A court in Arkhangelsk rejected Alexander Peskov, a journalist for the publications SOTA and Activatika, in satisfying his claim to declare his detention and delivery to the Investigative Committee in March 2022 illegal. This is reported by SOTA. On March 25, 2022, Peskov was detained by riot police officers using force: they twisted his arms behind his back, threw him face down on the floor of an official car, in which he was taken to the Investigative Committee.

The Ministry of Justice has again added to the register of “foreign agents”. This is reported on the department's website. This time it included: economist Sergei Guriev; ex-head of Yandex.News, creator of the news aggregator The True Story Lev Gershenzon; politician, ex-State Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov; journalist Daniil Gubarev; blogger Nika Wodwood (nixelpixel); World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Russia); "Free Buryatia" Foundation.

The magistrate of precinct No. 4 of the Kirovsky judicial district in Yaroslavl sentenced local resident Vladimir Kalinin to one and a half years of suspended imprisonment for setting fire to a banner with the letter Z. Kalinin himself told OVD-Info about this. Kalinin was sentenced under the article on vandalism based on political enmity (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code). According to the FSB, on September 25, 2022, a man set fire to a banner hung on the officers’ house.

On March 1, the Kostroma court received a case against a pensioner, a local Jehovah's Witness. The SOVA Information and Analytical Center drew attention to this message from the press service of the Dimitrovsky District Court. As SOVA writes, we are talking about Valentina Samus. According to the court, she is 67 years old; according to the portal on the persecution of believers, she is 73 years old.

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The Investigative Committee for the Republic of Dagestan opened a criminal case against a 27-year-old resident of Kaspiysk under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This is reported on the department's website. According to investigators, in March 2022, the girl published a comment on one of the social networks that contained deliberately false information about the Russian army.

The Investigative Committee for the Republic of Dagestan opened a criminal case against a 27-year-old resident of Kaspiysk under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). About this on the department's website. According to investigators, in March 2022, the girl published a comment on one of the social networks that contained deliberately false information about the Russian army. What kind of commentary we are talking about is not specified.

The Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma arrested in absentia the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters, Alexander Zykov. This is what “Network Freedoms” is about. They report that the court granted the investigator’s request and issued a decision to place Zykov in a pre-trial detention center if he appears on Russian territory.

A court in Kemerovo fined blogger Mikhail Alferov under the article of inciting hatred and humiliation of human dignity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code). Alferov told OVD-Info about this. On March 9, the Kirovsky District Court of Kemerovo imposed a fine on the blogger in the amount of 20 thousand rubles, the SOVA information and analytical center clarifies . The reason for initiating the case was the video “Birthday 2022” on the Alferov Life channel, published in August last year.

A court in Kemerovo fined blogger Mikhail Alferov under the article on inciting hatred and humiliation of human dignity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code). Alferov told OVD-Info about this. On March 9, the Kirovsky District Court of Kemerovo imposed a fine on the blogger in the amount of 20 thousand rubles, the SOVA information and analytical center clarifies . The reason for initiating the case was the video “Birthday 2022” on the Alferov Life channel, published in August last year.

In Dagestan, Adam Gadzhiev, a protester against the mobilization, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison. OVD-Info was informed about this by the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala. The verdict was on February 10, the defense filed an appeal. Gadzhiev was found guilty under the article on the use of non-dangerous violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The court did not specify what type of colony he should serve his sentence in.

The former head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, sentenced to 15 years and 6 months in prison, was placed in a punishment cell in IK-4, Tver region. His wife Yulia Shestun reported this to OVD-Info. The man was sent to the isolation ward for 13 days because he sat down on the bed in the morning, thereby violating the internal routine. At the same time, the convict had to undergo a month-long rehabilitation after undergoing operations in February.

In Yekaterinburg, the police came to the home of the coordinator of the “Spaces of Politics” project Maria. Evening Gazette writes about this. After that, the girl stopped communicating. Previously, Maria was put under pressure at the university: the UrFU security service called her, and they called her from the dean’s office. 11:42 Maria’s last name is Solovyashko, SOTA clarifies . The girl was summoned for questioning, in connection with what criminal case and what status she is in is unknown.

On the 20th of February, Moscow courts granted five requests to conduct a search or seizure of a home in criminal cases regarding “fakes” about the army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Avtozak LIVE drew the attention of this information in the Moscow City Court database. Four search permits were approved on February 27 by Judge Marina Syrova of the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow. On February 20, one petition was granted by the judge of the Kuzminsky court, Olga Sobol.

Against the colonel in the reserve and the video blogger Mikhail Shendakov, another criminal case was opened - again because of the video. This OVD-Info was confirmed by his wife Marina Shendakova. a criminal case against a resident of the Moscow Region announced On March 7 , a telegram channel affiliated with the security forces “NO to extremism!” .