On April 25, the Birobidzhansky District Court (Jewish Autonomous Region) sentenced the married couple of Jehovah's Witnesses Oleg and Agnessa Postnikov to suspended sentences of five and a half and five years, respectively. The believers were found guilty under articles on involvement in extremist activities (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and participation in it (Part 2 of Article 282.2). The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this.

The Central District Court of Krasnoyarsk arrested lawyer Nikolai Munsky for 10 days under the article on the demonstration of extremist symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the human rights project “Network Freedoms”. The reason for this decision was a lawyer’s post on VKontakte with a red exclamation mark and the inscription “Smart Voting.” It was published back in August 2021.

In Yekaterinburg, a local resident was detained due to a single picket. She herself informed the OVD-Info about this, asking not to indicate her name. The poster with which Yekaterinburgenka entered the picket / photo granted by the detainee The girl went into a picket with a poster on which a quote was written from the 31st article of the Russian Constitution, to the monument in the city center.

In Moscow, Jehovah's Witness Yuri Temirbulatov was transferred to Moscow pre-trial detention center No. 5 "Vodnik" in early April - previously he was in pre-trial detention center No. 1 "Matrosskaya Tishina". This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers. The message does not state the reason for the transfer. In March, Temirbulatov was transported from detention center No. 5 “Vodnik” to pre-trial detention center No. 1 “Matrosskaya Tishina”.

The Telegram account of Vladislav Postnikov, editor-in-chief of the Evening Vedomosti channel in Yekaterinburg, was hacked by unknown people. this The editorial office announced . “The editors perceive this as an act of persecution of independent journalism in Russia, psychological pressure and an attempt to discredit and / or an attempt to compromise Postnikov or other journalists of the publication,” the publication said.

The creator of the “Police Ombudsman” project, Vladimir Vorontsov, announced the start of a hunger strike in the Moscow pre-trial detention center-4 “Bear”. The telegram channel “Politzek-Info” is about this. reports The reason for the hunger strike was the conditions of detention and pressure from employees. FSIN “It started when two lieutenant colonels from the central office of the FSIN arrived and personally searched the cell. They literally searched the toilet and all corners of the room.

On April 29, in the village of Vladislavovka in Crimea, security forces came to search the place of residence of a nurse and social activist Irina Danilovich. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". The reason for the search is still unknown. Presumably, Danilovich was detained by law enforcement officers at 6 am when she was returning home from work from Koktebel. At 10 am, security forces searched her parents' house.