In Simferopol, lawyer Nazim Sheikhmambetov was detained at the exit from the Kievsky District Court. In court, he defended his colleague Edem Semedlyaev, who was fined 75,000 rubles because of someone else's anti-war post in which he was noted. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". Sheikhmambetov was charged with an episode six months ago.

Roskomnadzor blocked the websites of the publications Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) and Politiken (Denmark). Attention to this project "Roskomsvoboda". appealed The Prosecutor General's Office demanded to block individual pages of these publications - those on which news about Russia was published, however, since the blocking is carried out via HTTPS, the sites completely stopped opening in Russia. After February 24, both publications began publishing news about the war in Ukraine in Russian.

In St. Petersburg, the security forces detained the activist Arthur Kaminsky when he came to the police department to write a statement about the attack during a single picket. He himself told the OVD-Info about this. Kaminsky came out with a poster criticized by the current government to the living room in St. Petersburg. He was attacked by an unknown person and broke the poster. Single Picket Kaminsky / Photo: Sota When the victim came to the police department No.

On May 25, the Metallurgical District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced Jehovah's Witness Pavel Popov from Yemanzhelinsk to six years of probation. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports In addition, the believer was given a four-year probationary period. The prosecution on May 24 received eight years of real imprisonment for Popov.

Former municipal deputy of the Pechatniki district of Moscow Maxim Motin wrote on Facebook that the security forces opened two criminal cases against him “for discrediting the authorities.” said the security forces came to search the apartment, which, according to Motin, has not belonged to him for three years. The ex-deputy himself now lives in Ukraine. The details of the cases are not yet known.

VKontakte and Odnoklassniki blocked the pages of activists from Chuvashia - ex-coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters Semyon Kochkin, activist Dmitry Yakovlev and lawyer Roman Raimov at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The publication “Idel.Realii” is about this. reports Kochkin and Yakovlev previously left Russia. The latter told Realii that police officers came to his parents.

In Moscow, the security forces detained activist Oleg Gapienko, who stood with a poster in support of Alexei Navalny. He himself informed OVD-Info about this. Gapienko stood on Pushkin Square with a poster "Freedom to Navalny." He was taken to the police department in the Tverskaya district. Olga Karlova, a lawyer from OVD-Info, helps the activist in the department. It is still unknown what article Gapienko is charged with.

In the Kaluga region, they completed the investigation and submitted to the court the materials of the criminal case against a resident of Obninsk, who spat on the Russian flag mounted on the hood of a car participating in a rally in support of the Russian army. About this on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region.

The Investigative Committee announced the completion of the investigation into the case of “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), initiated against a 44-year-old resident of Prokopyevsk; the case was sent to court. About this on the website of the department of the Kemerovo region. says Probably, we are talking about Kemerovo journalist Andrei Novashov, who collaborated with the publications “Sibir.Realii” and “Taiga.Info”.

The Volgograd Regional Court overturned the trial court's decision to recognize the search of Angela Danskaya as legal. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Eduard Yapparov, who represented her in court. decision The case material was returned to the court for a new trial. The main reason for the cancellation was that the judge of the Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd, Natalya Lomako, issued a decision to search and she herself considered the complaint against it.

The Supreme Court of Crimea returned the case of Ukrainian journalist, freelancer for “Krym.Realii” Vladislav Esipenko to the court of first instance. The publication “Grati” is about this. reports This decision was made due to the fact that Esipenko’s defenders were not familiarized with the protocols of the court hearings. The case will not be reviewed - the court will have to find out why the lawyers did not receive the documents and then issue them to them.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the international service for solving homework “Knowledge”. Attention to this "Roskomsvoboda". The reason for the blocking was the answer to a question from one of the users: “What happens in Ukraine after 02/24/2022?” The answer, verified by an expert, stated that a full-scale Russian military operation against Ukraine began on February 24, and also talked about the number of refugees and humanitarian problems.

Abakan police detained a local resident on suspicion of damaging banners in support of the war in Ukraine. This is the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Khakassia. reports A man born in 1964 is charged with vandalism (Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code).

In Penza, during a single picket, Viktor Khomts, a deputy of the Penza City Duma from the Communist Party and coordinator of the local branch of the “Left Front” were detained. The opposition held a picket in defense of the municipal Akhun bath. The detention of the ATS-Info was reported by his associates.

In the Chelyabinsk region, on May 25, a Jehovah's Witness was detained - the Investigative Committee of the region suspects him of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported on the department's website. The man's name has not been released. According to investigators, in 2017–2020 he carried out preaching activities among members of a closed local organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses.