The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow rejected the joint claim of Republic and Mediazona against the decision to block their sites. Republic editor-in-chief Dmitry Kolezev reported this on his Telegram channel. The publications are planning to appeal this decision again. Both media projects were blocked due to their coverage of military operations in Ukraine. Their websites became unavailable on March 6.

The Supreme Court of Crimea canceled the amnesty and tightened the sentence in absentia for the ex-chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev. About this with reference to lawyer Nikolai Polozov “Krym.Realii”. write The court canceled Dzhemilev’s release from punishment due to an amnesty on charges of illegal acquisition of weapons and careless storage of ammunition.

Boris Ushakov, a human rights activist and former coordinator of the Gulagu.net project, was detained in Moscow. This was reported to OVD-Info by human rights activist Irina Yatsenko. According to information from Ushakov's acquaintances, he was detained in the city center when he was about to go on a picket. At about 11 am he was taken to the police station in the Tverskoy district.

In Perm, a criminal case was opened against local resident Ivan Legotkin due to a comment in the telegram chat of the local opposition media “Perm 36.6”. The telegram channel “Caution, news” is about this. reports Legotkin is charged with public calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

After two days in the detention center of the village of Vyselki, Jehovah's Witness Lyudmila Shchekoldina was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Krasnodar. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. The Pavlovsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory reports on May 23 that Lyudmila Shchekoldin was sentenced to four years and one month in a general regime colony.

In Moscow, a deputy of the Moscow City Duma from Yabloko, Sergei Mitrokhin, was detained during a meeting with residents of the Khamovniki district. He himself informed OVD-Info about this. Mitrokhin was taken to the Khamovniki police department. A lawyer from OVD-Info Sergei Telnov is coming to see him. So far, it is not known what exactly Mitrokhin is charged with. Before the arrest, unknown people came to the meeting and staged provocations.

The St. Petersburg City Court upheld the decision to place RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko, accused in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army, in a pre-trial detention center. SOTA publication is about this. reports Thus, the city court approved the decision of the court of first instance, which at the end of April arrested Ponomarenko for two months.

Politician Alexei Navalny was charged in a criminal case for creating an extremist community (Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Information about this on the oppositionist’s social networks. appeared “It turns out that I created an extremist group to incite hatred towards officials and oligarchs. And when I was imprisoned, I dared to be dissatisfied with this (really, it was me) and called for rallies. For this I’m supposed to get another 15 years,” the politician noted.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan recognized the legality of the search of school history teacher and activist Raushan Valiullin. The publication “Idel.Realii” reported this with reference to the press service of the court. reports Investigative measures took place at Valiullin’s house in Naberezhnye Chelny on April 29. At the same time, they came to search the houses of three more local activists.

In Vladivostok, the investigation into the case of blocking a road (Part 1 of Article 267 of the Criminal Code) against Alexey Gasyuk and nine other residents of the Primorsky Territory has ended. The prosecutor approved the charges and sent the case to court. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Sergei Valiulin. January 23, 2021 Alexey Gasyuk at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny.

A court in the city of Timashevsk, Krasnodar Territory, imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles on a 48-year-old local resident due to a post about police officers on social networks. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". A resident of the Krasnodar Territory was found guilty under the article on inciting hatred or hostility towards a social group (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Four residents of the Republic of Dagestan are suspected of participating in the international religious association “Nurcular”. The Caucasian Knot publication reports this with reference to the Investigative Committee. reports According to investigators, the suspects were studying the works of the Turkish educator and philosopher Said Nursi - in the Russian Federation his books are recognized as extremist materials.

The Rostov regional court extended the term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for opera singer Vadim Cheldiev, who is accused of organizing a public gathering against “coronavirus” restrictions in Vladikavkaz, for another three months. The Caucasian Knot is about this. reports the People's Assembly in Vladikavkaz on April 20, 2020.

The Investigative Committee of the Yaroslavl Region opened a case against a 50-year-old follower of Jehovah's Witnesses, on the department's website. Information and Analytical Center “Sova” should pay attention to the message from the Investigative Committee. it says he turned The man is suspected under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The court in the Sakhalin Region on May 29 was detained by a local resident who is accused under the article on damage to memorial facilities and symbols of military glory (paragraph “B” of part 2 of article 243.4 of the Criminal Code) due to damage to the Eternal Flame in the village of Nogliki. The appointment of a preventive measure is discussed on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.