The Ministry of Justice added to the register of “foreign agents” the publication VOT SO, blogger and businessman Dmitry Potapenko and Meduza journalist Maxim Trudolyubov. The updated register is published on the department's website.

On January 26, the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa sent another participant in the gathering in support of activist Fail Alsynov in Baymak, Munir Isyangildin, to a pre-trial detention center until March 17. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info. The defendant is accused of participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). Many of those detained in the wake of the gathering are charged with “throwing snowballs at the police,” the defendant’s lawyer clarifies.

Andrei Seryakov, a researcher at the Laboratory of Ultra-High Energy Physics at St. Petersburg State University, was fired for political reasons. about this He himself spoke in his Telegram channel. “According to rumors, the FBS came to the university and began to put pressure, according to rumors, initially these were leaked lists of smart voting, now there is something more, I don’t know, but there is definitely some kind of gradation.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) on the wanted list. attention to this . drew Mediazona against Akunin In December, a criminal case was opened under articles on military “fakes” (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and public calls for terrorism (Article 205.2). Before this, pro-Kremlin pranksters Vovan and Lexus published a conversation with him, as well as with writer Dmitry Bykov.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the former coordinator of the “Voice” movement in Pskov, Vladimir Zhilinsky, on the wanted list. Mediazona drew attention to his card in the department’s search database. The criminal case against Zhilinsky became known on January 11. He is being prosecuted under the article on evading the duties of a “foreign agent” (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).

Bashkir activist Dim Davletkildin, detained because of the gathering in Baymak, is in hospital in serious condition after being beaten by security forces. The activist's relatives reported this. “We managed to obtain official documents from the hospital where Dim is currently staying. The documents strictly confirm that he was severely beaten by security forces, and was also forced to testify under pressure,” they wrote in the Davletkildin support telegram channel.

A criminal case was opened against a 29-year-old resident of the Saratov region, Ravil Iskaliev, under the article on financing extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) because of a donation of 200 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Fund of Alexei Navalny. ASTRA reports this. Journalists add that the young man was detained, but where he is now is unknown. It is specified that Iskaliev made the transfer in 2021.

On January 25, the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa sent five more participants of the gathering in Baymak to pre-trial detention until March 17 on the case of participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the court. The press release states that a preventive measure has been chosen for six defendants; their names are not mentioned.

The case of Navalny’s “underground headquarters” against Ivan Trofimov and Alina Olekhnovich was submitted to the Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow for consideration on the merits. Information about this appeared on the court's website. The next meeting will be held today, January 26 at 14:00. Trofimov and Olekhnovich are accused of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

ex-lawyer Mark Feigin in absentia The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested in the case of false reporting of a terrorist attack (Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code). attention to this . drew Avtozak LIVE In October 2023, Feigin was put on the wanted list. Then TASS reported that a case was opened against the man under the article on disseminating “fakes” about the army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

Information about the visit of FSB officers to Alexander Pravdin has not been confirmed. He got in touch with OVD-Info and said that an FSSP car had arrived at the house. The officers asked neighbors whether the activist really lived at this address, and left half an hour later. FSB officers came to activist from the Leningrad region Alexander Pravdin, but he is not in touch. this .

A case was opened against a native of the Astrakhan region, Sergei T., for calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to calls for the Kazakhs to liberate the region from the “fascist power of Putin.” this . reports ASTRA “Astrakhan is the original Kazakh land.

On January 15, the Central District Court of Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region, sentenced 65-year-old Jehovah's Witness with disabilities Pavel Brilkov to two years and ten months of forced labor with 15% of wages withheld in favor of the state and restriction of freedom for ten months. This is reported by a website covering the persecution of believers of this denomination in Russia.

In Moscow, picketer Alexander Silakov was detained near the building of the Prosecutor General's Office, who came out with a poster “I ask you to return the business that was taken from me and the apartment for my young child.” He himself told OVD-Info about this. Silakov was detained for the fifth time in a year with such a poster. On January 17 , 21 , 24 and 25, the man was already taken to the police department because of the picket.