Artist Sasha Skochilenko, who is a suspect in a criminal case on charges of “fakes” about the Russian army, spoke about persecution in St. Petersburg pre-trial detention center-5. Her girlfriend Sonya Subbotina reported this. published According to Subbotina, Skochilenko is subjected to daily psychological pressure: at first only the “elder in the cell” bullied her, but after a while the rest of her cellmates joined in the persecution.

The Kemerovo Regional Court upheld the decision to reject the claim against the Ministry of Justice to exclude Sergei Piskunov, coordinator of the local branch of Golos, from the register of “foreign agents”. His lawyer Alexey Mukhin reported this on his YouTube channel. As Piskunov himself said in the video, he was recognized as a “foreign agent” because of 9,222 rubles received from the League of Voters in 2020, and 950 rubles received from a resident of Tajikistan in 2021.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow limited the deadline for municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov to familiarize himself with the case until noon on May 6. This is what SOTA is about. reports Thus, Gorinov was given less than three days to get acquainted with the case - he began to get acquainted with the case on May 4.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow arrested Aleksey Khayarov, a picketer, for seven days, who was detained on May 4 with a poster "Freedom to political prisoners." His interests in court were represented by lawyer Daria Aksenova, who works with OVD-Info. Khayarov was found guilty under the article on disobedience to the police (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The prosecutor's office requested sentences of up to six and a half years in prison for six Jehovah's Witnesses from Vladivostok. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. Valentin Osadchuk, accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), was asked by the prosecutor to be sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.

Vologda activist and blogger Evgeny Domozhirov left Russia. He talked about this during a broadcast on his YouTube channel. Domozhirov said he explained that he made this decision due to pressure from security forces and authorities.

A resident of the village of Novaya Derevnya in the Novgorod region, Irina Nelson, was charged with incitement to terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of her comments on VKontakte about the war in Ukraine. About this 7x7. reports Mother of four and former lawyer, 34-year-old Irina Nelson posted several comments on social media against the war and the sending of Russian soldiers to Ukraine.

On May 4, the Supreme Court of Khakassia refused to satisfy the complaint of the prosecutor's office and approved the decision to release Jehovah's Witness Valentina Baranovskaya on parole. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports In February 2021, the Abakan City Court found Baranovskaya guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced her to 2 years in a general regime colony.

The St. Petersburg City Court overturned the decision of the district court, which refused to send Sofya Semenova, a defendant in the case of burning a scarecrow dressed in camouflage uniform, to a pre-trial detention center. The case was sent for review to the court of first instance. Semyonova herself visited Russia at the end of March. This is what the Apology is about. left reports The appeal was considered on the proposal of the prosecutor.

Moscow's Babushkinsky District Court has extended the house arrest of eco-activist Olga Kuzmina until June 10. This was reported by lawyer Sergei Telnov, who represents Kuzmina's interests in cooperation with OVD-Info. Kuzmina is charged under the article on hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code) due to the action she held on August 9, 2021. That day, Kuzmina climbed a tree demanding that construction on Yantarnaya Street be stopped.

The Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg banned the clip of SMNi Instasamka "AUE". This is reported by the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg. The lawsuit to ban the clip was filed by the Deputy Military Prosecutor 301 of the Military Prosecutor's Office.

Moscow's Zelenograd District Court sentenced former dentist Sergei Taraskin to eight years in a general regime penal colony in an extremism case, TASS reported, citing the court's press service. Taraskina, who calls himself "acting president of the USSR," was found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The time spent under house arrest will be counted toward his sentence.

The defendant in the “palace case”, Said-Mukhamad Dzhumaev, sentenced to five years in prison, was placed in a punishment cell in Colony No. 2 in the Vladimir Region. The Caucasian Knot is about this. writes Dzhumaev was transferred to a punishment cell because of three minor violations, his lawyers told the publication.

In St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, five members of the Peaceful Resistance group are being searched. Dinar Idrisov reported this to OVD-Info. Since 7 am, security forces have been conducting investigative actions against Olga Smirnova, Asan Mumdzhi, Tatyana Sichkareva, Vlad Shipitsyn and Ilya Tkachenko. The searches are taking place as part of the case of fakes about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The investigation has tightened the charges against those involved in the “anti-war case” Anton Zhuchkov and Vladimir Sergeev. About this “Novaya Gazeta. Europe". reports The prosecution was reclassified from preparing for hooliganism by a group of people using weapons (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code using Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) to preparing for a terrorist act (Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code using Part 1 of Art. 30 CC).