In the Arkhangelsk region, a criminal case was opened against local resident Ruslan Akhmetshin under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism on social networks (clauses 2 and 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The publication “7×7” is about this.

In Novomoskovsk (Tula region) a criminal case was opened for vandalism motivated by hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) due to graffiti against the participation of Russian troops in military operations on the territory of Ukraine. About this in the telegram channel “Tula. Extremism". reported According to the telegram channel, a 28-year-old local resident named Nikolai left inscriptions against the war in the entrance of one of the residential buildings.

In Tyva in January 2022, Jehovah's Witness Vitaly Manzyrykchi was cleared of charges of involvement in an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers in Russia. The criminal case was dismissed without the right to rehabilitation. The grounds for termination of the case are not specified. The case of the second accused, Anatoly Senin, was sent to court.

On March 1, in Vladikavkaz, security forces came to inspect five apartments of Jehovah's Witnesses. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers. After inspections of the apartments, five believers were interrogated by employees of the Center for Countering Extremism.

The Prosecutor General's Office demanded that Facebook's parent company Meta be recognized as an "extremist organization" and that Instagram be banned in Russia. TASS about this. reports The department sent the relevant documents to the court.

In Khabarovsk, a minor was sentenced to 80 hours of compulsory labor in the case of insulting a police officer. According to the indictment, the young man used obscene language at a police representative who was present at a meeting of the school preventive council dedicated to the student’s going to a rally in support of Sergei Furgal. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Vitaly Tykhta, who defended the convicted person. The prosecution asked for 150 hours of community service.

A court in Ulan-Ude has arrested blogger Dmitry Bairov for 30 days because of a 2021 rally in support of political prisoners, which he covered as a journalist. about this . writes Sibir.Realii The police detained the activist on 24 February. Bairov was broadcasting live about the anti-war action from his car. The police smashed his glass and pulled him out of the vehicle by force.

Activist from Krasnodar Ilya Ermachkov left Russia with his family and emigrated to the United States. He cited pressure from the security forces as the reason. “Caucasus.Realities” is about this. reports Earlier, Ermachkova was twice brought to justice in connection with going out on single pickets on different topics. After this, the activist claims, he received increased attention from the police: attracted “I didn’t understand how to survive this at all.

The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg placed Igor Maltsev in custody for two months in the case of burning an effigy in military uniform. This is what the Apology is about. reports Maltsev is charged with hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred, committed by a group of people (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code).

On March 10, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow refused to recognize as illegal the inclusion of former Team 29 lawyer Valeria Vetoshkina and the Russian LGBT Network in the register of “foreign agents.” This was reported by the First Department and SOTA .

The press secretary of Alexei Navalny Kir Yarmys was put on the wanted list, she was also asked to replace the restriction of freedom in the “sanitary business” for a real period. This was announced by the telegram channel "Chu". On August 16, Yarmys, to one and a half years, restrictions on freedom within the framework of the "sanitary business".

A criminal case was opened against a 26-year-old resident of Feodosia under the article on vandalism (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code - vandalism motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred) because of graffiti with “insults” to the Russian military. The press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Crimea spoke about this. According to the police, the man wrote several “offensive” inscriptions against the war in Ukraine on the walls.

By order of the Prosecutor General's Office, the website of the Golos movement, which monitors elections, was blocked. This is what SOTA is about. reports The reasons for blocking are unknown, but the resource is in the registry of sites with prohibited information. It became known that Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the websites of the movement “For Human Rights” and the Russian branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International.

On March 10, in Moscow, not far from the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction, supporters of Nikolai Platoshkin were detained. Eyewitnesses of the detention reported this to OVD-Info; information about the detentions was also published on the YouTube channels “For New Socialism” and “Red Radio” . On that day, a hearing was held in the courthouse on Platoshkin’s case of inciting mass riots and disseminating deliberately false information.

Kushtau defender Fail Alsynov was fined 10,000 rubles for allegedly organizing a beekeepers' flash mob. It is reported by Activatica. This decision was made by the Ishimbay City Court of Bashkortostan - Alsynov was found guilty under the article on violation by the organizer of a public event of the procedure for holding an action (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).