Nabi Rakhimov and Sokhib Burkhanov. Photo: "Crimean solidarity" The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don terminated the criminal case of a citizen of Uzbekistan Nabi Rakhimov, who was killed two years ago by the FSB officers. This is reported by the movement "Crimean Solidarity". The court determined to terminate the proceedings in this case in connection with the death of the defendant. Rakhimov was killed during searches at the Crimean Tatars on May 11, 2021.

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction approved the sentence of correctional labor imposed on four ex-editors of the DOXA magazine. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, representing Alla Gutnikova in court. In April 2022, former DOXA editors Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramyan, Natasha Tyshkevich and Vladimir Metelkin were sentenced to two years of correctional labor because of a video addressing students participating in rallies.

In Yekaterinburg, the prosecutor's office brought to court the case of street artist Leonid Cherny (real name Yegor Ledyakin), who is accused of vandalism due to anti-war inscriptions and stickers with a beech Z. This was reported by the city publication Vecherniye Vedomosti. The young man’s case will be considered by a magistrate at court precinct No. 8 of the Kirovsky district of Yekaterinburg. The first meeting will take place on February 22 at 11:00.

In Yekaterinburg, the prosecutor's office referred to court the case of street artist Leonid Cherny (real name Yegor Ledyakin), who is accused of vandalism due to anti-war inscriptions and stickers with the letter Z. This was reported by the city publication Vecherniye Vedomosti. The young man’s case will be considered by a magistrate at court precinct No. 8 of the Kirovsky district of Yekaterinburg. The first meeting will take place on February 22 at 11:00.

A criminal case was opened against Lipetsk activist Stanislav Korvyakov under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) due to publications on Yandex.Zen. About the corresponding statement and. O. Prosecutor of the Oktyabrsky district of the city Roman Plotnikov Gorod48.ru.

The prosecutor in the debate in the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar demanded to appoint a fine of 40 thousand rubles to lawyer Mikhail Benyash, who was accused of applying violence to the police who beat him (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the publication Sota. The criminal case against Benyash lasts since the fall of 2018, and the court is considering it again.

During the debate in the Sterlitamak City Court, the prosecutor requested nine months of correctional labor for local environmental activist Raisa Boldova, accused in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by lawyer Aidar Khyzyrov, who is defending Boldova with the support of OVD-Info. A criminal case against 61-year-old Raisa Boldova was opened in the spring of 2022.

Security forces in Yaroslavl opened a criminal case against 19-year-old local resident Valeria Zotova because, according to investigators, she was going to set fire to an aid collection point for mobilized people. The girl’s mother, Svetlana Zotova, reported this to OVD-Info. On the evening of February 16, Valeria left home, telling her mother that she was going for a walk with friends. After that, Svetlana did not see her.

Security forces in Yaroslavl opened a criminal case against 19-year-old local resident Valeria Zotova because, according to investigators, she was going to set fire to a collection point for aid for the mobilized. This was reported to OVD-Info by the girl's mother, Svetlana Zotova. On the evening of February 16, Valeria left home, telling her mother that she was going out with friends. After that, Svetlana did not see her.

The Central District Court of Novokuznetsk fined local resident Oleg Sibirkin ten thousand rubles for reposting a poem about the police made in 2013 on VKontakte. This was reported on the website of the court; attention to the case card was drawn by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". Sibirkin was found guilty under the article on inciting hatred or enmity towards a social group (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The meeting took place on February 15th.

A masseuse from Obninsk, Irina Lopanova, was charged with discrediting the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the telegram channel "Caution news". According to the channel, the reason was anti-war publications on the woman's personal page on VKontakte. OVD-Info managed to contact the activist: Lopanova stated that she had no information about the criminal prosecution.

During the debate in the Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov, the prosecutor asked composer Prokhor Protasov, who was persecuted because of his posts about the war in Ukraine, to nine years in a general regime colony. Mediazona writes about this with reference to one of those present in court. In addition, the state prosecutor demanded that Protasov be deprived of the right to administer and create websites for four years. The composer himself left Russia in 2018 and now lives in Canada.

In Moscow, the Investigative Committee opened a second criminal case about military “fakes” against the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team investigative project Ruslan Leviev (Karpuk according to his passport). He tweeted about this and published a photo of the resolution. wrote The reason for the persecution was a live broadcast on March 9, 2022 on the YouTube channel “Popular Politics”, where Leviev spoke about the Russian airstrike on a hospital in Mariupol.

The prosecutor, during the debate in the Sosnovoborsky City Court (Krasnoyarsk Territory) on February 17, asked to sentence Jehovah's Witness Yuri Yakovlev to 8 years in a general regime colony. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. The case against the believer was opened on March 28, 2022, and on June 20 of the same year the court began to consider it.

The Belgorod Regional Court sentenced two local residents to 3.5 years in a strict regime colony - they are being held in a case of preparing sabotage on the railway tracks along which military echelons move. about this with reference to the press service of the local FSB. writes RIA Novosti The defendants in the case G. A. Zelenin and A. S.