The case of activist Shies Vladimir Kotov about repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) was received by the Kotlas City Court of the Arkhangelsk Region. This was reported in the article published on the court’s website. card on May 18, Kotov was searched. The reason for initiating a criminal case against him was anti-war publications on VKontakte.

In the village of Petropavlovskoye, Altai Territory, local resident Alexander Kazartsev was fined one thousand rubles for publishing a photograph of himself in an SS jacket from Nazi Germany on Odnoklassniki. He explained that he made this jacket because he is a “fan of Stirlitz.” The information and analytical center “Sova” drew attention to the court’s decision .

The Veliky Ustyug District Court rejected a complaint about a search of the Vologda Yabloko chairman Nikolai Egorov, a suspect in the case of repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Sergei Tikhonov, who represents his interests. He plans to appeal the decision. The criminal prosecution of Egorov became known on May 3.

Uryupinsk resident Mikhail Filatov, detained in the case of arson of the military registration and enlistment office, is accused of committing a terrorist attack that resulted in significant property damage (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). “Mediazona” on the website of the Southern District Military Court; The information was confirmed to the publication by lawyer Eduard Yapparov. The case file was discovered.

The Tula Regional Court toughened the punishment for Alexey Moskalev, banning him from administering Internet resources for two years. This was announced by his lawyer Vladimir Bilienko. “I ask you to pass a sentence on me, sentencing me to capital punishment, and to carry it out as quickly as possible, because every day my heart bleeds,” Moskalev said in his last word. Before this, he read aloud a letter that his daughter wrote to him.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a 17-year-old teenager to six years in an educational colony in the case of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office (part 1 of article 205 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by RostovGazeta.

The military appeal court in Vlasikha (Moscow region) confirmed the sentence of Dmitry Lyamin, a resident of Shuya (Ivanovo region): eight years in prison in the case of arson of a military registration and enlistment office. Information about this appeared on the court's website. On April 12, the 2nd Western District Military Court found Lyamin guilty of committing a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

The Chelyabinsk Regional Court left unchanged the sentence of 61-year-old Jehovah's Witness Olga Zhelavskaya, convicted under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 288.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Jehovah's Witnesses portal. In April, Zhelavskaya was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment. The prosecutor asked that the believer be sentenced to three years of actual imprisonment.

Journalist Ekaterina Yanshina was detained at the Golovinsky District Court in Moscow for handing out badges with the inscription “Opinion is not a crime.” This is conveyed by public defender from OVD-Info Ekaterina Ryzhova, who is going to help the detainee. According to SOTAvision, the security forces did not explain the reasons for the arrest and threatened with physical violence. Yanshin is being taken to the Koptevo OP.

An administrative case was opened against the historian and teacher Tamara Eidelman for the lack of “foreign agent” markings (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). Mediazona drew attention to the administrative file card . It is unknown what became the reason for drawing up the protocol. The case will be considered by the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow; the hearing date has not yet been set. Eidelman was added to the register of “foreign agents” on September 9, 2022.

On Lenin Square in Tula, security forces detained picketer Maria Efremova: she was standing with a poster “The Putin regime is destroying families. Freedom for Alexey Moskalev." An eyewitness to the event, Natalya Demina, told OVD-Info about the arrest. The woman was taken to the Central police department. It is not yet known what she is charged with. 16:30 Maria Efremova was released without drawing up a report.

The Chernovsky District Court of Chita, Trans-Baikal Territory, found local resident Mikhail Romanov guilty of three criminal charges at once. He was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for two years. OVD-info was told about this in court. The case goes to court at the end of May, the verdict is June 29.

This is the final court speech of Igor Baryshnikov. He is a 64-year-old activist from Sovetsk (in Russia’s Kaliningrad region exclave, sandwiched between the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Belarus). Because of his anti-war Facebook posts he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. Baryshnikov needs urgent surgery. He also has an elderly paralyzed mother and is her sole caregiver. They might both die because of the sentence. Distinguished court, your honor. I was born in this town.