The investigative department for the Tverskoy district in Moscow opened a criminal case against Evgenia Feklistova under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, a woman hit a security officer with her bag at an anti-war rally on February 24. The case was opened on March 14. Two days later, on March 16, the investigative activities were already completed.

A court in Saratov sentenced a 51-year-old local resident to two years in a general regime colony due to his connection with the banned religious association Tablighi Jamaat. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. reports The man 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).

In Yekaterinburg, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court overturned the verdict of three Jehovah's Witnesses from Karpinsk - Alexander Pryanikov, Venera and Daria Dulov - finding them innocent. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. reports The case against Pryanikov and the Dulovs was initiated under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) in the summer of 2018.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against blogger Veronica Belotserkovskaya (Belonika) under a new article about “knowingly false information” about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. About this on the website of the Main Directorate of the department. Belotserkovskaya is reported to be charged with public dissemination of such information on the grounds of political hatred or enmity (clause “e”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

Blogger Dmitry Chernyshev, who publishes under the nickname mi3ch, said that he left Russia and is now in Tel Aviv. He talks about this on his LiveJournal page. According to him, he made the decision to emigrate after interrogation by security forces and threats to his family. wrote In his post, he said that he was detained on the evening of March 4 on the street in Moscow.

The first two criminal cases were opened in the Tomsk region under the article on “false information” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). It is used to suspect Tomsk and the closed city of Seversk. This was reported on the website of the Investigative Committee for the region.

The Sterlitamak city court dismissed the case under the article on participation in the activities of an “undesirable organization” (20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against a local resident who published links to the investigations of the Proekt publication. Information about this appeared in the telegram channel of the human rights project "Network Freedoms".

The provocateurs came to the Moscow office of the human rights movement "For Human Rights" and tried to get inside. This was reported by the publication Sota. Several people, in one of whom the human rights activists recognized Vladislav Stryniya, tried to open the door, but they did not succeed. According to SOTA, the stitches regularly pursue the head of the ZPH Lev Ponomarev.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the six-year prison sentence for the leader of the Left Resistance, Darya Polyudova. This was reported by Kavkaz.Realii. writes the verdict of Polyudova Second Western District Court of Moscow May 31, 2021.

In Irkutsk, the Kirovsky District Court refused to satisfy the claim of historian and local historian Alexei Petrov to overturn the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include him in the register of media outlets - “foreign agents.” This was reported by Sibir.Realii. “Now I’m a Tajik agent! Moreover, no evidence was ever provided. Rosfinmonitoring writes on plain paper (there is no signature or executor) that an individual from Tajikistan transferred 15 thousand rubles to Petrov.

The Bakhchisaray District Court fined Edem Dudakov, an activist and delegate of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people, 1,500 rubles under the article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". The reason was a certain publication by Dudakov with a caricature. According to lawyer Siyar Panich, the administrative case was initiated by employees of the Center for Combating Extremism.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined four participants in a rally in memory of the defenders of the city from the troops of Ivan the Terrible, which took place in October 2021. It is reported by "Kommersant".

The Khanty-Mansiysk publication Yugra PRO reported that it was suspending work due to pressure from security forces. “Siberia.Realities” is about this. writes in a statement from the editors that the publication did everything to ensure that readers had access to objective information. says “But our further work, under existing conditions, is associated with a huge number of restrictions that make it meaningless and dangerous.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, blocked the website of the Caucasian Knot. The publication itself is about this. reports “For more than 20 years, we did not work in order to suddenly abandon our just cause and stop informing you about events in our regions. Blocking a site does not mean that we give up. We do not refuse honest news and the most important thing for us is to be with you, dear readers,” the editors noted.

A Moscow resident was searched (OVD-Info knows the name, but we did not receive permission to publish it). He himself told OVD-Info about this. According to the man, he published anti-war statements on his personal page on VKontakte and in comments to other people’s posts. On March 5, his page was blocked. Later, a local police officer came to the man and gave him a warning about the inadmissibility of offences. The policeman asked whether the social network page belonged to the man.