All Russia In March, protests against the war with Ukraine continued - large protests took place on the 6th and 13th . As in previous times, the security forces roughly detained the protesters, and cases were opened against some of them under various criminal charges - some were accused of using violence against the police, while others were persecuted because of anti-war inscriptions on the walls. You can read more about this in guide the OVD-Info .

On the participants of the motor rally on November 7, in honor of the celebration of the anniversary of the October Revolution in Cheboksary, new administrative protocols were drawn up under the article on violation of the rules for holding a rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). about this Write "Idel.Realii". In total, protocols were drawn up for three participants.

Roskomnadzor blocked the site of the discourse. The media editors in the telegram channel. The editors of the Discourse reports that they "did not receive any warnings, although by law they were obliged to notify us, and no one knows the reasons for the lawless deprivation of citizens of information." According to information on the website of Roskomnadzor, the blocking decision was made on April 6 at the request of the General Prosecutor's Office.

Criminal investigation officers detained environmental activists and defenders of the Kushtau Shikhan Vadim Iskanderov and Dmitry Petrov, reports the telegram channel “This is “We live here!”.” The telegram channel “KushTau on-line” writes that employees of Center “E” also detained Fail Alsynov, the ex-head of the Bashkir national organization “Bashkort”. All three are already free .

On April 8, in St. Petersburg, the court changed the preventive measure for the head of the local Church of Scientology, Ivan Matsitsky, to house arrest. Interfax-Religion reports this. The St. Petersburg City Court overturned the decision of the Nevsky District Court, which in March 2021 sent the man to a pre-trial detention center. Before this, Matsitsky was prohibited from certain actions, and from June 2017 to November 2019 he was under arrest.

In Irkutsk, activist Stepan Dergilev was detained, who read poetry at the monument to Gorky, writes the telegram channel "Anarchist Irkutsk". According to the channel, as soon as the young man began to read poetry, a man in civilian clothes came to the square and started filming people nearby. The activist, who was reciting poetry, was detained as soon as he left the monument. He told Irkutsk Anarchist that he was charged with an "extremist" article. Now the activist does not get in touch.

The Chertkovsky District Court of the Rostov Region arrested blogger Gaspar Avakyan under the article on disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to video filming more than 20 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. This is reported by the publication "Kavkaz.Realii".

In Arkhangelsk, activist Olga Shkolina became accused in cases of participation in the activities of an extremist community (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and participation in the activities of a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens (Part 3 of Article 239 of the Criminal Code). This is what SOTA is about. This case was previously filed against Alexei Navalny and the structures created around him.

In Novosibirsk, the police detained the picket Zinaida Gorbatenko. He stood on Lenin Square with a poster for human rights and in support of political prisoners. This was announced by the OWD-Info by eyewitness of Daria Gorbyleva. Photos provided by a lawyer The woman was delivered to OP "Central". A lawyer from the OVD-info Vasily Dubkov came to her aid.

Former deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council, video blogger Timur Khanov left Russia for Israel. Taiga.Info talks about this with reference to Khanov’s relatives. writes In his blog, Timur Khanov also covered protests. In February, the Oktyabrsky District Court awarded Khanov and Novosibirsk City Council member Anton Kartavin 3,024,877 rubles - allegedly for overtime work by police officers at protests in support of Alexei Navalny.

Student background DOXA appeared in 2017 as a publication by students of the Higher School of Economics. Gradually, not only HSE students began to write for DOXA; the publication began to raise increasingly sensitive topics: sexual harassment by teachers, fraud when moving into dormitories, fake dissertations, privileges for children of officials when enrolling in universities.

“Block everything!” — this seems to be the slogan chosen by the Russian authorities in March, given the unprecedented pressure on the media due to the “special military operation” in Ukraine. At the same time, Russians continued to take part in anti-war protests, and the security forces continued to do so with even greater zeal! — continued to open criminal cases against oppositionists and activists, forcing those who disagree with the authorities to leave the country.

On April 12, the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow will pass judgment on four former DOXA editors: Armen Aramyan, Natasha Tyshkevich, Vladimir Metelkin and Alla Gutnikova. The prosecution demanded two years of hard labor for a video about the students' right to freedom of assembly. We tell how the DOXA team appeared, when and why a criminal case was opened against its editors, and how the trial went.