Journalists from Mediazona, Dozhd, Republic, Paper, Pskovskaya Guberniya, Doxa, 7×7 and The Village reported attempts to hack into accounts and spam attacks on phones. It is reported by Mediazona. Unidentified people tried to hack the accounts of journalists in Telegram, banks, Gosuslugakh and My Tax. They received SMS messages, including those with confirmation codes for registration in services. April 16 At 9 am the attack resumed.

In St. Petersburg, the police detained Yulia Pidoprigora and Pavel Shepetkov, who opposed the demolition of the historic building. They themselves told OVD-Info about this. Pidoprigora was taken to police station No. 18, she is charged with an article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), allegedly because she used foul language. Shepetkov was taken to the hospital, what happened to him is still unknown.

The Troitsky District Court arrested Yegor Baranov, a reporter for the newspaper Rabochy Kontrol, for two days, who was covering the cutting of the Trinity Forest. The journalist was released in the courtroom, counting the days spent in the department after the arrest as part of the arrest. Yuri Bredelev, a defender from OVD-Info, who represented the interests of Baranov, reports on the decision of the court.

The Ministry of Justice added nine more people to the register of media “foreign agents”. Information about this is on the department's website.

The Investigative Committee accused Colombian Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saraya of installing smartphones in a shopping center in Moscow through which mass SMS messages were sent. Subscribers allegedly received “deliberately false messages about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine,” including about the killing of civilians. The Investigative Committee claims that the Colombian citizen was engaged in this from March 9 to March 18 in agreement with persons who directed him from abroad.

The Office of the Investigative Committee for the Republic of Adygea opened a criminal case against a 45-year-old citizen under the article on organizing the activities of a banned religious organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The department did not name the suspect.

The FSB interrogated Saratov activist Maxim Tikhonov in the case of "Left Resistance". The reason for this was the transfer of 950 rubles to the mother of Darya Polyudova, a defendant in the case and the founder of the movement. About the interrogation Tikhonov SOTA. Mikhail Tikhonov told the publication that he himself does not remember this money transfer. Daria Polyudova created the Left Resistance movement in 2017.

In Kirov, local resident Richard Rose was detained in a criminal case for distributing “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). His friend and activist Mikhail Semenov reported this to OVD-Info. Semenov said that Rose called him at two in the morning, but he did not see the call. In the morning, the activist received a call from the investigator, who said that Rose had been detained and clarified under what article.

The Novosibirsk court fined Yana Drobnokhod 10 thousand rubles because of an action in support of the ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal. The activist herself told us about this. The Dzerzhinsky District Court found her guilty of violating the established procedure for organizing or holding a public event (Article 20.2 Part 1). Namely, that on April 4 she held a single picket with a poster “Freedom for Furgal” near pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Novosibirsk.

The Abakan City Court sent the editor-in-chief of the online magazine “New Focus” Mikhail Afanasyev to pre-trial detention in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army, spread using his official position (clause “a”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This is what “Network Freedoms” is about.

The prosecutor's office of the Republic of Bashkortostan drew up a report on the article of incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) against environmental and national activist Aitugan Sharipov. Information about this appeared in the telegram channel “Ufa against”.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put ex-FBK employee Ruslan Shaveddinov on the federal wanted list. This is the telegram channel “Caution, news”. drew the attention of the media in May 2021 to the departure of Shaveddinov and other ex-FBK employees from Russia.

In the Leningrad region, a case was opened against a 23-year-old resident of the village of Novogrelovo for the rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), part of the article is still unknown. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. According to security officials, on May 8, 2020, the suspect uploaded a photograph of a Wehrmacht soldier in military uniform and with weapons to the website of the Immortal Regiment project.

The prosecutor's office requested a year in a colony-settlement for the opposition ex-deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Maxim Reznik in the case of buying drugs for personal use (part 1 of article 228 of the Criminal Code). about it . writes Fontanka According to investigators, the ex-deputy bought 18 grams of a plant drug from his relative. Reznik does not admit his guilt and considers the process fabricated.

Linguists analyzed 26 texts by Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, who is accused of financing terrorism, and found no signs of extremism in them. Lawyer Arsen Shabanov told the Caucasian Knot about this. The defense organized a linguistic examination of 26 of Gadzhiev’s publications cited in the indictment. There are no incentives in Hajiyev’s texts “to overthrow any authorities in any states,” the examination says.