Two Russians were fined 1,000 rubles each for publishing Alexei Navalny's video "Let's Remind the Crooks of Their Thieves of their Manifesto-2002." This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". Thus, on March 1, the Central District Court of Barnaul fined a local resident, Nikolai Lituyev, for distributing a video on his VKontakte page. On January 30, the Privolzhsky District Court fined Fatykh Yakhyaev, a resident of the Astrakhan region.

In Vladivostok, on March 5, searches were carried out at at least ten residential addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a preventive measure was chosen for three believers. This is reported by a website covering the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Investigative measures were carried out by employees of the regional Investigative Committee and the Border Department of the FSB. They used force against believers and threatened with arrest for refusing to testify.

Promotion against bullying / Screenshot from the video telegram channel "Ivanovo region: trash and politics" In Ivanovo, the police detained the participant in the Bullying Blame movement Dmitry Karasev due to street performance against persecution among adolescents. This was announced by the OTD-Info by Karasev himself. The young man was delivered to the police department No. 1 "Leninsky". A lawyer from the OVD-info Oscar Cherdzhiev came to him.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs filed a new lawsuit against Ufa activist Olga Komleva for reimbursement of funds for overtime work of the police medical unit at the rallies on January 23 and 31, 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. RusNews reports this. According to the lawsuit, the police want to recover 3,453 rubles from Olga Komleva, Liliya Chanysheva and Ilgam Yanberdin for work on the action on January 23, and 23,443 rubles from Komleva alone for January 31.

A participant in the “Police Ombudsman” project, Evgeny Moiseev, told the telegram channel “VChK-OGPU”, affiliated with the security forces, about ill-treatment in the Moscow pre-trial detention center-4 “Bear”. The corresponding post was published in the channel. Moiseev and two other project participants - Vasily Fedorov and Irina Andina - have been in custody since July 2022.

The Isakogorsky District Court of Arkhangelsk satisfied the claim of IK-7 against the ex-head of Navalny’s local headquarters, Andrei Borovikov, for administrative supervision over him. This is reported by SOTA. According to the court decision, after his release Borovikov will have a two-year period of supervision, during which he is required to come to the supervisory authority twice a month. Previously, Borovikov was transferred to strict conditions of detention in a colony.

In Novokuznetsk, a criminal case was opened against an orphanage graduate and activist Ingvar (Igor) Gorlanov under the article of inciting hatred (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) due to negative publications about judges and police officers in a telegram. Gorlanov himself told OVD-Info about this. On March 6, Gorlanov was added to the list of terrorists and extremists.

The Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Dmitry Ivanov, the author of the telegram channel “Protest MGU,” who was persecuted because of posts about Russian attacks in Ukraine, to eight years and six months in prison. The telegram channel “Prison Moscow State University” is about this. reports Ivanov's interests are represented in court by lawyer Maria Eismont, who collaborates with OVD-Info.

The Industrial District Court of Samara fined Olga Tsukanova, coordinator of the Council of Mothers and Wives, 30 thousand rubles. This was reported by the telegram channel “#Exposed”; the publication was noticed by the publication “7×7”. Tsukanova was fined under the article on the dissemination of false information in the media that created a threat to life (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

The husband of Olesya Krivtsova, a defendant in the “anti-war case,” Ilya Melkov, said that on the day of the search, security forces forced him to record a video with an “apology” because of a “sarcastic” video in front of Daniil Bugai, who became a witness in the case of Melkov’s wife.

The husband of Olesya Krivtsova, a defendant in the “anti-war case,” Ilya Melkov, said that on the day of the search, security forces forced him to record a video with an “apology” because of a “sarcastic” video in front of Daniil Bugai, who became a witness in the case of Melkov’s wife.

The Investigative Committee for the Oryol Region has completed its investigation of the criminal case against a 66-year-old Jehovah's Witness, and her case has been sent to court. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee for the region. The woman is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

A criminal case was opened against a resident of the city of Shakhty, Evgenia Mayboroda, under the article on disseminating “fake news” about the army motivated by political hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The relevant information is available in the court files of the city and regional courts.

The Isilkul city court of the Omsk region fined local resident Ruslan Eliseev ten thousand rubles in an administrative case on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the press service of the court, the case card is on the website of the court.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg refused to remove the status of a “foreign agent” to the editor-in-chief of Republic and founder of It’s My City, Dmitry Kolezev. He himself announced this in his Telegram channel. “To be honest, in general I don’t care, but I decided to write it for history,” the journalist commented on the court decision. Kolezev was added to the then-current register of “foreign media agents” on November 18, 2022.