In the Vladimir region, a 43-year-old local resident was sentenced to three years in prison in the case of incitement to terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of a post in a telegram. This is reported by the publication "Tomix" with reference to the FSB in the region. to the publication . drew attention Mediazon He was also banned from administering websites for two years. The name of the convict, as well as the court, is unknown.

Two witnesses in a criminal case about discrediting the army in relation to the chairman of the Yakut Yabloko, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, spoke about police pressure. About this on the party website. reported Students Erel Bochkarev and Valentin Stepanov said at a hearing in the Yakutsk City Court that they were forced to sign an act of operational activity in which they did not participate.

In Moscow, Pussy Riot member Rita Flores disappeared after a search. Wonderzine reports this with reference to another member of the group, Olga Borisova. In the morning, Flores informed her lawyer Daniil Berman that a search had been carried out in her apartment in Moscow, and the girl herself was detained and taken to the Meshchansky interdistrict investigative department. “The lawyer went to the address that Rita provided, but the Investigative Committee said that they had no detainees.

The Ministry of Justice has again added to the register of “foreign agents”. The list is published on the department's website. This time it hit: — historian, deputy chairman of the PARNAS party Andrey Zubov; — School of free social thought “Renaissance”; - journalist, director of the film “Break in Communication” Andrey Loshak. 21:20 The Ministry of Justice published explanations for each of the new persons in the register.

In Astrakhan, police detained Yaroslav Savin, a member of the local branch of PARNAS, allegedly because of a post on social networks. This was reported to OVD-Info by his wife Marina Savina. In the afternoon, the police and employees of the Center "E" came to Savin's house. They turned off the light in Savin's apartment, and after the politician's wife went out to the landing to see what had happened, the security forces blocked the passage and did not let her close the door.

In Astrakhan, police detained Yaroslav Savin, a member of the local branch of PARNAS, because of an alleged publication on social networks. This was reported to OVD-Info by his wife Marina Savina. In the afternoon, the police came to Savin's house together with employees of the Center "E" and turned off the light in the Savin's apartment. After the politician's wife went out to the landing to see what had happened, the security forces blocked the passage and did not let her close the door.

The whereabouts of the politician Andrey Pivovarov have been unknown for a month now. This was reported to OVD-Info by the head of Pivovarov's headquarters, Tatyana Usmanova. In early December 2022, Pivovarov was transferred to SIZO-1 in Krasnodar, and on December 22 he was transferred from there to a transit point at IK-2.

The administration of Tyumen refused civil activist Yuri Ryabtsev to approve the rally "For the quality and availability of housing and communal services." Ryabtsev himself reported this to OVD-Info. In case of refusal, officials referred to covid restrictions. The rally was planned to be held on the Unity and Accord Square on February 26. After mass infections with coronavirus in March 2020, the authorities introduced a regime of self-isolation and quarantine.

The whereabouts of the politician Andrey Pivovarov have been unknown for a month now. This was reported to OVD-Info by the head of Pivovarov's headquarters, Tatyana Usmanova. In early December 2022, Pivovarov was transferred to SIZO-1 in Krasnodar, and on December 22 he was transferred from there to a transit point at IK-2.

In Taganrog, Rostov region, a man was detained on suspicion of connections with Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by DON 24, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to investigators, the man “actively propagated the ideas of this radical community and tried to recruit supporters among city residents.” A case was opened against the believer under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Council of the Krasnodar Region Bar Association, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, deprived Mikhail Benyash of his lawyer status for a period of three years. He himself announced this in his Telegram channel. “Dobby is free from obligations to comply with the CPEA (Code of Legal Ethics for Lawyers - OVD-Info ),” Benyash commented on the Council’s decision.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent a citizen of Ukraine Sergey Karmazin, a suspect in the case of sabotage on the railway (Article 281 of the Criminal Code), to a pre-trial detention center. This is reported by Mediazona with reference to the press service of the court. Karmazin was detained on February 15, according to the security forces, the man, on the instructions of the SBU, set fire to two cabinets for signaling, centralization and automatic blocking on the Moscow railway.

The Lublin District Court ruled to recover 400,000 rubles from oppositionist Vladimir Milov in favor of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of PMC Wagner, in a claim for compensation for legal costs. reports SOTA . SOTA clarifies that at the same time, Prigozhin withdrew the claim for compensation for legal costs against politician Alexei Navalny.

Letters from Dmitry Ivanov, accused of “fake news” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) from the Moscow pre-trial detention center “Vodnik”, do not reach recipients under the pretext of not passing censorship. This is what the prisoner support channel is about. reports The Support Group is aware of at least nine cases when Ivanov’s replies or outgoing letters were not censored and for this reason were not delivered to the recipients.

A minor resident of Magnitogorsk, against whom a criminal case was previously opened for discrediting the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), was released on his own recognizance. His friend, also a minor, told OVD-Info about this. The young man had previously been detained for 11 days; his status in the case is unknown. The OVD-Info interlocutor also said that he himself emigrated from Russia after he began receiving threatening calls.