The Ministry of Justice has again added to the register of “foreign agents”. Information about this appeared on the department's website.

During the debate in the Cherepovets City Court, the prosecutor demanded that human rights activist Gregory Marcus Severin Winter (former name Grigory Winter) be sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony in the case of military “fakes.” This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Sergei Tikhonov. In addition to imprisonment for Winter, they requested a ban on website administration for a period of five years. Arguments are currently taking place in the courthouse.

The Sixth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction overturned the verdict and terminated the proceedings in the case of Chuvash activist Elena Blinova, who was accused of involvement in the recognized extremist movement “Artpodgotovka” (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Angry Chuvashia telegram channel.

On December 20, the Pskov Regional Court, in an appeal, reduced the term of imprisonment of Jehovah's Witness Alexei Khabarov by two months. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". The believer must spend two years and four months in prison. The episode of handing over the Bible to the woman was excluded from the charge. In his appeal, the believer noted that he was not involved in extremist activities.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow fined entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorkovsky 50 thousand rubles under the article on the absence of “foreign agent” markings (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), reports the press service of the city courts. What exactly was the reason for the fine is unknown. The Ministry of Justice included Khodorkovsky in the register of “foreign agents” in May 2022. He was already given a similar fine in January 2023.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg dismissed “due to the insignificance of the offense” the case under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) against local architect and urban defender Andrei Rudakov. This was reported by Vecherniye Vedomosti. against the man A report was drawn up after his arrest on December 13, when he was kept in the department for about six hours.

On December 22, the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa sentenced the defender of the Kushtau shihan, Ramilya Saitova, to five years in a general regime penal colony in a case of public calls for activities directed against state security (Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by RusNews. The woman was also banned from administering websites on the Internet for four years. The prosecution had requested five years in prison for her.

The Sovetsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod sentenced teacher and activist Ilya Myaskovsky to a fine of 250 thousand rubles. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Alexey Matasov. The man was found guilty under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The prosecution requested 3.5 years in prison for the teacher.

On December 14, the magistrate of judicial district No. 1 of Suzdal and the Suzdal district of the Vladimir region sentenced a 70-year-old resident of Suzdal to a fine of 50 thousand rubles because of pictures in Odnoklassniki. This was reported by the press service of the Suzdal District Court. The pensioner was found guilty in the case of insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code).

A criminal case was opened against politician Leonid Gozman under the article on disseminating “fakes” about the army motivated by hatred (clause “e”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) . this TASS reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. The reason for initiating the case was Gozman’s publications on Facebook and Telegram.

The Shebekinsky District Court of the Belgorod Region extended the arrest of 61-year-old volunteer who helped Ukrainian refugees, Alexander Demidenko, for two months. His son told RusNews about this. The court refused to release Demidenko on bail. According to the son, the volunteer’s former colleagues were afraid to write a reference for him, despite their good relationship with the arrested man.