Kirill Alekseev, an assistant to a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Region, left Russia - he had previously been searched in the case of “No to War” graffiti, where he is a witness. Alekseev himself told OVD-Info about this. On March 5, security forces were in the apartment of Alekseev, “Dovod” project journalist Kirill Ishutin, a minor student, as well as local activist Danila Belyakov and his brother Vladislav. conducted searches .

The Novotroitsk court of the Orenburg region rejected the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service - earlier the head of the correctional center at IK-3 demanded that the sentence of human rights activist Yevgeny Pleskachev be changed and sent to a colony. The publication “7×7” is about this. reports In December 2020, the Pleskachev court sentenced him to a year and three months of forced labor with a deduction of 10% of earnings.

In St. Petersburg, a local resident, Natalia Borisova, was detained when she stood in a solitary picket with a poster "Peace to the world." The girl herself informed OVD-Info about this. Borisova is being taken to police station No. 28. On March 23 , Borisova was released on the night of March 23. A protocol was drawn up against her under the “anti-coronavirus” article (Article 8-6-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).

The Central District Court of Chelyabinsk partially satisfied the claim of Oksana Eremina, a participant in the 2018 “He is not our Tsar” action, against the Ministry of Finance and awarded her compensation of 250,000 rubles for illegal criminal prosecution. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova".

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision on 10 days of administrative arrest for SOTA journalist Ruslan Terekhov. Activatika reports this. On March 18, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, security forces detained journalists from independent publications who were supposed to cover rallies dedicated to the celebration of the “day of annexation of Crimea” and support for the Russian military.

In Dagestan, the Investigative Committee opened a case under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) against three local residents. They are suspected of involvement in Nurcular, Information and Analytical Center "Sova".

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against journalist Alexander Nevzorov under an article about “fakes” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), on the department’s website.

On the morning of March 18, security forces conducted searches in the apartments of two families of Jehovah's Witnesses living in Kazan. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports A criminal case was opened against one of the believers, 41-year-old Alexei Gerasimov, under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization or participating in one (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Asta Kovrov during a single picket / photo is provided to the detainee In St. Petersburg, a picket of Asta Kovrov was detained - she stood with a "no" poster, thus speaking against a war in Ukraine. She herself told the OVD-Info about this. 19:24 Kovrov was delivered to the police department No. 78. Anastasia Pilipenko’s lawyer left for her. 20:04 The detainee is charged with an article on violation of the increased readiness regime (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St.

Two lawyers of Alexei Navalny, Olga Mikhailova and Vadim Kobzev, were detained on the territory of IK-2 in the Vladimir region. Novaya Gazeta reports this with reference to its correspondent on the spot. Mikhailova and Kobzev were taken into a paddy wagon immediately after the verdict was announced, when they came out to the journalists to give comments. The reason for the arrest is still unknown.

Bashkir activist Ramilya Saitova, who is serving her sentence in colony settlement No. 6 in Sterlitamak, complained about the conditions of detention and called them torture. Idel.Realii writes about this with reference to the activist’s lawyer Elvira Shamsutdinova. The colony in which Saitova is located is a mixed-type colony, which consists of male and female buildings. “The department consists of two rooms. The area of ​​one is 20 square meters.

The Supreme Court of Russia refused to postpone the liquidation of the International Society "Memorial" as ordered by the European Court of Human Rights. About this in the telegram channel of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” “Full PC”. reported After an appeal in the liquidation case of Memorial, the organization’s lawyers filed a petition to suspend the liquidation in accordance with.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow, at an off-site hearing in IK-2, Vladimir Region, sentenced Alexei Navalny to 9 years in a maximum security colony on charges of fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Navalny was also fined 1.2 million rubles on charges of insulting the court (Article 297 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona talks about this from the courtroom.

The State Duma immediately, in the second and third readings, adopted a law on liability for “fakes” about the activities of government agencies abroad. About this on the website of the lower house of parliament. reported According to the bill, liability for disseminating knowingly false information about Russian government agencies outside the country provides for up to 15 years in prison.

The Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg suspended the investigation of the slander case against businessman Ilya Traber (part 2 of article 128.1 of the Criminal Code) against journalists of the liquidated Proekt publication - Roman Badanin, Maria Zholobova and Mikhail Rubin. about this with reference to the lawyer Vasily Kushnir . writes Sota Kushnir specified that the investigation was suspended on the grounds that the accused could not be identified.