The former coordinator of the Rostov headquarters of Navalny, Ksenia Seredkina, announced her emigration. She wrote about this on Twitter and told the Kavkaz.Realii publication. Seredkina lives in Georgia. She left at the end of December 2021, but only now she announced this openly. The activist made the decision to leave because of the significantly increased pressure on her former colleagues and fears for the child.

In Bakhchisaray, Crimean Tatar Emil Emirov, who disappeared 3 days ago after an inspection of the premises as part of a criminal case of “high treason and connections with Ukrainian agents” (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and detention by FSB officers, was released home. The publication “Grati” reported this with reference to lawyer Islyam Velilyaev.

In January, a Moscow resident was summoned for questioning by the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a criminal case of blocking roads (Part 1 of Article 267 of the Criminal Code), initiated in the wake of last year’s protests in support of Navalny. A subscriber who wished to remain anonymous told OVD-Info about this. The activist was summoned with a summons sent through social networks and advised to appear under threat of arrest.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow sent Daniil Tikhomirov into custody for 1 month and 29 days. He was accused of committing a crime under the article on the use of violence, not dangerous to life or health, against a representative of the authorities (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by lawyer Mikhail Biryukov, who, with the support of OVD-Info, is defending Tikhomirov.

On March 3, in the Knyaz-Volkonsky rural settlement of the Khabarovsk Territory, searches were carried out at two families of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the portal “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”. reports Security forces conducted a search in the house of 60-year-old Valery Rabota and his wife Elvira, during which they seized electronic devices, Bible translations, personal notes and videotapes.

Poet Vera Polozkova wrote on her Instagram that she left Russia. reported “In 11 days, many points of no return have been passed. In my country there is no longer politics, no journalism, not a single functioning legal institution. There is an absolutely insane, brutal war against its closest neighbors, the worst economic crisis in 30 years and propaganda in the best traditions of Goebbels’ leadership. And hatred. “Hate as a national idea,” she wrote.

At least 150 journalists left Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine, the Agency calculated , surveying employees of 17 editorial offices. The mass exodus of journalists was influenced by media blocking and a new law on criminal penalties for “fakes” about the actions of the Russian armed forces, the Agency notes. In many media outlets, a significant part of the journalists left, for example, almost the entire Moscow editorial office of Meduza - about 20 people.

In St. Petersburg, a case of hooliganism was opened (Article 213 of the Criminal Code) in connection with an anti-war performance - the burning of a scarecrow in camouflage with a bag on its head and the inscription “TAKE IT.” Fontanka is about this. reports A video recording of the burning of an effigy on the ice of the Malaya Neva near Uralskaya Street appeared on telegram channels on March 6, the day of one of the most massive anti-war protests in recent days.

The video service TikTok has limited its work in Russia due to new laws on the dissemination of “false information” about the Russian military. This was reported on the service’s Twitter . In particular, online broadcasts and the ability to publish new content have been frozen. Messaging function available. The message states that work is limited for the period of analysis of the amendments that have entered into force.

On March 6th in 69 cities across Russia, around 5,000 participants in anti-war protests were detained. In total, 13,000 people have been detained in over 140 cities since the beginning of protests against the war in Ukraine. OVD-Info provides the main takeaways from the anti-war protests on March 6th. There were many instances of excessive use of force–police violently arrested people, beat them with batons, and used tasers.