In Moscow, activist Ekaterina Maksimova was detained twice at the Nagatinskaya metro station. She herself informed OVD-Info about this. During the first detention, she was taken to the Nagatinsky base camp and held there for three hours. There, the police showed her a report that she was detained for orientation and was wanted. Then Maksimova was released, but was again detained at Nagatinskaya. After checking that she had just left the department, the police released the activist.

In Tambov, police detained local activist Andrei Polyakov and his wife, allegedly for filming paddy wagons. This is reported by the telegram channel Mr & Mrs Zhilkin. Polyakov and his wife were detained in Victory Park, where they came to watch fireworks. They were put in a paddy wagon, where by now they have been for about an hour. 22:45 Polyakov and his wife were released from the paddy wagon without being taken to the police department and without drawing up protocols.

In March, the former coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Barnaul (Altai Territory), Vadim Ostanin, had his preventive measure changed to arrest in a pre-trial detention center. “Team Navalny” is about this. The activist was placed under arrest until August 3. He is currently in Moscow pre-trial detention center-5 (“Vodnik”). announced In December 2021, the court a preventive measure to Ostanin in the form of a ban on certain actions.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow extended until May 12 the detention period for three defendants in the case of participation in the “Spring” movement - Evgeny Zateev, Valentin Khoroshenin and Roman Maksimov. This was reported by the First Department, whose lawyers defend Zateev and Khoroshenin, and the lawyer from OVD-Info, who defends Maksimov.

In Makhachkala, police forced the founder of the Dagestan newspaper Chernovik, Magdi Kamalov, to interrupt a picket in support of the arrested newspaper journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, who is accused of “terrorism” charges. This was reported by the Caucasian Knot publication. Chernovik journalists regularly hold pickets in support of Gadzhiev in the city center at the intersection of Gamzatov and Dakhadayev streets.

On May 7, a court in Kaliningrad chose a preventive measure for Vyacheslav Popov in the form of detention for two months, his friend Anastasia Nekhaeva told OVD-Info. Popov is in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Kaliningrad. Security forces at the apartment of Kaliningrad activists Vyacheslav Popov and Anastasia Nekhaeva on May 6. Friends of the activists attribute the pressure to their anti-war position.

Security forces detained Ruslan Akhmetshin, ex-photographer of Navalny's Arkhangelsk headquarters, at Domodedovo airport when he was trying to fly to Yerevan for treatment. This is reported by SOTA. The photographer remains in Domodedovo and waits for the Investigative Committee employees. In early March, security forces opened a criminal case against Akhmetshin on the rehabilitation of Nazism (clause “c” of Part 2 and Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code).

The Tverskoy District Court arrested the author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU”, activist Dmitry Ivanov, for 25 days. More about this in the channel itself. Ivanov was reportedly found guilty under the article of repeated violation of the procedure for holding an action (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The reason was a repost about the war in Ukraine, which he made from Alexei Navalny’s Telegram channel on March 4.

In Nizhny Novgorod, an opponent of forced vaccination with a poster was detained at the Immortal Regiment rally. An acquaintance of the activist informed about this project. The activist was taken to the police department and a protocol was drawn up for him under the article on discrediting the armed forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On the poster, on one side was a black-and-white photograph of a family with a soldier, on the other, the text “To each his own?

At the bus station in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), security forces detained the head of the regional branch of the PARNAS party, Yuri Shcherbachev. This was told to OVD-Info by an associate of the detainee Alexander Yufryakov. Shcherbachev was on his way to Arkhangelsk, where the activist was going to hold a one-man picket against the seizure of his father's military awards. During a search in 2014, the security forces confiscated orders and a navy dagger from Shcherbachev.

Femme activist Paladdya Bashurova (Polina Titova) was detained on May 8 in St. Petersburg as part of a case under the article on false reporting of an act of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code), “Eighth Initiative Group”. writes She was taken to the Investigation Department for the Petrogradsky District directly from the bar where the girl was at that moment. Activist since March in another case, also about telephone terrorism (Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code).

On Komsomolskaya Square in Khabarovsk, security forces detained Valentin Kvashnikov (Freddy) and Sergei Golobokov, who spoke out in support of the ex-governor of the region Sergei Furgal. This is reported by SOTA. Activists stood wearing T-shirts with the inscription “I/We are Furgal” and a flag in his support. In addition, they turned on music. May 10 Valentin Kvashnikov and Sergei Golobokov were released from the police department yesterday, May 9. OVD-Info told SOTA about this.

Photo of the yard / Fedor Orlov

By midnight on May 9, security forces in Moscow are conducting a search of four public figures: defender Timofey Vaskin, ex-FBK employee Ivan Drobotov, Skat media journalist Angelina Roshchupko and activist Daria Pak. On the evening of May 8, police officers arrived at the place of residence of public defender Timofey Vaskin. The security forces did not disclose the reason for the visit. OVD-Info lawyer Yulia Kuznetsova reported that the police officer pushed her away and slammed the door.