Kirill Brik, a defendant in the case of Ural anti-fascists, disappeared from pre-trial detention center No. 2 in Zavodoukovsk (Tyumen region). This was reported by a telegram channel in support of the arrested activists. A support group for those involved in the case was able to find out that Brik is no longer in this pre-trial detention center.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Angelina Roshchupko, a journalist from Skat Media and a person involved in the Viasna case, on the wanted list. Information about this appeared in the department. base Acquaintances of the journalist told OVD-Info that she left Russia at the end of December - this could have been the reason for putting her on the wanted list.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Angelina Roshchupko, a journalist from Skat Media and a person involved in the Viasna case, on the wanted list. Information about this appeared in the department’s database . Friends of the journalist told OVD-Info that she left Russia at the end of December - this could have been the reason for putting her on the wanted list.

Former FSB officer from Dagestan Emran Navruzbekov, who accused the FSB of involvement in terrorist attacks in the regions, spoke about the repeated detention of his relatives. This is reported by Kavkaz.Realii with reference to Navruzbekov himself. The security forces detained and brought for interrogation the father, brothers and mother-in-law of the ex-FSB officer.

The prosecutor's office transferred to court the criminal case of the president of the Udmurtia Bar Association, Dmitry Talantov, who is accused of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army. This was reported by the Avtozak LIVE telegram channel. The Zavyalovsky District Court of Udmurtia will consider Talantov’s case from January 18.

On January 8, the Chechen opposition telegram channel NIYSO reported that security forces had kidnapped about 20 residents of the village of Alkhan-Kala in Chechnya. A relative of the kidnapped Solsaev brothers told Kavkaz.Realii about their torture in Grozny because of the criticism of the authorities.

Arkhangelsk activist Andrei Borovikov, sentenced to 2.5 years in prison because of the Rammstein video, was sent to punishment cell IK-7 in the Arkhangelsk region for the second time in a row. This was reported by SOTA with reference to the activist’s wife Daria. At the moment, it is unknown why the man was placed in a punishment cell.

Police in Makhachkala detained local journalists Magdi Kamalov and Magomed Magomedov, who were heading to the site of single pickets in support of their colleague Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. Caucasian Knot reports this.

Politician Alexei Navalny fell ill in a punishment cell (punishment cell) after a prisoner with the flu was placed with him. Politician’s ally Kira Yarmysh spoke about this with reference to her lawyer. reported “Unfortunately, the bacteriological weapon worked. Navalny is now in a punishment cell with fever, fever and cough. We are trying to give him medicine,” Yarmysh wrote.

The case of disseminating “fake stories” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against journalist Alexander Nevzorov was sent to court. This was reported by Network Freedom. The first hearing will take place on January 11 at the Basmanny District Court of Moscow.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow refused to take into custody in absentia the publisher of Mediazona, Pyotr Verzilov. Human rights activist Pavel Chikov reported this on his Telegram channel with reference to lawyer Leonid Solovyov. Representatives of the Investigative Committee demanded the arrest.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put philanthropist Boris Zimin, previously recognized as an individual “foreign agent,” on the federal wanted list. Mediazona drew attention to this. Zimin is wanted under a criminal article, which one is not specified. In the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, a hearing on the absentee arrest of the entrepreneur is scheduled for January 11. He is involved in a case of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code on discrediting the armed forces, introduced in March of 2022, is a popular tool in fighting those protesting against the war. But experience has shown that judges often side with the citizens accused of violating it. We try to explain why that might be. Текст на русском On April 8, 2022, a St. Petersburg resident named Vadim Dudarev conducted a one-person protest at St. Isaac’s Cathedral.