The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow arrested SOTA journalist Anna Loiko for five days under the article on disobedience to police officers (19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by the lawyer from OVD-Info Alexander Salamov, who represents the interests of the journalist. On May 7, Loiko was detained at her home and taken to the Khoroshevo-Mnevniki police station, where she was left overnight.

In Samara, on May 8, activists Vladimir Avdonin, Yegor Beschastnov, as well as Vtulkin and Naumov were searched under the article on knowingly false reporting of a terrorist attack (207 of the Criminal Code). “Idel.Realities” is about this. Avdonin reports that three police officers and an employee of the Center for Combating Extremism came to him at about 15:30.

In the suburb of Konakovo, on May 7, FSB officers conducted a search in the house of Andrei Trofimov. The man was detained. His son reported this to OVD-Info. Presumably, the detention is related to anti-war posts on Trofimov’s personal page on VKontakte. The page itself is blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. Trofimov is in Tver pre-trial detention center No. 1.

In Ivanovo, a search was conducted at the home of local resident Leonid Goryunov, who is a witness in the case of anti-war activist Sergei Veselov. Goryunov reported this to OVD-Info. During the search, all equipment was confiscated from Goryunov - a computer, laptop, phones, including devices of his minor daughter. He was summoned for questioning on May 11.

On May 7, the Central District Court of Kemerovo arrested blogger Mikhail Alferov for 13 days under the article of inciting hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) because of a video in which Alferov criticized the work of employees of the local Center for Combating Extremism. Alferov’s acquaintances reported this to OVD-Info.

In St. Petersburg, police are breaking into the apartment where former press secretary of the Vesna movement Artyom Uimanen and his girlfriend Kamilla Dotsenko are staying. An activist tweeted about this. reported Neither Uymanen nor Dotsenko are members of Vesna, the movement’s Telegram channel.