, February 13 and February 14.

On February 25, Kommersant journalist Yelena Chernenko was expelled from the pool of journalists from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — according to the official wording, “for unprofessionalism.” about this Chernenko herself wrote in her telegram channel. A day earlier, the journalist wrote an open letter against the war with Ukraine - almost 300 journalists signed it.

Lists of those detained on February 24 Lists of those detained on February 25 We are publishing raw data about those detained on February 26 so that people can quickly find information about their loved ones. As of 03/06/22 22:01, at least 535 people were detained at the protest in 38 cities Each police department may have more detainees than are listed on published lists. We publish only the names of those people about whom we know for certain and whose names we can publish.

In Moscow, on February 25, a court took Bakhrom Khamroev, a human rights activist and an employee of the Memorial Human Rights Center, into custody for two months. about this on his Facebook page writes Lawyer Timofey Shirokov . Khamroev should be placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. According to the Human Rights Center, Khamroev was charged with publicly justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

On February 24, the Stavropol Regional Court overturned the sentence of Magomed Dolgiev, a former employee of the PPS of Ingushetia, who was charged under the article on group non-execution of an order (part 2 of article 286.1 of the Criminal Code) in connection with a rally on March 27, 2019 in Magas. This was reported on the website of the Memorial Human Rights Center. On November 19, 2021, the Pyatigorsk City Court sentenced Dolgiev to one and a half years in prison on probation.

In Yekaterinburg, at the agreed rally “Donbass - the Heart of the Russian World”, two minors of the National Bolsheviks were detained. This was reported in the Telegram channel "Direct Action". The reason for the detention is unknown. National Bolshes were taken to the 5th police department. February 27 00:24 The detainees were released without protocols, reports "Direct Action".

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, blocked the Readovka website. This was announced this morning by the editors of the portal.

Roskomnadzor demanded from several independent publications - Ekho Moskvy, InoSMI, Mediazona, New Times, Dozhd, Svobodnaya Pressa, Krym.Realii, Novaya Gazeta, Journalist, Lenizdat — remove publications about Russian military operations in Ukraine. Otherwise, the resources are threatened with blocking. this The department announced on its telegram channel.

The prosecutor's office, in an appeal submission, asks the Military Court of Appeal to sentence Nikita Uvarov, convicted in the case of training in terrorism, to 9 years in prison. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. Prosecutor Lazovskaya motivates the demand by the fact that the court allegedly imposed an unreasonably lenient sentence - five years in prison.

Information about the satisfaction of the complaint turned out to be inaccurate. The Court of Cassation did not overturn the decision in Fedulova’s administrative case, but sent the case for retrial to the appellate court. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Maria Bontzler, who is collaborating with the project and representing Fedulova’s interests. If the court of appeal (Kaliningrad Regional) cancels the decision, the criminal case, according to the lawyer, should be terminated.

On February 26, actions against Russia's military operations on the territory of Ukraine continue in many Russian cities. We publish the lists of detainees on this day. Lists of detainees on February 24 Lists of detainees on February 25 We are releasing uncleaned data on detainees on February 26 so that people can find information about their loved ones sooner.