Civil activist Elena Tardasova-Yun, prosecuted in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), complained about the conditions of detention in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Novosibirsk. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Elena Chirkina, who represents her interests. “There are serious problems with nutrition. Rotten vegetables, no meat, no fish - just over-salted herring. It’s impossible to drink anything other than tea,” Chirkina said.

Head of the Armenian community of Yekaterinburg Masis Nazaryan / Photo: Nazaryan social networks The head of the Armenian community of Yekaterinburg Masis Nazaryan opened an administrative case of violation of the rules of the organization of a public action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Information about this appeared on the website of the Leninsky District Court, drew attention to "Evening Vedomosti".

The Moscow City Court rejected Artem Kamardin, a defendant in the Mayakov Readings case, in a complaint about torture applied to him during a search. SOTA reports this with reference to lawyer Leonid Solovyov. The Investigative Committee conducted an inspection and did not consider the actions of the security forces illegal. After a search in the apartment of activists, Novaya Gazeta. Europe reported that the young man was beaten and sexualized violence was used against him.

On January 24, the Kuznetsk District Court of Novokuznetsk sentenced 65-year-old Jehovah's Witness Sergei Sushilnikov to six years probation. This is reported on the website about the persecution of believers in Russia. The prosecutor requested six years of actual imprisonment for the man. Sushilnikov is charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

In Simferopol, the Kiev District Court chose preventive measures for six Crimean Tatars detained in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this. reports Ekrem Krosh, Aider Asanov, Refat Seidametov, Osman Abdurazakov, Khalil Mambetov and Leman Zekeryaev were sent to pre-trial detention until March 24. Men on January 24 after searches. detained the Ukrainian publication "Graty" for details about how investigative actions took place in the houses of the Crimean Tatars.

The Pushkinsky District Court of St. Petersburg overturned the sentence of Ukrainian citizen Yegor Kazants, who wrote “Glory to Ukraine!” on the facade of the house, and sent the case for a new trial. About this on the court's website. reported In November 2022, the magistrate of Kazantsa was found guilty of vandalism motivated by political hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) and fined him 30 thousand rubles.

Politician Alexei Navalny was sent to the punishment cell (punishment cell) of correctional colony No. 6 in the Vladimir region for the eleventh time - this time for eight days due to the fact that the prisoner “incorrectly introduced himself.” This was reported by the Sirena telegram channel. The oppositionist has been regularly placed in a punishment cell since August 15, 2022 for a period of 3 to 15 days.

Dmitry Talantov, accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, lost his position as president of the Udmurtia Bar Association. Advocacy Street talks about this with reference to a lawyer. Instead, the organization’s council elected another person to this position. Talantov suggested that the reason for this decision was his criminal prosecution. “I admit, what happened affected my feelings. I served as chamber president for over 20 years,” he added.

The Moscow City Court upheld the claim of the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), the oldest human rights organization in Russia. Mediazona reports this. The department filed the claim in December 2022 after an unscheduled inspection at the request of the Moscow Prosecutor's Office.

In Komi, due to the lack of evidence of an offense, the administrative case against former history teacher Nikita Tushkanov was discontinued. This was reported by Network Freedom. This decision was made by the magistrate of the Aikinsky court district of the Ust-Vymsky district. The teacher was charged with an article on abuse of freedom of mass information (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code).

Activist and deputy of the Council of the Municipal Formation of the city of Balashov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Oleg Nepein, prosecuted under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), has had the charge increased: now he is charged with paragraph “d”, part 2 of the same article (dissemination of false information on motive of hatred) instead of part 1.

The Central District Court of Novosibirsk partially granted the claim of local activist Andrei Kaygorodtsev, who was detained at an anti-war rally on February 24, 2022. This was told by the lawyer from OVD-Info Vasily Dubkov, who helped the man. The judge ruled illegal the actions of the policemen, who, after the arrest, left Kaygorodtsev for the night in the department. However, the court found no violations in the fact that the man was detained and taken to the Central Police Department.

The Zavolzhsky District Court of Tver extended locksmith and activist Ivan Kudryashov’s term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for another two months; he is accused of preparing to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office. This was reported by the Solidarity Zone. Kudryashov is charged with preparation for a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).

In Simferopol, the police detained 22 people who came to the building of the Kievsky District Court - today they will choose a measure of restraint for the Crimean Tatars, who were detained the day before in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. This was reported by the public association "Crimean Solidarity". The detainees are going to be taken to police department No. 3 "Central". What they are charged with is still unknown.

In Moscow, the security forces detained and have already released animal rights activist Alexei Smirnov; he was charged with participating in a picket near the courthouse, where a hearing was held in the case of cruelty to animals against Oleg Krivyakov. This was told by the defender from OVD-Info Evgeny Kurakin, who represented the interests of the detainee.