In Moscow, security forces are conducting a search at the home of the chairman of the Courier Trade Union, Kirill Ukraintsev. The Courier Trade Union initiative group reported this to OVD-Info. The co-chairman of the union, Said Shamkhalov, has also stopped responding to calls. Said Shamkhalov got in touch. He's okay.

Roskomnadzor blocked the Skat Media website. The publication itself is about this. reports “Despite the state’s attempts to silence us, Skat will continue to cover the war in Ukraine, related protests, corruption and other important news about Russia. We believe that truth is incompatible with restrictions. We will tell the truth without reservation or fear. Thank you for being with us,” the publication said in a statement.

Sergei Vasilenko, a defendant in the “palace case,” was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 2 in Kirov. The project “Prisoners 212” talks about this with reference to his pen pal. reports Vasilenko's verdict in October 2021 - the man was found guilty under the article of intentional damage to property for hooligan reasons (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code) and was sentenced to three years and three months in prison. In April, the Moscow City Court upheld Vasilenko's verdict.

The police of Chuvashia refused to prosecute Eduard Mochalov, the editor of the opposition newspaper Bribe, because of the removed poster with a quote from Vladimir Putin, reports .

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended the detention of RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko for a period of no more than 72 hours. A search is underway at Ponomarenko's house in Barnaul. Her lawyer Sergei Podolsky told OVD-Info about this. The lawyer told SOTA that his client was allowed to send only one SMS message. The meeting to select a preventive measure for the journalist was postponed until April 27. RusNews correspondent Maria Ponomarenko was detained in St.

On April 21, the Primorsky Regional Court in Vladivostok confirmed the verdict of Jehovah's Witnesses Yuri Belosludtsev and Sergei Sergeev from Luchegorsk. The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports In January, the Pozharsky District Court found Sergeev and Belosludtsev guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Valery Dubenyuk, accused of attacking a police participant in the March 6 action, to a year in a penal colony. Lawyer Sergei Podolsky told OVD-Info about this. The prosecutor asked for a year and a half in prison for the defendant, taking into account the period of detention. The meeting was held in a special order, that is, without examining the evidence.

In St. Petersburg, employees of pre-trial detention center No. 5 refused to give gluten-free food to the artist Sasha Skochilenko, who is a suspect in a criminal case about “fake news” about the army. Journalist Arseny Vesnin wrote about this in his Telegram channel. “In the pre-trial detention center she has nothing to eat, she feels bad and feels sick. Let me remind you that Sasha is gluten intolerant. There are 18 people in the cell, she has no place to sit.

Commission of the State Duma to investigate the facts of interference of foreign states in the internal affairs of Russia introduced a bill to tighten the law on "foreign agents". Information about this is published on the website of the legislative body.

The prosecutor requested a year and a half in a penal settlement, taking into account the period of detention for Valery Dubenyuk, accused of using violence against a government official during the dispersal of an anti-war rally on March 6. Public defender Dinar Idrisov reported this to OVD-Info. The hearing in the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg took place in a special manner, that is, without examining the evidence.

Kemerovo journalist Andrei Novashov had his preventive measure changed, prohibiting him from communicating with correspondents of Sibir.Realii and Taiga.info. “Siberia.Realities” is about this. On April 12, the Investigative Committee of the Kemerovo Region reported final charges against Novashov under the article on disseminating false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

In Moscow, in the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki district, Delivery Club couriers were detained for protesting against wage cuts. Security forces also detained Yegor Baranov, a correspondent for the Rabochiy Kontrol newspaper, who filmed the strike. A friend of the journalist told OVD-Info about this. The number of detainees is still unknown. Journalist Yegor Baranov was released from the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki police station. Details are still unknown.