The Kovrov City Court of the Vladimir Region rejected the claim of politician Alexei Navalny against the FSIN employees who opened his letters. This is reported by SOTA. In September, letters from the oppositionist to his defense attorneys began to be reviewed, despite attorney-client privilege.

In Krasnodar, FSB officers interrogated Vitaly Votanovsky, a local activist and author of the Titushki in Krasnodar telegram channel, over photographs in T-shirts with the inscriptions “Russia without Putin”, “Putin is gone” and “Putin, go away.” about it . He told 7x7 According to Votanovsky, a previously unfamiliar man wrote to him on Odnoklassniki and asked him to send photos of the activist in these T-shirts, after which he published the pictures on his page.

On February 15, the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Jehovah's Witness Konstantin Sannikov to 6.5 years in a general regime colony. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers. He was found guilty under articles on organizing the activities of a banned organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and on financing an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), according to the court’s website.

In Karelia, police and FSB officers searched the home of a 24-year-old local resident because of a video with an appeal to “commit violent acts against Russian military personnel.” Information about this appeared on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region.

In the Kaliningrad region, lawyer Sven Nordin was finally charged in the case of the rehabilitation of Nazism (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). He himself told OVD-Info about this. According to investigators, on his VKontakte page the man posted an article in which the Soviet colonel of the Great Patriotic War Nikita Karatsupa is compared with the serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.

An employee of Center “E” forced Ilya Melkov, the husband of Olesya Krivtsova, a defendant in the “anti-war case,” to say on camera that the girl’s family does not consider the witnesses in her criminal case to be “informers.” About this with reference to Krivtsova’s mother 29.ru, SOTA’s attention to the publication. reports appealed It is noted that the conversation with the security officer took place on December 28, 2022 at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, where Melkov studies.

In Crimea, Galina Balaban, a former activist of the Ukrainian Cultural Center, was fined 2,000 rubles for a post on a social network. about it Write "Grati". She was found guilty of publicly displaying the symbols of an extremist organization (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). First, the woman's house was searched, then she was detained and taken to the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol, where she was fined. Her phone was also confiscated.

US citizen and animal rights activist Alicia Day, who walked a calf on Red Square, was banned from entering Russia for 40 years, until February 13, 2063. This was told by the defender from OVD-Info Evgeny Kurakin, who represents the interests of the girl. On her page on VKontakte, Day wrote that she was leaving Russia today. “I’m not against Russia, on the contrary, I loved her and was going to stay for a long time,” the girl added .

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined local resident Rustem Bayazitov 10,000 rubles because of a solitary picket about KFU rector Lenar Safin. He himself told OVD-Info about this. Bayazitov was found guilty under the article on organizing a public action without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The man was detained on February 11, when he was holding a solo picket against corruption.

The coordinator of the “Voice” movement from Tver, Artem Vazhenkov, was taken into custody in absentia in the case of repeated evasion of the duties of a “foreign agent” (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by SOTA. The criminal prosecution of Vazhenkov became known on February 7. Now the activist is outside Russia. Vazhenkov, along with other regional coordinators of Golos, was added to the register of “foreign agents” on September 29, 2021.

In Sevastopol, police officers detained a 31-year-old man who was cooking food in a frying pan on the Eternal Flame near the monument to the Soldier and Sailor. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region. A local resident reported the incident to the police.

The State Duma adopted a law previously introduced by Putin on the termination of international treaties of the Council of Europe in relation to the Russian Federation. This was reported on the official website of the authority. The law is of a technical nature and was adopted due to the fact that Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe ceased on March 16.

On February 13, searches were carried out in the Khabarovsk Territory of at least two Jehovah's Witnesses. The day before, a criminal case was opened against 76-year-old believer Liliya Dolinina under the article on involvement in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on a website covering the persecution of representatives of this religion.

In Engels, Saratov region, a Ukrainian citizen was taken into custody, accused of discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) due to posts on a social network. About this on the website of the local government of the UK. It is said that security forces had detained a man the day before, indicating that he is a suspect in the case. Today, February 16, the Investigative Committee reported that he had been charged.

On February 15, the Nizhnevartovsk City Court refused to reinstate the artist and teacher at Children's Art School No. 1 Artem Muntyan. This was reported by 86.ru. “The claim of the artist Artem Muntyan was not satisfied in court. Let me remind you that Artyom was fired from the art school by director Irina Chizhevskaya after the FSB began checking him for extremism.