In Abakan, security forces detained and took to the Investigative Committee the editor-in-chief of the publication “New Focus” Mikhail Afanasyev. This is what “Digital Middle Ages” is about. writes According to the channel, today they came to Afanasyev with a search. The investigator and the police confiscated his computers, communications equipment and storage media. What the investigative measures are related to is still unknown.

Yegor Baranov, a correspondent for the newspaper Rabochy Kontrol, was detained near Troitsky Forest, where tree cutting continues. Baranov himself reported this to OVD-Info. The journalist was broadcasting live from the Trinity Forest, where construction equipment arrived to carry out work. Local residents began to block the way for the builders and demanded that the police check the documents of the timber truck. At the moment, only Yegor Baranov has been detained.

In Elista, a criminal case was opened against city hall employee Altan Ochirov under the article on public dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The telegram channel “Caution, news” is about this. reports The man was detained. According to Beware, News, he was the owner of the telegram channel “Volny Ulus”, in which he published posts about the war with Ukraine.

The Office of the Investigative Committee for Crimea opened a criminal case regarding the spread of “fakes” about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine to a handyman from Alushta. Information about this is on the department's website. appeared The man has already been charged under the article on public dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

A participant in the 2017 anti-corruption protests was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in St. Petersburg after being extradited from Ukraine. The man is accused of threatening to use violence against citizens; the prisoner claims that he gave testimony in this case under duress. This was reported by a lawyer cooperating with OVD-Info, Ksenia Mikhailova. The arrested person himself wished not to disclose his first and last name.

A case of vandalism was opened against journalist Sergei Erzhenkov for writing an inscription on the monument to Lenin in the city of Kasimov. The Readovka publication, as well as a number of anonymous telegram channels, talk about this. Yerzhenkov himself did not receive official notification of charges brought against him. writes As Readovka writes, together with a friend, the journalist doused the monument and painted a provocative inscription on it with white paint.

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the sentence of one and a half years of restricted freedom for Dmitry Baranovsky, a defendant in the "sanitary case." This was reported by the politician's lawyer, Alexey Vasiliev, who cooperates with OVD-Info.

The editorial office of the Altai opposition newspaper LISTok was searched and the editor-in-chief was detained. The Taiga.info publication reports this with reference to an unnamed source. reports Investigative measures also took place in the apartments of newspaper employees. Various equipment was confiscated from them. The editor of the newspaper, Sergei Mikhailov, is currently not in touch.

Daniil B., a resident of Tyumen, was arrested for 14 days for shouting slogans of Ukrainian nationalist organizations in a cafe. This was reported by the press service of the courts of the city. According to the case file, on the night of April 9, in a fast food cafe, a Tyumen resident shouted out greetings from the UNA-UNSO and Right Sector organizations. The press service did not specify the content of the greetings.

The Yandex.Music service has removed the daily “What was that?” from the BBC Russian service. “Mediazona” is about this. news podcasts reports From a message from the service's technical support on Twitter, it follows that the podcast is at the request of Roskomnadzor. deleted - Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, websites and groups of independent media, activist projects and other resources have been massively distributed in Russia.

The ex-coordinator of Navalny's Chelyabinsk headquarters, Alexey Tabalov, left Russia. He himself talks about this on his Facebook page. reported “Today is 5 months since I no longer live in Russia. Yes, I left, or rather, I evacuated. Forced. I resisted this idea until the last moment, but my former colleagues insisted. You know, radically changing your life when you are over 40 is very difficult.

Cartoonist Sergei Yolkin left Russia. He himself talks about this on his Facebook page. said “I still left Russia. The border guard and customs officer did not want to let me go like Lao Tzu. But I'm now in Bulgaria. The future is vague,” wrote Sergei Yolkin. Sergey Yolkin, famous Russian cartoonist and architect. Since 1999 he began working as a professional cartoonist. Most of his cartoons are dedicated to politicians, businessmen and government officials.

On April 12, in Vladivostok, the investigation brought final charges against local activist Roman Belomestnov under the article on calls for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). About this Activatica. reports on March 2 that Belomestnov and other civil activists of the Active Vladivostok movement were searched. On the same day, Belomestnov was placed in a pre-trial detention center.