Roskomnadzor blocked a number of Ukrainian Internet resources and several Russian sites. Roskomsvoboda reports this. The list of prohibited resources included the websites of the Ukrainian Enegroatom, the Khmelnitsky City Council and the glossy magazine Caravan of Stories, as well as the Zhurnalko portal, dedicated to Soviet publications. In addition, the website “Struggle Fund” of activist Dmitry Dvoryadkin, whose site was searched in early December, and the portal “Novichok.

The Tula Regional Court sentenced Tula resident Sergei Sosov to three years of forced labor. He was found guilty of insulting the memory of defenders of the fatherland on the Internet (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) because of a photograph from the Immortal Regiment march with Hitler photoshopped onto one of the posters. The case file is available on the court’s website; the verdict is clarified by the telegram channel Tula.

In the spring, the FSB detained a 21-year-old former contract soldier from the Kaliningrad region, who resigned from the army to avoid going to war. He is charged with articles on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and organizing sabotage (Part 4 of Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code). The secret service's press release was quoted today by RIA Novosti and Interfax , and Mediazona learned the details from its source familiar with the progress of the investigation.

Russian security forces are persecuting people because of the publication and reposting of videos, films and books that are on the Federal List of Extremist Materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code). OVD-Info collects information on politically motivated cases of application of this article.

The Ministry of Justice included the American research organization RAND Corporation on the list of “undesirables”. The updated list appeared on the department's website. The Prosecutor General's Office had not previously reported on the ban on the organization. The RAND Corporation is a non-profit organization created in 1948 to research issues related to US national security.

On December 1, Khimki resident Dmitry Dvoryadkin was searched in connection with the case of disclosure of personal data, initiated due to the “Black Notebook” project of supporters of Alexei Navalny . Dvoryadkin himself told OVD-Info about this. The man is a witness in this criminal case.

On December 7, 2023, the European Court of Human Rights published judgments in cases related to issues of freedom of assembly in Russia. The documents were published on the official website of the court. The ECHR examined the cases of 88 clients of the Memorial Human Rights Center and OVD-Info.

Eco-activist from Mytishchi Alexander Bakhtin, convicted in the case of disseminating “fake news” about the army based on political enmity (clause “e”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), was transported to an unknown direction. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info Nikita Spivak. On August 11, the Mytishchi City Court sentenced Bakhtin to six years in prison.

Crimean Tatar Vadim Bektemirov, sentenced to 11 years in a maximum security colony in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, spoke about his beating by employees of Penal Colony No. 6 in St. Petersburg. “Crimean Solidarity” writes about this with reference to the prisoner’s wife Lemara. The man was also robbed of his medicines and Koran. Bektemirov arrived at IK-6 in mid-November. Before this, the Crimean Tatar’s family did not know where he was for more than a month.

The Prosecutor General's Office has recognized Russian America for Democracy in Russia as an “undesirable” organization, states State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoi in his Telegram channel. Lugovoi writes that she was declared “undesirable” based on his application. “Russian America for Democracy in Russia” is an organization of anti-war Russians living in the United States. The movement holds fundraisers for the purchase of drones and humanitarian needs of the Ukrainian army.

Alexei Navalny's lawyer Igor Sergunin's detention period has been extended until March 13, 2024. This was reported by SOTA. The court closed the hearing at the investigator's request. Sergunin did not object to the proposal. On the morning of October 13, searches were conducted at the homes of Navalny's lawyers Igor Sergunin, Andrei Kobzev and Alexei Liptser, after which they were detained.

Alexei Navalny’s lawyer Igor Sergunin’s detention was extended until March 13, 2024. This is reported by SOTA. The court closed the hearing at the request of the investigator. Sergunin did not object to the proposal. On the morning of October 13, Navalny’s lawyers Igor Sergunin, Andrey Kobzev and Alexey Liptser were searched, after which they were detained.

“In Russia, to say that we made a mistake is akin to suicide” The story of the persecution of 41-year-old musician Grigory Mumrikov began on May 10, 2022. Late in the evening he was returning from a rehearsal with his friend Daniil Zinchenko and his wife Maria [name changed]. In Maly Trekhsvyatitelsky Lane they were rudely detained by police officers in civilian clothes.

The prosecutor of the Kemerovo region filed a lawsuit to recognize the public association “People's Council of the RSFSR/USSR of the Kemerovo Region” as an extremist organization and to ban its activities. Information about this appeared on the website of the Ministry of Justice. The Kemerovo Regional Court is scheduled to begin considering the lawsuit on December 7. 14:34 The SOVA Research Center notes that the case file lists Tatyana Esina as the head of the organization.

In May, a case was opened against a resident of the Perm Territory, M., for repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). attention to the case file on the appeal against the preventive measure . drew OVD-Info In the same month, the proceedings were combined with two more cases against M. about re-discrediting the army. At the same time, the man was put on the federal wanted list.