On December 5, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court approved the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Maxim Zavrazhnov under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports “The actual purpose of the court verdict is to violate [my] rights and force me to change my religion under pain of criminal prosecution,” Zavrazhnov said.

The Voroshilovsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, in an appeal, commuted the sentence of local resident Mikhail Selitsky, who was persecuted because of the graffiti “Putin is a thief!” This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Rustam Mukhamadeev, who represents the man’s interests in court. A magistrate in Rostov-on-Don on October 24 sentenced Selitsky to one and a half years of restriction of freedom and compulsory outpatient treatment in a psychiatric hospital.

On November 9, the Vorkuta City Court of the Komi Republic returned to the prosecutor’s office the criminal case against local resident Pavel Drozdov, accused under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Information about this OVD-Info on the court website; it was confirmed and supplemented by the man’s lawyer, Roman Solovyov.

Interpol refused to fulfill the request to extradite journalists Alexander Nevzorov, Andrei Soldatov, former police officer Oleg Kashintsev and blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya to Russia. This is what the Agentura project is about. reports These people are being persecuted under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The request for their extradition was sent by the Prosecutor General's Office and the Investigative Committee.

Vladimir Putin signed a law banning “LGBTQ propaganda,” as well as a law prescribing further restrictions for “foreign agents” and affecting freedom of assembly. Texts and laws are published on the legal information website. first second Law on the ban on the dissemination of “LGBTQ propaganda” of the State Duma unanimously on November 24. Federation Council November 30 innovation. It provides for a ban on “LGBTQ propaganda” on the Internet, media, literature, cinema and advertising.

In Ufa, FSB officers detained Fail Alsynov, a defender of Shikhan Kushtau. This was reported by the telegram channel "KushTau on-line". The man was taken to the local department of the FSB. The reason for his detention is unknown. This is not the first detention of an activist. Alsynov was last detained in September and charged with disobedience to police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The prosecutor requested nine years in a general regime colony for politician Ilya Yashin in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army. Mediazona reports this. The prosecution also asked that Yashin be banned from using the Internet for another four years after serving his sentence. The hearing took place in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow. After the hearings began, the courthouse was evacuated, and the hearing was continued after some time.

In the Saratov region, a criminal case was opened under the article on “fakes” about the army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against Oleg Nepein, an activist and deputy of the Municipal Council of the city of Balashov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He himself told OVD-Info about this. As Nepein said, on December 1, a search was carried out at his home, as a result of which security forces seized two computers, two phones, flash drives and a hard drive.

The Investigative Committee announced the completion of the investigation into the criminal case against Colombian citizen Saraya Alberto Enrique Giraldo - he is accused under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (clause “b”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The criminal case on the Telegram channel "Chto-Delat!" was received by the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow. Information about this is on the court's website. There are 11 defendants in the case: Vyacheslav Abramov, Nikita Kreshchuk, Igor Kuznetsov, Alexey Kurlov, Dmitry Lamanov, Igor Nagibin, Maria Platonova, Ildar Sadriev, Dmitry Chebanov, Zhanna Chernova, Alexey Yanochkin.

On November 21, the Bystroistoksky District Court of the Altai Territory fined local resident Alexei Chapov 1,000 rubles for publishing the video “Let's Remind Crooks and Thieves of Their Manifesto-2002,” included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Information about this was published attention to it .

The materials of the criminal case against local resident Andrei Pavlov, who is accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), were transferred to the Central District Court of Tula. Yulia Tregubova, a lawyer from OVD-Info, who represents his interests, spoke about this. Pavlov was charged in the final version.

The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow fined blogger Maxim Katz 15 thousand rubles due to the lack of the marking of an individual as a “foreign agent” (Part 2 of Article 19.7.5-4 of the Administrative Code). This was announced by the head of the human rights organization "Agora" Pavel Chikov. The human rights activist points out that this is the first such fine that has become known.

Sakhalin news agency Sakh.com announced closure after the second lockdown. Journalists talk about this on their website. reported The agency notes that continuing journalistic activity in conditions of constant blocking is becoming not only difficult, but also dangerous. “The first news was released by the agency on August 5, 1999 <...> Now residents of the region will find themselves without our support.

Former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal ended his hunger strike after the judge agreed to organize the questioning of four key witnesses via video link and scheduled a hearing with their participation for December 14. About this SOTAvision. The ex-governor writes a hunger strike on November 23 due to the fact that the judge stopped the stage of presenting evidence for the defense and announced the stage of additions.