The General Prosecutor's Office approved the indictment in the case of the writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, who is being prosecuted under the article of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army with the artificial creation of evidence of the accusation, motivated by political hostility (clauses “c” and “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code ); The case was sent to the Basmanny District Court of Moscow. About this in the telegram channel of the department.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Mari El suspended consideration of the lawsuit on the liquidation of the human rights organization "Man and Law". This is reported by Idel.Realii. The fact that the Ministry of Justice sent a lawsuit to the court on the liquidation of "Man and the Law" became known at the end of January.

Politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was sent to the punishment cell of the Vodnik pre-trial detention center for four days because he “was lying on a bunk after getting up.” The Dozhd TV channel talks about this with reference to Kara-Murza’s lawyer Vadim Prokhorov.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow sent 18-year-old activist Maxim Lypkan to a pre-trial detention center until April 20 on charges of spreading “fake stories” about the Russian army. This was reported by an OVD-Info source from the courtroom. The reason for prosecuting Lypkan under the article on disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) were posts in a telegram channel.

Andrey Andreev with his wife Svetlana after his liberation / photo: "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia." Jehovah's witness from Kursk Andrei Andreev was released after more than three years of imprisonment. This was reported by the site "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia." He served the term in the correctional colony No. 2 of Lipetsk.

Jehovah's Witness from the village of Kholmskaya, Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Shcherbina, was released. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. The believer was serving his sentence in Penal Colony No. 10 in Rostov-on-Don. In April 2021, the Abinsky District Court sentenced the believer to three years in a general regime colony in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Leninsky District Court of Perm declared illegal the refusal of the city administration to agree on a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov. This is reported by the telegram channel "Perm 36.6" and "Idel.Realii" . The channel emphasizes that now the mayor's office must re-consider the application for approval of the action and give an answer on the same day.

The 1st Eastern District Military Court sentenced a resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to four years in a penal colony due to calls for violent actions against Russians (in particular, government officials). This is reported by "Information Agency 41" with reference to the regional FSB. The man was found guilty under articles on public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and on incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code).

Anna Safronova at the court on video communication / photo: "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia" The fourth cassation court of general jurisdiction in Krasnodar on February 21 approved the sentence in the six years of the colony for the 57-year-old witness of Jehovah Anna Safronova. This was reported by the site "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia." On January 25, 2022, the Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan sentenced Safronov to six years in a general regime colony.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of an unknown government agency, blocked the website of the Redcollegia journalistic award. This is reported by the Roskomsvoboda project. The reason for the inclusion of the site with all domains and subdomains in the register of prohibited information is unknown, but may be related to military censorship, since the site published links to materials about the war, created not only from official Russian sources of information, as required by Roskomnadzor.

Accused of setting fire to the military registration and enlistment office building in the city of Lomonosov, Viktor Melnikov was transferred to SIZO-6 “Gorelovo” from a psychiatric hospital, where he had been undergoing examination since November. This was reported by the Solidarity Zone. Melnikov’s arrest became known on September 26, 2022.

Viktor Melnikov, accused of setting fire to the military registration and enlistment office building in the city of Lomonosovo, was transferred to pre-trial detention center-6 from a psychiatric hospital, where he had been undergoing examination since November. This was reported by the Solidarity Zone. Melnikov’s arrest became known on September 26, 2022.

The Investigative Committee has completed an investigation into a criminal case against a 59-year-old resident of Orenburg: he is accused of discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and distributing “fake stories” about it based on political enmity (Clause “d” of Part. 2 Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan rejected the claim of sociologist Iskander Yasaveev against the Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) for his dismissal. Kommersant reports this.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced civil activist Elena Tardasova-Yun, accused in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Administrative Code) to 11 months of correctional labor. OVD-Info lawyer Elena Chirkina, who represents her interests, spoke about this. The prosecutor requested such a punishment during the debate today, February 22.