The department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Yaroslavl Region refused to transfer Ivan Lyubshin, convicted because of comments about the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate, to another colony - he had previously asked to change the place of serving his sentence to the place of residence of his parents. The father of the convicted person, Viktor Lyubshin, reported this to OVD-Info; a copy of the FSIN’s response is at the disposal of the editors.

The Council of the St. Petersburg Bar Association decided to suspend the lawyer status of the former head of Team 29, Ivan Pavlov, who is defending journalist Ivan Safronov, accused of treason. The “First Section” is about this with reference to Pavlov himself. reports The meeting of the Chamber of Lawyers was held on March 15.

Two residents of Stavropol - Vadim Kartashov and Oleg Kharaim - are accused of participating in the Right Sector; their case was sent to court. The publication “Caucasus.Realities” is about this. reports The men are charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

On March 14, the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala arrested four people suspected of involvement in “Citizens of the USSR” until May 11. The Caucasian Knot is about this. Presumably, these could be Zainal and Ruslan Abdulaev, Tatyana Fomina and Sharap Davudov. On March 12, their employees of the Investigative Committee in Dagestan.

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the Free Media publication. The Avtozak LIVE telegram channel is about this. The exact reasons for the blocking are unknown. Presumably, this may be due to the publication of information about a “special military operation” in Ukraine.

The Supreme Court of Karelia upheld the decision of the Petrozavodsk City Court in the case of the head of the regional branch of Memorial, Yuri Dmitriev, who was sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security penal colony at the end of last year, TASS.

The Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow has fined Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova 30,000 rubles, Mediazona reported. The woman was found guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ) due to the publication of a video in which she called for people to come out to the rally.

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court extended the arrest of the former head of Navalny's regional headquarters, Alexei Borovikov, until May 1. “North.Realities” is about this. The court is reviewing Borovikov’s case regarding the publication of the Rammstein “Pussy” video.

The Supreme Court of Russia recognized as legal the verdict against three participants in the Artpodgotovka movement - Yuri Kornoy, Andrei Tolkachev and Andrei Kepti, RAPSI reports , citing the court's press service. In 2020, the Second Western District Military Court of Moscow sentenced three supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev and the Artpodgotovka movement in the case of burning hay in the center of Moscow.

OVD-Info lawyers have sent an appeal to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances regarding the disappearance of Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova. According to her friends, Ovsyannikova was detained by the police after appearing on the evening broadcast of the Vremya program with an anti-war poster.

Stand-up comedian Danila Poperechny announced in his YouTube video that he had left Russia. He explained that he made this decision after the start of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine. "I celebrated my 28th birthday four days ago outside of Russia. Because I was scared. I left because I was tired of waking up with the feeling that tomorrow I could be arrested, that the punishing tarpaulin boot was about to crush me," the comedian wrote.

The state prosecutor asked that Crimean Tatar activist and children's coach Emil Ziyadinov, accused of involvement in Hizb-ut-Tahrir, be sentenced to 17 years in prison. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this. reports The prosecutor believes that Ziyadinov should serve the first three years in prison. He also demands that the freedom of the Crimean Tatar be limited for a year and a half after his release.

The Supreme Court of the Udmurt Republic overturned the decision of a lower court that fined local resident Maxim Martynov for participating in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on April 21, 2021. This is reported by Apology. Earlier, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Izhevsk found Martynov guilty under the article on violation of the procedure for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and fined him 10,000 rubles.

On March 14, the Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region, having reconsidered the appeal of the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Konstantin Guzev, upheld his sentence with minor changes - two and a half years probation. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia". reports Guzev's sentence in February 2021, he was found guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Frunzensky District Court of Ivanovo recovered 27,400 rubles from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in favor of activist Nikita Zapadnov as compensation for non-pecuniary damage for his illegal detention on April 21, 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. this Sergei Rimsky, who defended him, reports on his Telegram channel.