Jehovah's Witness Yuri Savelyev, sentenced to six years in prison, was transferred from the Novosibirsk pre-trial detention center to a colony. About this on the website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses. reported In December 2020, the Leninsky District Court sentenced an elderly man to six years in prison under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Four residents of Makhachkala, who consider themselves "citizens of the USSR" - Zainala Abdulaeva, Tatyana Fomina, Ruslana Abdulaeva, Sharapa Davudova - were detained on suspicion of extremism. Chernovik about this informed Makhmud Ibadulaev, who also considers himself a "citizen of the Soviet Union," . They are suspected under the article on incitement to extremism (280 of the Criminal Code).

The prosecutor's office of the Akhmatovsky district of the city of Grozny recognized the forced delivery of Zarema Musaeva - the wife of retired federal judge Saydi Yangulbaev and the mother of ex-lawyer of the Committee against Torture Abubakar Yangulbaev - to Chechnya from Nizhny Novgorod as legal. The “Committee against Torture” refers to the relevant resolution about this.

The Supreme Court of Ingushetia canceled the 10,000-ruble fine imposed on Mufti Ise Khamkhoev for holding the election of a mufti without notifying the authorities. The case has been sent for review. reports .

A court in St. Petersburg sent local resident Dmitry Kh. into custody for 28 days in the case of the inscriptions “No to war!” and “Putin is a fascist!” at the memorial “Mass grave of soldiers of the Soviet Army who died defending Leningrad in 1941–1943.” Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov reported this to OVD-Info. The St.

In the Kaluga region, security forces conducted searches in the houses of local anti-fascists. OVD-Info told one of them, Andrei Polyakov, about this, as well as another activist, whose house was also searched. Information about what happened in the Prometheus telegram channel.

The defendant in the "palace case" Alexander Federjakov was transferred to penal colony No. 3 in the Tambov region. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Arestants 212" with reference to the wife of the political prisoner. reports In December 2021, Federyakova was transferred from Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Matrosskaya Tishina to Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Tambov.

Private security companies in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, in a “voluntary-compulsory” manner, concluded agreements with the Russian Guard - according to it, employees of the private security company will help the security forces during mass events. This is reported by the BBC Russian Service, citing its own sources in the city. According to the publication, the guards will work during uncoordinated rallies.

In Moscow, on Red Square, picketer Alexander Savin was detained and has already been released. This was announced by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Ilya Utkin, who helped the man in the police department. Savin took to the picket with a poster "Freedom to political prisoners!". A protocol was drawn up against him under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Unknowns doused the door of the Memorial office with a strongly smelling liquid in Maly Karet Lane in Moscow. This was reported by the participant of the OTS-Info. According to her, the liquid consists of gasoline and, most likely, urine. Photos provided by an eyewitness The liquid hit the door, including the door handle, and most of the asphalt in front of the entrance. “The whole building smelled with a terrible stink, it is very difficult to be there,” the eyewitness said.

Eduard Malyshevsky, a defendant in the “Moscow case,” was released from colony No. 8 in Udmurtia. This is what SOTA is about. On December 9, 2019, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow found Eduard Malyshevsky guilty of using violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony.

Roskomnadzor blocked access to the Russian-language version of the website of the Belarusian publication “Nasha Niva”, “Mediazona” with a link to the register of the Roskomsvoboda project. reports The decision to block was made on February 24. “Mediazona” noted that on the publication’s website there is a banner “Not to Wine” - earlier Roskomnadzor forbade the media to call the “Russian special operation” a war.

Instagram and Meduza with a link to GlobalCheck are completely blocked in Russia. According to the service, the availability of the social network in Russia on the morning of March 14 was 0%. Instagram also appeared in the Roskomnadzor register of prohibited sites. Previously, the Prosecutor General's Office banned Instagram in Russia.

Download PDF version Introduction Russia’s “special military operation in Donbass,” which began in the early morning of February 24, irrevocably changed the life of Russian civil society in just a few days. The past two weeks have had devastating consequences. In addition to military operations on the territory of Ukraine, the “special operation” is accompanied by pressure on civil society inside Russia.

On March 13th in 38 cities across Russia, more than 900 people were detained in anti-war demonstrations. Since the start of the war with Ukraine, nearly 15,000 people have been detained for their opposition to Russian aggression. The security services are not only throwing people into police vans for protesting, but are now trying to find «disloyal people» amongst passersby in places where anti-war protests have been announced.