The Solntsevsky District Court of Moscow chose a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for local resident Sergei Zvyagin. The detainee's wife reported this to OVD-Info. On April 7, Zvyagin was searched under the article of vandalism motivated by political enmity (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code). He is charged with painting an anti-war inscription on the wall of the building, discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin.

In Kaluga, unknown persons attacked activist Konstantin Larionov. The telegram channel “Civil Society of the Kaluga Region” is about this. reports A man was ambushed at the entrance of his house and struck on the head. A week earlier, the personal data of several Kaluga activists was posted in one of the public pages on social networks. In March, the court fined Larionov 50 thousand rubles because of an anti-war video.

The Ministry of Justice added six more people to the list of media “foreign agents”. About this on the department's website. reported The register included rapper Ivan Dremin (Face), candidate of historical sciences and former HSE teacher Dmitry Dubrovsky, former lawyer, blogger covering the war with Ukraine, Mark Feigin, journalist of the publication Idel.Realii Ekaterina Mayakovskaya, correspondent of Novaya Gazeta Irina Tumakova (Borukhovich), writer and journalist Andrei Filimonov.

Law enforcement agencies of Nizhny Tagil detained a 19-year-old local resident - he is accused of uploading a photograph of Adolf Hitler to the Immortal Regiment website. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. reports A young man is a suspect in a case of public denial of the facts established by the Nuremberg Tribunal (Part 1 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code).

Municipal deputy and Pussy Riot member Lyusya Stein left Russia. The “We Can Explain” telegram channel is about this. reports She made this decision in connection with the outbreak of war with Ukraine. “I’m tired of the repressions against me and my loved ones, but I was ready to endure it, but on February 24 everything changed.

In Moscow on the evening of April 7, two unknown men broke into the apartment of activist Orest Cherchesov and beat him. Cherchesov himself told OVD-Info about this. Also, unknown persons smashed Cherchesov’s equipment, threatened him with violence and convinced him not to write posts against the war. Now the activist is in the hospital, he was diagnosed with a concussion with traumatic brain injury. It became known that after the attack, Orest Cherchesov’s tooth broke off.

The Russian Ministry of Justice closed the representative offices of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Carnegie Endowment and twelve other foreign and international organizations in Russia. About this on the department's website. The list includes Russian branches of German foundations (Heinrich Böll Foundation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.F. association).

Alexander Mukhortov, a prisoner in the Saratov colony, was placed in a punishment cell, despite his deteriorating health, about torture in the Saratov prison. Irina Yatsko, the prisoner’s wife, reported this to OVD-Info. who told After media coverage of torture in the Saratov prison hospital, Mukhortov began to receive reports.

In Vladivostok, the Primorsky Regional Court overturned the acquittal of Jehovah's Witness Dmitry Barmakin and sent his case back to the court of first instance for a new trial. This was reported by the Sova Information and Analysis Center. Earlier, the Pervorechensky District Court of Vladivostok Barmakin, who was accused under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Former volunteer of Navalny’s headquarters in Tver, Artur Bavrin, left Russia. He talks about this on his YouTube channel. reported In the video, the activist spoke about the pressure from the security forces: on February 26, traffic police officers stopped him, and then the law enforcement officers who arrived searched the car. The activist was not informed what his status was and on what grounds his car was being searched.

“International Memorial” was illegally excluded from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The organization's accounts were blocked on April 5. About this in the telegram channel of the project. The Supreme Court of Russia is reported to liquidate International Memorial on December 28, 2021, allegedly due to numerous violations by the organization of the law on “foreign agents.” Two months later, on February 28, this is the decision.

Former operator of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Pavel Zelensky was transferred from the Tula correctional colony to a settlement colony in Zelenograd. This was reported to OVD-Info by subscriber Yulia Ladunova, who is in correspondence with the political prisoner. In one of his recent letters, Zelensky told her that on April 5 he was taken by train to Moscow, and on the 6th he already ended up at Zelenograd checkpoint-2.

In Nizhny Novgorod, the prosecutor requested seven years in prison for Jehovah's Witness Galina Abrosimova. The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports The case against residents of Nizhny Novgorod Galina Abrosimova, Eduard Smirnov and Denis Tsarev, who are accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), was opened in June 2019, after which mass searches were carried out in their homes.

On April 7, the Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg approved a decision to fine Jehovah's Witness Evgeniy Yakku in the amount of 880 thousand rubles. The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports The believer was found guilty under articles on organizing extremist activity and involvement in it (part 1 and part 1.1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Prosecutor General's Office has declared the British research organization Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) undesirable in Russia. About this in the telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office.