The Leninsky District Court of Perm again recognized the legality of initiating a criminal case against the ex-head of Perm Memorial, Robert Latypov. this Properm.ru reports . His lawyer Inna Zhuravleva noted in the complaint that the law does not allow questions related to the assessment of the client’s actions to be presented to the expert. The expert conclusions made in March and May 2023, to which she refers, state that archival documents cannot be exported outside of Russia.

On February 14, security forces conducted searches at the premises of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". Investigative actions began at six in the morning. Equipment, photographs and personal notes were confiscated from believers. After the search, they were taken to the local department of the Investigative Committee for questioning. It is unknown in what case the searches took place.

The Odintsovo City Court appointed Maxim Lypkan, accused under the article on the dissemination of military “fakes” (clause “d”, part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), to compulsory inpatient medical measures. The criminal case against the young man was dropped due to “insanity at the time of the crime.” This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info Alan Kachmazov.

The Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk extended the house arrest of blogger Evgenia Hoffman until April 5 in the case of desecration of the coat of arms of the Russian Federation (Article 329 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This is reported by SOTA. On New Year's Eve, Hoffman set fire to her Russian passport on the threshold of the Ninety-First club in Bryansk.

The Leninsky District Court of Kursk sentenced local resident Evgeny Babin in absentia to six years in a general regime colony because of an anti-war video in a small YouTube channel. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Roman Lyzlov, who represented Babin. The man was found guilty under the article on the dissemination of military “fakes” based on political hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg sent former policeman Konstantin Podoshvelev to a pre-trial detention center for two months because of anti-war graffiti on the walls. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. The man is accused under articles of destruction or damage to cultural heritage objects (Part 1 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code) and vandalism motivated by political or other hostility (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code).

The Krasnodar Regional Court approved a sentence of eight and a half years in prison for blogger Alexander Nozdrinov, known as “Sanya Novokubansk”. this . reports SOTAvision On September 29, 2023, the Novokubansky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory found the blogger guilty under the article on “fakes” for mercenary reasons and motivated by political hatred (clauses “d” and “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

On February 14, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced the ex-leader of the Novosibirsk Skinhead Unity movement Evgeny Breslavsky to 2 years and 7 months in a maximum security colony in the case of demonstrating Nazi symbols (Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the SOVA Research Center. In 2017, Breslavsky was given a real sentence in a drug trafficking case; at the time of the new sentence, the man had already served it completely.

Vladimir Domnin, sentenced to nine years in prison in the case of participation in the Right Sector, was transferred from IK-3 in Uglich to a hospital in Rybinsk on February 14 due to worsening illnesses. This was reported by the project “Support for Political Prisoners” with reference to his wife. Memorial".

The Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced members of the StopHam movement Kirill Kotov, Kirill Bunin and Alexei Gorbachevsky to six years in a general regime colony each in the case of an attack on security forces. This was reported by SOTAvision. The men were found guilty under articles on the use of violence against a representative of authority (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and hooliganism (Article 213 of the Criminal Code).

The courts of the Omsk, Samara and Tyumen regions received three previously unknown cases of “fake news” about the Russian army for consideration on the merits. OVD-Info drew attention to the information on the courts’ websites. On January 31, the Poltava District Court of the Omsk Region received the case of Roman Tyurin; he is charged with distributing “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred or enmity (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put on the wanted list the person involved in the case of insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code), Lolita Bogdanova. The card in the wanted database drew attention to “Caution, news.” A criminal case against Bogdanova was opened in October 2021. The reason was a video recorded on Red Square in which a girl bares her breasts against the backdrop of St. Basil's Cathedral.

The case of the former head of the Omsk branch of the "Alliance of Doctors" trade union Olga Belova about "fakes" about the army was sent to the Leninsky District Court of Omsk on February 5 for consideration on the merits. Information about this appeared in the case file. The woman is accused under the article on dissemination of "fakes" about the Russian army motivated by political hatred or enmity (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The Tula Regional Court, in a repeated appeal, reduced Alexey Moskalev’s sentence by two months in the case of repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code): to one year and ten months in prison. This was reported by Vladimir Bilienko, a lawyer representing his interests from OVD-Info. Moskalev was also confirmed to be banned from administering Internet resources for two years.