The Prosecutor General's Office has declared the American non-governmental organization The Andrei Sakharov Foundation "undesirable" in Russia, according to the agency's website. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the organization poses a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and Russia's security. The organization was founded in 1989.

The Pidgorny District Court of the Stavropol Territory fined a local resident Anton Yermolov three thousand rubles for publishing the video "Let's remember the Rogues and Thieves their Manifesto-2002." This is reported by the publication "Kavkaz.Realii". Yermolov was charged with an article on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Moscow, Oksana Divisenko, an activist of the Council of Mothers and Wives, was detained at the Kazansky railway station. This was reported in the movement’s Telegram channel. Another activist of the Council of Mothers and Wives, Larisa Zarechnaya, told OVD-Info that today members of the movement filed appeals to law enforcement agencies about violations of the rights of military personnel. At the same time, Zarechnaya claims, security forces kept an eye on the activists.

On December 22, the 1st Eastern District Military Court sentenced resident of the Primorsky Territory Alexander Poletaev to two years in prison in a general regime colony under articles on calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of anti-war comments on VKontakte. A group of volunteers who support political prisoners reported this to OVD-Info.

On January 20, the Ostankino District Court of Moscow rejected the prosecution's request to place house arrest as a preventive measure against Sergei Gusev, an employee of the Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The telegram channel “Caution-News” is about this.

In Kursk, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on “fake news” based on political hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against local resident Evgeniy Babin because of a video on a YouTube channel with ten subscribers, in which he condemned the war with Ukraine. He himself told OVD-Info about this. Currently, investigators have chosen a preventive measure against Babin in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place.

Zoo Processors at the court, where a hearing in the case of murder of cats / photo is held: activatics In Moscow, at the Cheremushkinsky District Court, where the verdict was announced in the case of hard handling of animals against Oleg Krivyakov, the zoo defender Liana Starchuk was detained. This was announced by the OWD-Info by the defender Yevgeny Kurakin, who helped the zoo defender in the police department.

Judicial station No. 18 of the Nakhimovsky district of Sevastopol sentenced two local residents to restriction of freedom under articles about desecration of the flag of the Russian Federation (Article 329 of the Criminal Code) and vandalism due to political hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) in connection with “disagreement with the conduct of a special military operations." The joint press service of the city courts reports this.

On January 10, the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow declared Ruslan Abasov, a defendant in the Left Bloc case, on the federal wanted list. On the same day, the court placed the case of the second defendant, Lev Skoryakin, in separate proceedings. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Evgeniya Grigoryeva, who is defending Lev Skoryakin.

The panel of judges of the Rostov Regional Court upheld the verdict of six Jehovah's Witnesses from the city of Gukovo. A portal covering the persecution of believers in Russia writes about this. In September 2022, the Gukovsky City Court of the Rostov Region sentenced the defendants in the case, Alexey Gorely and Oleg Shidlovsky, to six and a half years in a general regime colony; Nikita Moiseev, Alexey Dyadkin, Vladimir Popov and Evgeniy Razumov - seven years in prison.

The military court of appeal confirmed the sentence that had previously been handed down to Voronezh resident Andrei Biryukov under articles of public justification of terrorism and calls for extremism. The relevant information is published on the court's website. In November, the 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Biryukov to 3.5 years in prison and a ban on administering websites due to several of the man’s publications on VKontakte.

In Arkhangelsk, on January 10, security forces broke into the house of local resident Yegor Rochev, handcuffed him and inspected the premises because of a photo with a Nazi salute against the background of the Ukrainian flag, as well as a video with the words “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the nation! Fucker of the Russian Federation." about it . writes SOTA During the inspection of the premises, the security forces looked for extremist literature, and also checked the young man's phones.

The Buinaksk city court in Dagestan has sentenced a local resident, Islamutdin Yusupov, to four months of restraint of liberty in the case of appeals to take to the streets to protest due to regular power outages. about this . writes Kavkaz.Realii The verdict was handed down on November 9, 2022.