A new criminal case has been opened against journalist Maria Ponomarenko, convicted under an article about “fake stories” about the Russian army. RusNews reports this. The woman is charged with causing non-hazardous harm to an employee of a prison (Part 2 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code). RusNews, citing Ponomarenko’s letter to a friend, reports that the victims in the case are male colony employees. The journalist herself claims that she did not attack anyone.

The Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow extended the detention of Evgeny Mishchenko, a Nemtsov Bridge volunteer who is charged with participation in the recognized terrorist legion “Freedom of Russia” (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) until December 8. this in a telegram . reported The press service of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction Mishchenko was detained in Moscow on September 11.

The Tushino District Court of Moscow was fined for 40 thousand rubles, the journalist-investigator Olesya Shmagun in an administrative case on the failure to provide a report on the activities of a “foreign agent” (part 2 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). About this writes "Mediazona" with reference to the press service of the court. The case file went to court on October 18, its details are not yet known.

On October 31, the Khabarovsk Regional Court, in an appeal, reduced the fine of Jehovah's Witness Sergei Kazakov to 200 thousand rubles, and left the sentence of believer Olga Mirgorodskaya unchanged. The SOVA research center reports this. On August 3, the Bikinsky City Court of the Khabarovsk Territory fined Kazakov 500 thousand rubles, and Mirgorodskaya 300 thousand rubles.

The Central District Court of Krasnoyarsk placed Alexander Gliskov, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory from the LDPR, in custody for two months as part of a case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the local publication Borus. On November 1, the politician’s office was searched and he was detained.

Karelo-Komi activist and author of the telegram channel “Chud” Nikita Goldin left Russia because of the case of separatism. attention to this . drew The publication “7×7” On September 27, FSB officers in Arkhangelsk detained Goldin, after which he was interrogated for ten hours, not allowing him to eat, Komi Daily reported . On the same day, security forces searched the young man’s home.

Persecuted activists in Russia Aikhal Ammosov (Igor Ivanov) from Yakutia and Natalya Narskaya from the Moscow region in Kazakhstan were provided with certificates of their status as asylum seekers. This was reported by lawyer Murat Adam. The lawyer clarified that this status suspends the decision to extradite activists to Russia.

Criminal cases were opened against two residents of Vladivostok for calls for terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to comments in a telegram. This was reported by the NEWS.VL telegram channel. The men were detained and admitted guilt. Security forces forced the men to record a video apology. In the video, one of the detainees reports that he was charged with comments that he left between November 23 and December 4, 2022 in the public chat “Vladivostok Active”.

In St. Petersburg, 25-year-old programmer of an aircraft repair company Anton Z. was detained because of a donation of two thousand rubles to the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK), and a case was opened against him for financing extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) . This was reported by the Baza telegram channel. According to the channel, FSB officers participated in the arrest of the man, which took place near his home. Now Anton is under an obligation to appear.

A pensioner from Moscow, Konstantin Seleznev, accused of distributing “fake news” about the Russian army based on political enmity (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), is under pressure in the capital’s pre-trial detention center-4 “Bear”. His lawyer from OVD-Info, Oscar Cherdzhiev, spoke about this. Seleznev is kept in a smoky cell with four previously convicted people who are trying to put pressure on him.

On October 31, the Uglegorsk City Court sentenced Anna Bilega, a journalist from the village of Lesogorskoye , to two years of probation with a two-year probation period under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the court. The woman was also banned from administering websites for two years.

On November 1, the Court of Appeal reviewed the sentence of Crimean Ernes Seitosmanov in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case and reduced the prison term from 18 years to 17 years and 6 months. This was reported by Krymskaya Solidarnost, citing lawyer Alexei Ladin. The court mitigated the sentence, reclassifying the article from organizing the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir party (Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) to participation in it (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).