The Krasnoselsky District Court of St. Petersburg sent local resident Evgeny Smirnov to a pre-trial detention center for a month because of painting an “unreliable inscription” on the wall on February 16, the day of the murder of Alexei Navalny. Mediazona drew attention to the message from the press service of the courts of St. Petersburg. The man is a suspect under the article of hooliganism motivated by political enmity or other enmity (clause “b”, part 1 of article 213 of the Criminal Code).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region reported on the detention on February 14 of a 56-year-old resident of the Kalininsky district of the city, who is suspected of writing anti-war inscriptions on the walls of several historical buildings. The department opened a criminal case under two articles. Information about this appeared in the St. Petersburg Police telegram channel, and Mediazona drew attention to the post.

Lists of arrests for February 16, 2024 can be read here. Lists of arrests for February 17, 2024 can be read here. As of 02.23.24 14:06, more than 35 people have already been detained in 17 cities Each police department may have more detainees than are listed on published lists. We publish only the names of those people about whom we know for certain and whose names we can publish. Nizhny Novgorod There are at least 6 detainees in the city Police Department No.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of Bryansk due to comments on social networks in which, according to the FSB, he called for terrorist attacks in Russia, including at FSB facilities. about this on February 16 TASS wrote with reference to the department’s press service. The case was opened under the article on calls for terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).