A resident of Anadyr, Dmitry Aritkulov, was charged with calls for extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) due to messages on social networks, including about the war in Ukraine. The telegram channel “Caution, news” is about this. reports The man was detained and placed in a temporary detention center on December 18 in the case of the rehabilitation of Nazism - it is not yet known what became the reason for this.

The Lenin Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced former Open Russia activist Anastasia Shevchenko in absentia to three years in a general regime colony. About this SOTA with reference to ships. reported the card The court replaced Shevchenko’s suspended sentence under the article on the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Part 1 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code) with a real one.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill introducing administrative liability for the production and distribution of maps and other images “challenging the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.” About this on her official website.

Three residents of Ivanovo were fined one thousand rubles each in May–June 2022 because of the publication of a video on social networks “Let us remember their Manifesto 2002 to Crooks and Thieves.” This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center. All three were charged with distributing extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code).

During a hearing in the Vologda City Court, the prosecutor asked Vladimir Rumyantsev, accused of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army, to receive six years of real imprisonment. This was announced by Sergei Tikhonov, a lawyer representing him in court from OVD-Info. The announcement of the verdict is scheduled for ten in the morning on December 22.

The Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit to liquidate the human rights organization Moscow Helsinki Group. Novaya Gazeta reports this with reference to MHG employees. reports a claim from the department to the Moscow City Court. The Ministry of Justice intends to liquidate the organization based on the results of an audit conducted at the request of the Moscow prosecutor's office.

A prisoner “who has big problems with household hygiene” was again placed in the punishment cell of Alexei Navalny, who is in IK-6 in the Vladimir region.

In the Stavropol Territory, 20-year-old Mikhail Balabanov was detained, who allegedly planned to set fire to the local military registration and enlistment office. This is reported by Baza and several other telegram channels. According to ASTRA, Balabanov was detained in Nevinnomyssk, his apartment was searched under the article on preparation for a terrorist act (Article 205 with the application of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).

The Supreme Court of Khakassia approved the decision that the criminal case of the editor-in-chief of “New Focus” Mikhail Afanasyev, accused of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army, should be returned to the prosecutor’s office. “Network Freedoms” writes about this. The court confirmed that the investigation does not have key information - the place and time of publication of the posts that became the reason for the prosecution of Afanasyev.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a law toughening fines for “foreign agents” and members of “foreign agent” associations. The relevant information is published on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The Vladimir authorities refused to coordinate a rally of local residents opposing the expansion of a waste transfer station in the Dobroye residential area. Anton Sidorko, a member of the Vladimir branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, published the officials’ response in his Telegram channel.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put gallery owner Marat Gelman on the federal wanted list. Pay attention to the card in the Mediazona search database. appealed The Department does not indicate under what article the gallery owner is being prosecuted.

On December 19, police in Makhachkala tried to prevent a weekly picket in support of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The Caucasian Knot reports this with reference to journalist Idris Yusupov, who took part in the action. Gadzhiev, a journalist for the Dagestan publication Chernovik, has been in jail since June 2019; human rights activists consider his persecution to be politically motivated.

The Moscow apartment where activists Dmitry Korbashov, Felix Kadokhov, Lolita Tkachenko, brothers Maxim and Philip Georgiev, and two other people who wished to remain anonymous were searched on the morning of December 20. The activists themselves reported this to OVD-Info. During the search, the activists were assisted by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Anna Polozova. After the search, the Georgiev brothers were taken in for questioning. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Alan Kachmazov, came to see them.