The court rejected the claim of politician Alexei Navalny against the colony staff, who forbade him to call his relatives. this .

Jehovah's Witness Viktor Stashevsky was sent to a single cell-type room (EPKT) in penal colony No. 9 in the Krasnodar Territory. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers of this denomination. Stashevsky is in strict detention conditions. The believer is not allowed to use the account for purchases and is not allowed to make phone calls; he is also denied long-term visits with relatives.

Three people have been detained in Moscow in connection with the case of the Ukrainian church "Renaissance", which has been declared an "undesirable" organization. All three are charged with organizing the activities of such an organization (Part 3 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the case files on the court's website.

Three people were detained in Moscow in connection with the case of the Ukrainian Revival Church, recognized as an “undesirable” organization. All three are charged with organizing the activities of such an organization (Part 3 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the case cards on the court’s website.

It became known that a second criminal case was opened against Jehovah's Witness Evgeniy Sokolov on December 15, 2022. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers of this denomination. This happened in the city of Zeya, Amur Region; the believer was charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The 2nd Western District Military Court of Moscow until March 20, 2024 extended the term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for former press service employee of the Nizhny Novgorod hockey club “Torpedo” Mikhail Zharikov, who is accused of three criminal articles due to posts on social networks. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Alexey Matasov. The court made this decision on October 3.

In Russia, courts continue to impose fines under the article on incitement of hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to criticism of government officials, including security forces, as well as military personnel on social networks. The SOVA Center drew attention to the administrative case cards on court websites.

The defender of Basevich's house in St. Petersburg, Kirill Kaverin, was expelled from the second year of the Faculty of Political Science at St. Petersburg State University without the right of reinstatement. Information about this appeared in the “Gradozashchitny Press Center” telegram channel. The reason for the expulsion was the young man being brought to administrative responsibility. The order was signed by the Rector for Youth Policy of St. Petersburg State University.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has awarded compensation to Russians who suffered from police violence over the years. The decision was published on the court's website. This resolution contains the results of the consideration of 16 complaints by the ECHR. One of them was filed jointly by lawyers from the Memorial Human Rights Center and OVD-Info in the interests of photojournalist Ivan Kleimenov.

Sentenced to six years for planning to set fire to an aid collection point for the Russian military, Valeria Zotova complained about the pressure in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Yaroslavl. After that, letters stopped reaching her. This was reported by “7x7” with reference to the mother of the prisoner, Svetlana Zotova. As Zotova told her mother, they put a woman in her cell who didn’t talk to anyone and was burning matches.

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced local resident Vasily Ryabinin to three years of probation, finding him guilty under the article of inciting hatred or enmity (clause “a” of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The corresponding release appeared in the telegram channel of the press service of the city courts. In addition to the main punishment, the St. Petersburg resident was given three years of probation.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Tambov refused to extend the house arrest of Oleg Borisenko, a former military man and the head of the Russian military-patriotic club. This was reported by “Hard Sign Tambov” with reference to lawyer Dmitry Kislinsky. Two criminal cases were opened against Borisenko for repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined rapper Oksimiron (Miron Fedorov) 40 thousand rubles for failure to provide a “foreign agent” report (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). The judicial press service reported this on its Telegram channel. In August, the same court fined the rapper 40 thousand rubles due to the fact that on December 31, 2022, he published a New Year’s address to fans on VKontakte without a “foreign agent” sign.

The administration of the capital's pre-trial detention center No. 7 has not issued parcels to the defendant in the new Viasna case, Jan Ksenzhepolsky, for weeks. This is reported by his support group. Participants tried to send the young man food, clothing, vitamins and books. The detention center staff did not pick up parcels from the post office or refused to receive them.

On October 4, security forces searched the home of Ryazan resident Sergei Bakanov because of anti-war tweets. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The man assumes that a case has been opened against him under the article on discrediting the army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). In July, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ryazan fined Bakanov 45 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).