The Investigative Committee for the Republic of Dagestan opened a criminal case against a 60-year-old local resident on a criminal case of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The press service of the regional IC reported this.

In the Sverdlovsk region, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization against three residents of the city of Nizhnyaya Tura. Information about this appeared on the Investigative Committee’s website, and the SOVA Information and Analytical Center drew attention to it.

A resident of Novomoskovsk named Sergei was sent to a pre-trial detention center for a month as part of a criminal case on charges of repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and of the use of violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Telegram channel “Tula” is about this. Extremism” associated with local security forces.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced a 29-year-old resident of Novorossiysk to two years and six months in a general regime colony because of pro-Ukrainian video messages. The verdict is reported by the SK telegram channel for the Krasnodar Territory. The convict was found guilty under the article on public calls for terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Moscow City Court approved two-year suspended sentences for the defendants in the “palace case”, Seraphim Kravchuk and Timur Tsai. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Mikhail Biryukov, who represents Kravchuk’s interests. In August 2022, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow found both guilty of damaging property for hooligan reasons (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code).

The Akhtubinsky District Court of the Astrakhan Region sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses Sergei Korolev, Rinat Kiramov and Sergei Kosyanenko to seven years in a general regime colony. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers. Kiramov, Korolev and Kosyanenko were found guilty of organizing the activities and financing of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Bykovsky District Court of the Volgograd Region sentenced local human rights activist Igor Nagavkin to six years in a general regime colony in the case of stealing jewelry from a pawnshop. The Caucasian Knot is about this. reports Nagavkin was placed under arrest in October 2016. Lawyers claimed there was falsification in the case, and witnesses claimed that the defendant had an alibi.

The State Duma, in the third reading, approved amendments to the law that make it possible to deprive acquired citizenship of persons who are being prosecuted in criminal cases for discrediting the Russian army and for collaborating with an “undesirable” organization. This was reported by the Interfax news agency. Amendments to the legislation were introduced by Vladimir Putin in November 2022.

Novosibirsk resident Daniil Bukreev was fined 12 thousand rubles because of a post on the Redan channel about a gathering of subculture participants. The decision of the Central District Court of the city is on its website, pay attention to this portal “Sibir.Realii”. published addressed Bukreev administers the local community “Redan” in a telegram, the publication writes. In February, a message appeared on the channel: “The meeting will be on Sunday 26.02.

Border guards in the Bryansk region on April 14 detained 23-year-old Pyotr Kolistratov, who allegedly set fire to the military enlistment office in his native Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region. It is reported by ASTRA and Beware the News . According to investigators, Kolistratov wanted to join the “Russian Volunteer Corps” and, in order to “prove loyalty”, on December 10, 2022, he set fire to the military enlistment office in Novoshakhtinsk.

Lawyer Vadim Kobzev that a provocation was staged against Alexei Navalny in correctional colony No. 6 of the Vladimir region. After this, according to the lawyer, force was used against the oppositionist and they said that another criminal case would be opened against him. Kobzev, who represents Navalny’s interests, said that a man who had previously been an opposition figure was again assigned to his cell.

The State Duma immediately passed the bill in the second and third readings, which introduces life imprisonment under the article on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the official website of the lower house of parliament. In addition, the law provides for the introduction of a new criminal article and expands the effect of a number of existing ones.

English version Christian preacher, neo-Pentecostal from the village of Savinovo (Sverdlovsk region) Eduard Charov was fined 45 thousand under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and another 20 thousand rubles under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 Code of Administrative Offenses).

On April 13, the investigator charged the co-chairman of the Memorial Center for Human Rights, Oleg Orlov, with repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) in the final wording. This is reported on the center's website. The accusation is based on a linguistic examination prepared by the Center for Sociocultural Expertise.

In the Zakamensky district of Buryatia, police detained journalist Ayuna Shagdurova — she is preparing a text about how the village of Khurtaga lives without a veterinarian who was mobilized and died. The journalist told OVD-Info that she has already been released. Shagdurov is preparing the text for the publication Takie Dela. She was detained in a neighboring village, where she had come to visit her relatives.