The Basmanny District Court extended the arrest of Vladimir Kara-Murza until February 12. SOTA reports this with reference to lawyer Vadim Prokhorov. The meeting was held behind closed doors. “I well understand the reluctance of the investigation to disgrace itself in this court with this openly illegal and politically motivated case,” the politician commented on the decision to close the hearing.

The Prosecutor General's Office stated that the public demonstration of the Ukrainian flag and its colors cannot be considered an offense. The official response of the department was published by the telegram channel of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party. The department provided its position in response to a request from the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Boris Vishnevsky.

In the Samara region, police officers stopped a car carrying activists from the Council of Mothers and Wives, including the leader of the movement, Olga Tsukanova. Then the police detained the activists. this Tsukanova announced on the telegram channel of the council. The reason for stopping the car was a drug check. The police took the documents from the three people in the car, after which they searched the car. Then the policemen took the activists to the Syzran Police Department No.

The Syktyvkar City Court, until February 5, 2023, arrested historian and former teacher Nikita Tushkanov in the case of justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This is what “Network Freedom” is about. They report that the case against Tushkanov was opened because of a post about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge and comments about the annexation of Crimea.

In the Arkhangelsk region, security forces conducted a search in the morning at the home of local activist Elena Kalinina. This is what SOTA is about. reports Now she is in Arkhangelsk at the regional prosecutor's office, her relatives told OVD-Info. Relatives said that security forces also detained the activist’s husband and mother. The husband was at work, the mother was at home with Kalinina. Their whereabouts are not yet known.

A defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Albert Shafiev, was placed in the punishment cell of IK-5 in the Orenburg region three times in a row immediately upon arrival from the prison. Shafiev’s mother Svetlana wrote about this in an open letter addressed to the head of the Orenburg colony, Kirill Abidov, which is available to OVD-Info. During his transfer, Shafiev took part in a collective hunger strike against the torture conditions in Pre-trial Detention Center No.

In Penza, on December 8, the libel case (Part 2 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code) against the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “New Alternative” Maxim Denisov was dismissed due to the lack of corpus delicti. The telegram channel “NeMoscow Speaks” talks about this. reports The case against the journalist became known on July 26. Then he was searched, during which the system unit from the computer was seized.

The prosecution asked the deputy of the Tverskoy district of Moscow, Ketevan Kharaidze, for six years in prison and a 700 thousand ruble fine in the case of fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by SOTA. The hearing took place in the Tverskoy District Court. Kharaidze connects her criminal prosecution with the fact that in May 2021 she announced her intention to participate in the September State Duma elections.

The Voronezh Regional Court confirmed the verdict of activist Grigory Severin in the case of calls for extremist activity (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code), which was initiated due to a post on VKontakte. This is what SOTA is about. The Central District Court of Voronezh reported on August 23 that Severin was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. He was also banned from administering websites for two years. sentenced Severin to criminal prosecution in February 2021.

Roman Jametov on a single picket / "Republics" In Kazan, on Bauman Street, the picketman of Roman Dzhametov was detained due to the poster “Stop the crimes of the Government of the Russian Federation”. This was reported by the telegram channel "Republics". Police delivered the detainee to the Police supporting point at the Ring shopping center. 18:10 In the stronghold at the Kollet shopping center, they reported that Dzhametov was taken to the police department No. 16.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov extended the stay in a pre-trial detention center for local activist Richard Rose until January 13. Activist Svetlana Marina reported this to OVD-Info. The prosecution argued for the extension of the arrest due to the complexity of the case and the difficulties in sending Rose's case via secure telecommunication channels to Yekaterinburg and Samara, where such cases are usually considered.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg banned links to ten resources with information about the war in Ukraine. The joint press service of the city courts reports this. reported The claim was sent to court by the military prosecutor of the St. Petersburg garrison. “Mediazone” to find out the names of five telegram channels to which links were prohibited: we are talking about the channels “Stop the Cars”, “Goryushko”, “Ukraine Now: News, War, Russia”, “Disgusting Rashists”.

English version I learned almost later than everyone else that a criminal case had been opened against me. One of the journalists called me. They asked if I was the same priest who was being persecuted for his anti-war position. I answered in the affirmative. At first I didn’t understand that we were talking about a criminal case, and I started telling journalists about everything that had happened to me recently. It all started in March.

A criminal case was opened against Ukrainian citizen Alexander Vdovichenko, who is in a pre-trial detention center on charges of attempted murder, under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The ASTRA telegram channel is about this. reports According to ASTRA, the case was opened on December 7.

In the Arkhangelsk region, the authorities of the city of Koryazhma did not agree on an action against the construction of a waste sorting complex. This was reported by the Koryazhma Live telegram channel. Officials refused to approve a picket for 50 people, which was supposed to take place on December 18, citing a decree on coronavirus restrictions. In March, deputies of the Koryazhma City Duma approved the construction of a waste sorting complex.