In Moscow, at the main entrance to VDNKh, activist Andrei was detained with a poster "Freedom to Navalny." His friend told OVD-Info about this. The young man stood at the picket for about 20 minutes. He was taken to the Department of Internal Affairs for the maintenance of VDNKh, but two hours later he was released on a promise to appear.

The Ministry of Justice added three new organizations to the register of non-profit “foreign agents”. Information about this is on the department's website. The list included the Charitable Foundation for the Development of Philanthropy “KAF”, the Autonomous non-profit organization for publishing the popular science newspaper “TROITSKY OPTION-SCIENCE” and the Autonomous non-profit environmental organization “Friends of the Baltic”. published Sign against the legislation on “foreign agents”!

On March 24, the Sovetsky District Court of the Oryol Region refused to satisfy the local coordinator of “Voice” Veronica Katkova in her claim to cancel the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include her in the register of media outlets as “foreign agents.” Katkova’s interests are represented by Dmitry Krayukhin, a lawyer for the Inoteka project, launched by OVD-Info and the Center for the Protection of Media Rights.

The Tatarstan prosecutor's office appealed to the Supreme Court of the republic with a request to send Andrei Boyarshinov, an activist from Kazan, to a pre-trial detention center. “Idel.Realii” writes about this.

Blogger Leonid Kudinov from Krasnodar was interrogated as a suspect in a criminal case of insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) - in one of his videos he criticized the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The publication “Caucasus.Realities” is about this.

On March 15, the Yalta City Court received a case against four Jehovah's Witnesses: Sergei Lyulin, Petr Zhiltsov, and the spouses Taras and Daria Kuzio. This was reported by the Sova Information and Analysis Center. They are charged under "extremist" articles: Lyulin, Zhiltsov and Taras Kuzio are charged with the article on organizing an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

In Makhachkala, the Sovetsky District Court awarded activist Salim Khalitov 30 thousand rubles as compensation for moral damages for administrative arrest. The Caucasian Knot reports this. Khalitov asked to recover 768,420 rubles from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the court granted the claim only partially. The activist was detained in Makhachkala on October 14, when he tried to go to the central square of the city during the inauguration of the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov.

In St. Petersburg, security forces searched the apartment of a 20-year-old local resident. He is charged with an article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), and now he has been detained. This is reported by the publication "Sever.Realii". According to investigators, the young man tried to upload a photo of General Andrei Vlasov to the website of the Immortal Regiment, passing him off as his relative.

In the village of Krasnogvardeisky (Crimea), the security forces came with a search to the head of the CEC of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people, Zair Smedle. about this The public association "Crimean Solidarity" writes on its Facebook page. “None of the relatives were allowed into the house. They detained my father, just took him to the local police department, seized his phone, laptop and hard drive.

The Nizhny Novgorod District Court tightened the preventive measure and sent journalist Natalya Rezontova, who is accused in a local “sanitary case,” under house arrest for two months. About this in the telegram channel covering the persecution of Rezontova. reported Earlier, as a preventive measure, the journalist was prohibited from using the Internet, communicating with other suspects in the case, and attending unauthorized rallies.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, protocols were drawn up for six local residents who blocked traffic on the bridge on March 20: they demanded information about their loved ones who stopped communicating after being sent to the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the journalistic association ASTRA, citing its own sources. They were charged with an article on participation in an uncoordinated action that interfered with transport (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The photo was provided by the detainee

The Investigative Committee has completed its investigation of the case against Jehovah's Witness from Tambov Oleg Sirotkin, and the believer has been finally charged. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. The man is charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The case against the believer was opened in September 2021.

In Krasnoyarsk, a criminal case was opened against Jehovah's Witness Igor Gusev under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. reports According to investigators, Gusev “organized religious performances and services.” At the moment he is in the status of a suspect.

Four defendants in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case were taken to pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the Rostov region. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this. reports Human rights activist Riza Izetov, journalist Remzi Bekirov and activists Shaban Umerov and Raim Aivazov arrived at the Novocherkassk pre-trial detention center after the verdict was announced. They will be held there until an appeal against the court ruling is considered.