The prosecutor, during a hearing in the Khabarovsk District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory, asked that Jehovah's Witness Valery Rabota be sentenced to six years in a general regime colony and a year and a half of restricted freedom after release. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers of this denomination.

The Eighth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Kemerovo upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witness from the Altai Territory Andrei Danielyan. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers of this denomination. In November 2022, the Rubtsovsky City Court of the Altai Territory found the man guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to six years in prison.

The defendant in the second Bakhchisarai case of Hizb ut-Tahrir and journalist Ernes Ametov were sentenced. Information about this was published on the website of the Military Court of Appeal, the project “Support for Political Prisoners” drew attention . Memorial". In December 2022, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ametov to 11 years in a maximum security colony.

Former municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, sentenced to almost seven years in prison in the case of military “fakes,” was transferred from Vladimir pre-trial detention center No. 1 back to Pokrov colony No. 2. This was reported by the telegram channel of the opposition support group. The investigation into the new criminal case continues.

On October 31, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined a stateless woman because of a pro-Palestinian picket on Red Square. The corresponding resolution was published on the Moscow City Court website; the amount of the fine is hidden in the resolution. The picketer was found guilty of violating the rules of picketing (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

The Supreme Court of Russia, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, recognized LGBT people in Russia as an “extremist organization.” Mediazona reports this. The decision to ban the activities of the “movement” will take effect immediately, but liability for violating the bans may come after January 10, notes the First Department. On that day, the court decision should come into force unless an appeal is filed.

The military court of appeal in Vlasikha approved compulsory medical measures against lawyer Elena Rodina, who was charged with an article about calls for terrorism. The press service of the court reported this to OVD-Info. The meeting took place on November 1. The woman’s lawyers insisted on canceling the decision, since the woman had previously been released from criminal liability.

The Urzhumsky District Court of the Kirov Region sentenced local resident Andrei Etkeev to five years in a general regime colony in the case of distributing “fakes” about the Russian army motivated by political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). OVD-Info was informed about this in court. The court made its decision on November 27. The case against the man became known in April.

The website of the Civil Alliance of Russia was blocked by Roskomnadzor. The organization reports this on its telegram channel. The chairman of the alliance and lawyer Oleg Filatchev said that Roskomnadzor in its warning did not provide links to materials that it considered prohibited. He also noted that the topic of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was discussed in the organization’s resources “in an extremely limited manner” due to legislative restrictions.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow fined opera singer Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs 40 thousand rubles due to the lack of “foreign agent” markings on publications (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the joint press service of the Moscow courts. The woman was accused of videos on YouTube that did not have the “foreign agent” label. Maksakova-Igenbergs was included in the register of “foreign agents” in May of this year.

In Crimea, a search was conducted in the house of the chairman of the Muslim religious community “Alushta” Abdul Gafarov. Crimean Solidarity reports this. Employees of Center “E” came to Gafarov with a search at around 6:30 am. Security forces forbade neighbors and family relatives from taking photographs or filming videos of what was happening. “At the gate there was a black Toyota, a white Gazelle and a car behind the Gazelle. I walked up and immediately started filming on my phone.

On November 27, Chelyabinsk journalist Dmitry Gromovoy announced the start of a hunger strike due to the postponement of the criminal case against him in a pre-trial detention center. attention to this . drew The portal “7×7 – Horizontal Russia” The journalist's case is being considered by the Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk. At one of the meetings, judge Anton Erofeev decided to transfer the trial to the detention center where the journalist was being held under arrest.

On November 29, the Military Court of Appeal approved compulsory treatment as a criminal law measure for 58-year-old Petr Nesterkov in the case of public justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) from -for comments on social networks. Information about this appeared in the case file. A criminal case against Nesterkov was opened no later than February 2023, and the man was taken into custody.

English version “Contradicts the state policy of spiritual and moral values” 30 years ago, in May 1993, Article 121 of the Criminal Code – “Sodomy” – was repealed in Russia. The punishment was up to five years (and with the use of violence - up to eight). After 30 years, Russia is going to criminalize LGBTQ+ people again, but in a different way.