The Central District Court of Chelyabinsk fined an activist of the Union of Maoists of the Urals, who advocated the resignation of Mayor Natalya Kotova, 20 thousand rubles. This was reported in the community telegram channel. The activist was found guilty of organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The girl was detained on January 30.

Jehovah's Witness from Chita, Igor Mamalimov, sentenced to 6 years in prison, was transferred to a medical correctional facility in Khakassia. This was reported by the Jehovah's Witnesses portal. This is due to the fact that the believer has hypertension and needs medical attention. Previously, the man was in IK-35 of Abakan.

On February 6, a court in Ufa sent Umutbai Davletberdin to a pre-trial detention center until March 17. His son told OVD-Info about this. The man was detained on the evening of February 5 at his sister’s house in the Zilair district. As the son of the defendant told OVD-Info, before this, the security forces had been looking for the man for two days, visiting his relatives and friends and conducting searches.

On January 25, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Volgograd fined the editor-in-chief of the INFORMING publication Artur Kagaev for four thousand rubles under the article on disseminating information about a “foreign agent” in the media without indicating his status (Part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). The case file is on the institution’s website; the press service of the regional courts drew attention to it.

The Butyrsky District Court of Moscow fined local politician Elvira Vikhareva 40 thousand rubles under the article on the absence of “foreign agent” markings in posts (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). This is reported by SOTA. As Vikhareva’s lawyer Alexander Aldaev told reporters, the reason was six posts in the politician’s Telegram channel.

Relatives of citizen journalist from Crimea Amet Suleymanov, sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security colony in the case of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, said that for a year now the prisoner has not received the medical care he needs due to heart disease. The Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners of the Kremlin writes about this. The man was diagnosed with cardiac arterial and mitral heart failure, which required valve replacement.

Lawyer Garifulla Yaparov, who represented the interests of protest participant in Bashkortostan Dim Davletkildin, received a decree of recusal. The defender spoke about this on his personal page on VKontakte; The prisoner's support group draws attention to the message. Yaparov noted that he entered into an agreement with Davletkildin’s relatives and the lawyer’s client was satisfied with his work. Davletkildin's interests will be defended by two other lawyers by agreement.

The Syktyvkar City Court sentenced 37-year-old Vyacheslav Hertsberg to a fine of 300 thousand rubles for donating to FBK. this . reports Mediazona The man was found guilty in the case of financing an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). He was allowed to pay the fine in installments. It is unknown what preventive measure was prescribed to Herzberg.

The editor-in-chief of the publication “Pskov Province” Denis Kamalyagin was arrested in absentia. The publication itself reports this with reference to the journalist’s lawyers. This decision was made by the Pskov City Court. On February 5, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Kamalyagin under the article on evading the duties of a “foreign agent” (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).

On October 31, 2023, a resident of Ingushetia, Nazir Tsechoev, was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand rubles under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). Information about this was published on the website of the Magas District Court. The court decided to confiscate Tsechoev’s mobile phone in favor of the state. against the man A criminal case was opened in March 2023. The reason was messages in a telegram.

The Khabarovsk Regional Court will consider a claim to recognize the “interregional public movement “I/WE Sergei Furgal”” as an extremist organization and to ban its activities in Russia. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Justice. The corresponding claim was filed by the prosecutor of the Khabarovsk Territory. The meeting is scheduled for February 22 and will be held behind closed doors.

The Federation Council approved the law on the confiscation of property from those convicted under repressive articles and on the deprivation of their honorary titles. RIA Novosti reported this. The document was submitted to the lower house of parliament on January 22; on January 31, the State Duma adopted it in the second and third readings. Only three deputies voted against the amendments in the first reading.

Massive searches of Jehovah's Witnesses took place in the Jewish Autonomous Region. This was reported by the SHOT telegram channel. Investigative actions, as SHOT writes, were carried out under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Security forces seized literature and leaflets, and found a receipt from one of the believers refusing a blood transfusion . Some Jehovah's Witnesses were detained.

Former military psychologist Timofey Rudenko, who is being prosecuted in a criminal case for justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), was prescribed compulsory treatment by a psychiatrist on February 6. Information about this was published on the website of the 2nd Western District Military Court, noted . Mediazona The initiation of a criminal case against Rudenko became known on July 20, 2023, and the next day the man was sent to a pre-trial detention center.