A court in Ufa arrested Azat Mirzin, a resident of the village of Mullakaevo, Baimaksky district of Bashkortostan, for two months because of his participation in protests in support of oppositionist Fail Alsynov. This information is reported by the brother of the first person involved in the case, Ilyas Bayguskar, and the publication RusNews . The man was detained on the evening of January 18.

On January 17, the Shuya City Court of the Ivanovo Region received a case of discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against local blogger Sergei Veselov. The case file appeared on the institution’s website. The blogger was finally charged in this case on December 12 last year.

The Philharmonic in the city of Sibay (Bashkortostan) canceled the concert planned for January 25 with the participation of AKYEGET - singer Akyeget Valitov. The musician himself announced this on his Instagram. The performance was canceled “not by us, I think everyone understands why! But life doesn’t end there, I hope when everything is more or less settled, we will be able to come and make you happy, businesswoman Rekhmat for your understanding!

The Philharmonic in the city of Sibay (Bashkortostan) canceled the concert planned for January 25 with the participation of AKYEGET - singer Akyeget Valitov. The musician himself announced this on his Instagram. The performance was canceled “not by us, I think everyone understands why! But life doesn’t end there, I hope when everything is more or less settled, we will be able to come and make you happy, businesswoman Rekhmat for your understanding!

The Sovetsky District Court of Ufa sent Vilyur Karachurin, a participant in protests in support of the convicted Fail Alsynov, to a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to the man’s appointed lawyer, Olga Lukina. Karachurin is charged with organizing and participating in mass riots (Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code), as well as the use of harmless violence against a security officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

A criminal case was opened against a resident of the Ryazan region, Maxim M., for distributing disrespectful information on the Internet about memorable dates related to the defense of the fatherland (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) because of three posts on VKontakte about the holidays of February 23 and May 9. about this . writes ASTRA In his posts, the young man raises questions regarding the appropriateness of these holidays in their current form.

Saratov resident Alexei Kozlov was detained because he was standing with a poster with an arrow and the inscription “Boris Nadezhdin’s Headquarters” near the entrance. He himself told OVD-Info about this. Kozlov explained that it was difficult to find the door to the headquarters, so he stood up with a sign. The police arrived after a complaint from a local resident. The young man was taken to OP No. 3. 16:05 Kozlov was released from the police department after giving an explanation.

In the Primorsky Territory, on December 15, 2023, during the debate in the Pozharsky District Court, the prosecutor asked Jehovah's Witnesses Nikolai Dikhtyar, Andrey Lyakhov, Yuri Ponomarenko and Oleg Sergeev to receive suspended sentences. This was reported by the SOVA Research Center. The state prosecutor demanded that Ponomarenko be given a suspended sentence of four years, Sergeev - three and a half years, and Lyakhov and Dikhtyar - two years each.

A criminal case was opened against Bashkir activist Ilyas Bayguskarov for participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by SOTAvision. At first, the man was detained in Baymak on the day the verdict was announced against Fail Alsynov, but was later released. On the night of January 18, he was detained again - this time in Ufa. There he was informed of criminal prosecution.