The Motovilikha District Court rejected the regional coordinator of the “Voice” movement in the Perm region, Vitaly Kovin, in his claim challenging the status of the media as a “foreign agent”. Kovin himself told OVD-Info about this. The human rights activist was recognized as a “foreign agent” because of three money transfers to his account, which were allegedly made by citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

The Neftekumsky District Court of the Stavropol Territory sentenced Jehovah's Witness Konstantin Samsonov to seven and a half years in prison. Two more believers, Alexander Akopov and Shamil Sultanov, were fined. The Caucasian Knot is about this. writes All believers were found guilty of organizing extremist activities and financing them (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code).

The St. Petersburg City Court refused to soften the preventive measure against local resident Igor Maltsev, accused of burning a scarecrow dressed in camouflage uniform. The man will remain in jail. About this "Zaks.ru".

In Khanty-Mansiysk, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the desecration of a symbol of military glory, committed by a group of people using the Internet (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) against Ugra State University student Rebecca Ziba, who came from Zambia. The case was opened because of a dance in front of the Eternal Flame. The publication “Sibir.Realii” is about this.

On April 15, in the Republic of Mari El in Yoshkar-Ola and the village of Silikatny, searches were carried out at the homes of at least 15 Jehovah’s Witnesses. This is a portal covering the persecution of believers. reports After a search, 39-year-old Jehovah's Witness Evgeny Plotnikov was detained. He is in a pre-trial detention center.

Kemerovo blogger and former candidate for the State Duma Vyacheslav Chernov became a suspect in a criminal case of inciting hatred due to an Instagram post. This is reported by "Network Freedom".

The St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision to extend the arrest of a participant in the 2017 anti-corruption rallies, who was placed in a pre-trial detention center after being extradited from Ukraine. This was reported by a lawyer collaborating with OVD-Info, Ksenia Mikhailova. The defense insisted that a St. Petersburg resident cannot be held in custody for more than six months on charges of a crime of medium gravity.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Crimean Tatar activist and children's trainer Emil Ziyadinov, accused of involvement in Hizb-ut-Tahrir, to 17 years in prison. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this.

In Novosibirsk, a protocol was drawn up against activist Yuri Izmailov, who came to the police department to give explanations about the beating by security forces. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Vasily Dubkov, who accompanied Izmailov. In Novosibirsk, on April 17, were detained several local residents , who were filming a video about dust in the city. One of them, Yuri Izmailov, was beaten by security forces during the arrest.

The Central District Military Court fined Tyumen resident Artur Zakurdaev 350 thousand rubles for commenting on the explosion in the building of the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate. About this publication 72.ru. reports The reason for initiating the case was a comment made by a man in 2018. “Then I left a comment under the news about the explosion in the FSB building in Arkhangelsk.

In St. Petersburg, artist and performer Sasha Skochilenko, who is a suspect in a criminal case regarding “fake news” about the army, has still not been transferred to a pre-trial detention center from a temporary detention center. Information about this appeared in the telegram channel “Freedom for Sasha Skochilenko!” On April 13, the Vasileostrovsky court sent Skochilenko to pre-trial detention center-5 until June 1.

In Arkhangelsk, the Oktyabrsky District Court fined local activist Andrei Kichev 30 thousand rubles, finding him guilty under the article of repeated violation of epidemiological restrictions (Part 2 of Article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code). SOTA writes about this.

The military court of cassation, at an on-site hearing in Voronezh, reduced the fine of Nadezhda Belova, who was convicted under the article of justifying terrorism due to a comment about an explosion in the building of the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate, by 10 thousand rubles. This is what SOTA is about.

In Crimea, the security forces searched the home of a Ukrainian citizen because of anti-war publications in Telegram. The man was allegedly charged with calls for separatism (Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code). He himself announced this to OVD-Info, wishing to remain anonymous. The search took place on the evening of 18 April.

In Moscow, police officers came to the civil activist Leopold Banionis. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. Unknown in civilian clothing, who introduced themselves to law enforcement officers, are breaking into the doorbell and threaten to break if he does not open them. Banionis called the police who arrived and demand that he open them for a search.