The Ministry of Justice included in the register of individuals - “foreign agents” the entrepreneur and former political prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, as well as the chess player and politician Garry Kasparov. Information about this appeared on the department.

In the Kaliningrad region, five administrative cases were opened against activist Igor Baryshnikov for posts on Facebook. Sever.Realii wrote about this . Baryshnikov told the publication that four protocols were drawn up under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), the fifth was allegedly for insulting the authorities (Part 3 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Ulyanovsk Regional Court dismissed the criminal case under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) against local resident N. Samsonov. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. writes Samsonov was accused of allegedly uploading photographs of the tank crew of the SS division to the website of the “Immortal Regiment” campaign. Earlier in May, the St.

Retired police officer from Yaroslavl Oleg Kashintsev said that on March 9, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against him because of anti-war publications. In connection with this, the man was arrested in absentia; he himself is outside Russia. The publication “7×7” wrote about this in a telegram.

In Taganrog, a court sent Jehovah's Witness Valery Tibiy to a pretrial detention facility for two months in a case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization or participating in it (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Information about this is on the website "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia". Security forces detained Tibiy on May 18. The court hearing on the measure of restraint took place the following day.

While considering the appeal of convicted Jehovah's Witness Alexander Nikolaev, the Krasnodar Regional Court on May 18 returned the believer's case to the court of the previous instance for the attachment of a number of documents. This was reported on the website "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia". reported In December 2021, Nikolaev was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony.

In Komi, state council deputy Viktor Vorobyov was recognized as a “ foreign agent ” due to the return of money for a ticket in England and fees from several Russian organizations for legal assistance. He told Mediazona about this. The Ministry of Justice documents say that in 2020 Vorobiev received two thousand rubles from the UK. Vorobyov explained to Mediazona that the “financing” from the UK is 25 pounds received for returning a train ticket in London.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow received a petition to change the sentence of Pussy Riot member and municipal deputy for the Basmanny District Lyusa Stein from restriction of liberty to imprisonment. About this Mediazone reported " ". Previously, Stein, sentenced to a year of restriction of freedom for a “sanitary matter,” had an electronic bracelet and left Russia. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is looking for her.

The SOVA Information and Analytical Center has updated a report on the persecution of citizens due to disrespect for authorities on the Internet in 2021-2022. We talk about previously unknown cases.

Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism conducted a search at the home of Nikolai Larin, an expert of the Rostov-on-Don Public Chamber. This was reported by the publication Kavkaz.Realii. reports The investigative actions were carried out as part of the case against local journalist Sergei Reznik, who was convicted of an article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) due to a post on a Telegram channel.

The court canceled one penalty for Viktor Filinkov, a defendant in the “ Network ” case, but the judge did not satisfy the remaining claims. This was reported by RUPRESSION. The judge of the Orenburg court declared the five days assigned to Filinkov in a punishment cell illegal. The political prisoner received them for legally refusing to perform free work. The court upheld two other similar penalties. The court also did not satisfy Filinkov’s claim against Orenburg Correctional Colony No.

In Krasnoyarsk, a court assigned lawyer Nikolai Munsky 80 hours of compulsory work under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on inciting hatred. This is reported by "Network Freedoms" . The case was initiated by the Krasnoyarsk FSB. Employees of the local administration handed over to the prosecutor's office materials regarding Munsky. It was about an Instagram post dated June 10, 2021. In it, Munsky commented on the liquidation of Alexei Navalny's structures.

The Southern District Military Court began proceedings in the case of Uzbek citizen Nabi Rakhimov, killed by FSB officers. About this with reference to lawyer Edem Semedlyaev “Crimean Solidarity”.

The FSB in Crimea opened a criminal case of attempted terrorist attack on the actionist artist Bogdan Ziza. According to investigators, he poured blue and yellow paint on the Yevpatoria city administration building and threw a Molotov cocktail at it. On the initiation of a case by Crimea Inform with reference to the press service of the department.

In Krasnoyarsk on May 19, security forces detained three NOD supporters . by Reported NGS24. What article was imputed to the detainees is not yet known. Near the Pushkin square, women came out with a poster “We demand a new referendum! Amendment of the colonial articles of the Constitution: 15.4; 13.2; 9.2; 75.2; 29.5. And the investigation of the events of 1991 on the illegal collapse of the USSR! The activists waved a flag with a St.