On December 8, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan approved six-year suspended sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses from Nizhnekamsk Stanislav Klyuchnikov, Dmitry Yarchak and Denis Filatov. This was reported by the Jehovah's Witnesses portal. On September 5, the Nizhnekamsk City Court of Tatarstan found the believers guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The building of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neryungri (Sakha) was handed over to the state. about this . writes The publication Nerulife In 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. Even before the trial in this lawsuit, Jehovah's Witnesses donated the building to the organization Jehovah's Witnesses in Austria.

On November 13, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent 19-year-old resident of Dmitrov Matvey Melnikov and 18-year-old resident of Lobnya Yuri Mikheev to pre-trial detention center in the case of preparing sabotage in a military unit (Part 2 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code using Article 30 of the Criminal Code). Information about this is published in the court database. The young people were detained on November 10 by officers of the FSB Directorate for Moscow and the Moscow Region.

The prosecutor reclassified the charge against Abakan resident Igor Pokusin from attempted preparation for high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code using Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) and asked to sentence him to seven years and one month in prison. This was reported by the First Department. The meeting took place in the Supreme Court of Khakassia. The defense is scheduled to speak at the hearing on December 29. Pokusin’s arrest became known on May 26, 2022.

Crimean residents Ruslan Suleymanov and Osman Arifmemetov, sentenced to 14 years in prison, do not receive purchases from the FSIN store made by their relatives. about this “Crimean Solidarity” writes with reference to lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi. At the same time, Suleymanov was provided with an invoice for the receipt of goods with a signature that did not actually belong to him. Crimeans are in pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Novocherkassk (Rostov region).

The Blagoveshchensky District Court of the Altai Territory declared the refusal to approve a rally in defense of a rural school illegal. about this RusNews writes . in the village of Lenki On November 2 , a rally against the closure of the school was supposed to take place . Local authorities, having initially approved the action, unexpectedly canceled it the day before it took place. Now the court sided with the village residents.

A criminal case was opened against a 33-year-old resident of Kemerovo for calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) because of a comment about the National Guard. This was reported by the telegram channel “Kuzbass without extremism” associated with the security forces.

Alexey Navalny is no longer listed in IK-6 in Melekhovo (Vladimir region). His ally Kira Yarmysh wrote about this on Twitter. The lawyer who came to the colony was informed that Navalny was not listed there. Presumably, he was transferred, but the colony staff did not say where exactly. On October 7, 8 and 11, Navalny was not connected via video link to the hearings on his claims against the colony. The lawyers were also unable to meet with him.

On November 3, Sevastopol residents Farhad Soliev and Server Aliyev were taken to an unknown direction in a car belonging to the FSB; since then their relatives have known nothing about them. this .

On December 5, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kalmykia overturned the conviction of local resident Sanan Ulanov, who was previously convicted in the case of a post with dissatisfaction with the Russian flag. The corresponding decision was published on the court's website. against Ulanov A criminal case was opened in May, then he was sent to a pre-trial detention center.

The Moskovsky District Court of Kaliningrad received a case against local journalist and activist Mikhail Feldman, who is being prosecuted under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The case appeared in the court file; Feldman’s interests are represented by lawyer from OVD-Info Maria Bontsler. The journalist became a defendant in a criminal case because of a post and repost on VKontakte.

On December 7, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended the detention of local local historian Dmitry Vitushkin until January 12, 2024. This was reported by the telegram channel of the man’s support group.