On May 26, the Proletarsky District Court of Saransk fined a local resident Anastasia Mikhasenok 1,000 rubles for publishing the text of the Dulles Plan to Destroy the USSR (Russia) on VKontakte. The decision was published on the website of the court; on June 15, drew attention to it. the Information and Analytical Center “Sova” The woman was found guilty under the article on the distribution of prohibited materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

At a debate in the Zheleznovodsk city court, the prosecutor asked to sentence Ingush activist Bagaudin Myakiev to a year and seven months in prison in the case of using violence against the National Guard at a rally against changing the border with Chechnya in March 2019. about this with reference to his lawyer Magomed Aushev . writes Fortanga Myakiev was detained in April 2019. In February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in a colony-settlement.

In Moscow, police detained local resident Dmitry Pelevin. His friend told OVD-Info about this. Pelevin held a single picket in support of Alexei Navalny near the Savelovsky station. Now the police are taking him to the police station. It is unknown what exactly the man is charged with. 22:05 Dmitry Pelevin is left overnight at the police department in the Savelovsky district.

The Moscow City Court approved the decision to arrest in absentia the head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district of Moscow, Elena Kotenochkina, in a criminal case about “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Her lawyer told OVD-Info about this. On April 26, a search was conducted in the building of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District.

The Lyubertsy City Court extended the detention period for Rosderzhava journalists Alexander Dorogov and Yan Katelevsky. Anton Maslov, a listener of the meeting, told about this to OVD-Info. The defendants will remain in jail for at least another six months.

Jehovah's Witness Evgeny Plotnikov was transferred to the pre-trial detention center in Saransk (Mordovia) from pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Yoshkar-Ola (Mari El). This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. On April 15, Plotnikov and at least 14 other Jehovah’s Witnesses from Mari El in Yoshkar-Ola and the village of Silikatny were searched.

On June 14, the Central District Court of Kemerovo re-examined the case of blogger Mikhail Alferov and arrested him for 10 days because of a video criticizing the local Center “E”. The man himself informed OVD-Info about this and provided a copy of the court ruling. The blogger was found guilty under the article of inciting hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code).

In Moscow, police detained municipal deputy Levon Smirnov. His colleague reported this to OVD-Info. The man is in the Akademicheskiy police station. Presumably, his detention is related to posts about Navalny’s team’s “Smart Voting” project. It is not yet known what specific violation he is charged with. 17:03 Security forces forced Levon Smirnov to turn off his phone. There is currently no contact with the detainee. His colleague Daria Bagina reported this to OVD-Info.

The police detained a 25-year-old resident of Lyubertsy, suspected of desecrating the Eternal Flame in Kurovskoye (Moscow Region). About this with reference to the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region Tatyana Petrova writes the agency "Moscow". The case was initiated under the article on damage to memorial objects and symbols of military glory (Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code).

The Moscow City Court approved the extension of the arrest of Left Bloc activists Lev Skoryakin and Ruslan Abasov. This was reported by lawyer Alexander Salamov, who collaborates with OVD-Info and represents Abasov’s interests. On April 27, the court again extended their detention until May 21. On June 14, the court of second instance approved this decision.

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg partially satisfied the claim of violation of the rights of seven detainees at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on April 21, 2021. The interests of the plaintiffs were represented by lawyer Serhiy Podolsky, cooperating with OVD-Info, and he also reported on the results of the meeting.

A second criminal case was opened against a resident of Nizhny Novgorod under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to preliminary information, as the head of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of Yabloko, Oleg Rodin, told SOTA, we are talking about an activist of this party, Andrei Sorochkin. In April, the first case was opened against him under Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code.

The Syktyvkar City Court recognized as legal the inclusion of the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the Komi State Council, Viktor Vorobyov, in the register of media outlets performing the functions of a “foreign agent.” “7×7” reports this. Vorobyov tried to challenge the decision of the Ministry of Justice to include him in the list of “foreign agents,” but his claim was denied. The court found the department's actions legal.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, security forces detained Alexander Kamenyuk, a social activist, blogger, and former head of the local branch of A Just Russia, on charges of discrediting the army. About this "Sibir.Realii" with reference to "Kam 24". Kamenyuk's acquaintances reported that in the morning he was searched, after which he was detained for 48 hours.

English version On March 25, Ingush journalist Isabella Evloeva got off a plane in one of the European countries, turned off airplane mode on her phone and received dozens of messages with words of support from friends and colleagues - people called on her to “stay brave,” wished her strength and expressed sympathy. “I was afraid that something had happened to my family. In such a situation, you think about what you are most afraid of.