Lawyer Ayder Azamatov came to the Simferopol pre-trial detention center on May 6, where he was looking for his client, a nurse and citizen journalist Irina Danilovich. The SIZO staff verbally denied the report that she was there. Azamatov left a lawyer's request to be provided with information about the detainee. This is reported by the Krym.Realii publication, citing a lawyer.

In St. Petersburg, activist Alexei Bezrukov is being searched. He tweets about this. reported The search at Bezrukov's was over. OVD-Info lawyer Ksenia Briksa, who then came to the apartment, said that only Bezrukov’s mother was at home. “The investigator looked only at the room where Alexey used to live. They took away old broken phones, they didn’t even take the system unit. They said that Alexey might know someone against whom a criminal case might be initiated,” the lawyer added.

In St. Petersburg, the police came to the participants of the event of the feminist initiative “Eva’s Ribs”. Their friends told OVD-Info about this. It is unknown what the reason for the law enforcement visit was. The event is held in the theater "". Open space Participants of “Eva’s Ribs” clarified that the event ended in the afternoon, and the police arrived after 21:00 at a different address.

The management of schools in Pskov is forcing teachers to register on the site to participate in the election primaries of United Russia. about this on condition of anonymity . Several teachers from different schools told Sever.Realii According to teachers, school principals say that registration is mandatory. Some teachers are dissatisfied with this, but do not see an opportunity for themselves to refuse without negative consequences for their work.

Mikhail Krieger / Archive photo from Facebook page The Trinity District Court of Moscow arrested for four days of civil activist Mikhail Kriger. This was reported by a lawyer from the OVD-info Sergey Telnov, who defended him in court. Krieger was charged with an article about petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). According to the police, he cursed loudly at the entrance of his house and ignored the comments of the neighbors.

In Volgograd, a picket was detained by Tatyana Grodnikov. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". The activist went to the picket with the demand to unlock independent publications and allow him to freely express her opinion. She had posters “Constitution of the Russian Federation. Everyone guarantees freedom of thought and word. No one can be forced to expression of their opinions and beliefs or abandoning them ”,“ I ask you to observe a social distance with a picketer ”and others.

The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Victoria Petrova until June 30 in the case of disseminating a “fake” about the Russian Army based on political hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The human rights project “Network Freedoms” is about this. reports The Investigative Committee accuses her of posting a video on VKontakte, the content of which contradicts information from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

In Moscow, security forces detained SOTA journalist Anna Loiko at her home, the newspaper reports . What she is charged with and where they are being taken is still unknown. 16:29 Policemen in the police department near Loiko's house say that there is no journalist in the department. Her phone is unavailable, and there has been no contact with her for more than an hour. reports SOTA . 18:54 that Loiko is in the SOTA reports Khoroshevo-Mnevniki police station.

All Russia State Duma deputies have prepared a new bill that will further tighten the legislation on “foreign agents”: now, instead of different lists, there will be one general register of “foreign agents”, and getting into it will become much easier. You can read about what has changed by following the link . The State Duma also adopted a bill providing for responsibility for identifying the roles of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II.

In St. Petersburg, the parents of the federal coordinator of the “Spring” movement, Bogdan Litvin, are being searched. The movement's telegram channel is about this. reports The search began at approximately 10 am. It is not yet known what case he is involved in. A search is also taking place at another Vesna coordinator, Valentin Khoroshenin, SOTA. 13:50 reports Valentin Khoroshenin’s equipment was confiscated, he was detained, “Vesna”.

Opponents of the Southeast Chord in Avtosak 07/10/2020 / Photo: Sergey Vlasov In the Nagatinsky inter-district investigative department of the Moscow South Service, the Moscow South-Western Administrative Offenses initiated a criminal case against the police inspector E. Zlobin, who falsified the protocols of the detained opponents of the construction of the southeastern chord. This was reported by a lawyer from the OTD-Info Julia Tregubova, who represents the interests of the victims.

Lawyer Yana Nepovinnova, who defends the artist and participant in the anti-war cause Sasha Skochilenko, spoke about improving the conditions of the girl’s detention in the pre-trial detention center. Nepovinnova’s story was published in the telegram channel of Skochilenko’s support group. The lawyer visited the girl in the pre-trial detention center on May 6. According to her, Skochilenko began to be provided with hot gluten-free meals, which she needs for medical reasons.

In the Kirovsky Court of St. Petersburg, the hearing on choosing a preventive measure for Olga Smirnova, a member of the initiative group “Peaceful Resistance”, accused of spreading fakes about the army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) has ended. She is being remanded in custody until July 4th. This is what the activist support group is about. reported The court hearing began at 21:00 and ended at 01:30. At the request of the investigation, it is closed.

In April, the authorities continued to put pressure on NGOs and activists who oppose the war with Ukraine: criminal cases were opened against both famous people and ordinary citizens. At the same time, deputies prepared several new repressive bills - one of them has already been signed by Vladimir Putin. We talk about the main news of political pressure over the past month in our chronicle.