In the Samara region, “USSR citizens” Sergei Patsanovsky and Olga Anufrieva were sentenced to three and four and a half years of general regime in the case of participation in an “extremist” organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The verdict came into force. This was reported by the Investigative Committee for the Samara Region.

A 39-year-old man was detained in Volgograd - he is accused of calls “to obstruct government bodies and their officials from exercising their powers to ensure the security of the Russian Federation.” This was reported by the newspaper “City News” with reference to the press service of the regional department of the FSB. A criminal case was opened under the article on calls for activities directed against the security of the state (Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code).

Writer, director, ex-deputy, human rights center and charitable foundation - the Ministry of Justice has added to the register of “foreign agents” The Ministry of Justice has again updated the register of “foreign agents”.

On February 29, the Teikovsky District Court of the Ivanovo Region sentenced Vladimir Spivak, Alexander Vasichkin, Sergei Galyamin, Anatoly Lyamo and another defendant, whose name is unknown, to large fines in a criminal case about the extremist organization of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by SOVA; the case file is available on the court’s website.

Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, sentenced to five years because of a post about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 12 in Moscow Zelenograd. The Rabkor telegram channel wrote about this. On February 13, the Military Court of Appeal commuted Kagarlitsky’s fine in the case of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) to five years in a general regime colony. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.

Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, sentenced to five years because of a post about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 12 in Moscow Zelenograd. The Rabkor telegram channel wrote about this. On February 13, the Military Court of Appeal commuted Kagarlitsky’s fine in the case of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) to five years in a general regime colony. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.

A criminal case was opened against the author of the YouTube channel “Wild Paratrooper”, Askhabali Alibekov, for the use of harmless violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) after he was beaten during detention in Kazan. His lawyer told OVD-Info about this. Alibekov is accused of striking one of them at least twice in the leg when he was being beaten by police. On February 20, about 15 security forces detained a blogger in Kazan.

A criminal case was opened against a man born in 1974 - according to the Moscow department of the Investigative Committee, he painted over a portrait of a Great Patriotic War veteran on a stand in a park, and then on the same stand painted “a symbol of a terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.” The incident occurred on February 23 in the 70th Anniversary of Victory Park.

The Supreme Court of Russia, in cassation on February 29, approved a sentence of four years and ten months to Ivan Kudryashov, a mechanic from Tver, who was convicted in the case of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office. This was reported by the Solidarity Zone.

On February 29, the Central District Court of Tolyatti sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses Alexander Chagan to eight years in a general regime colony. The SOVA Research Center writes about this. The believer was found guilty under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The initiation of a case against Chagan became known in September 2022.

At the debate in the Royal City Court of the Moscow Region, the state prosecutor requested eight years in prison in three cases of military “fakes” for the RusNews journalist and the author of the telegram channel “Honest Korolevskoe!” Roman Ivanov. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info. In addition, the prosecutor demanded that Ivanov be prohibited from administering websites for four years after his release. On April 11, 2023, they came to Ivanov with a search.

The Bereznikovsky City Court of the Perm Territory sentenced local resident Andrei Mitrofanov to a 200 thousand ruble fine in a criminal case for discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by defense attorney Artem Faizulin, who collaborates with OVD-Info, and was present at the meeting as a listener.

A new case was opened against the ex-coordinator of the Kuzbass “Voice” Sergei Piskunov, who is in a pre-trial detention center in the case of indecent acts against a person under the age of majority (Part 2 of Article 135 of the Criminal Code), for repeated violation of the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent” (Part 2 Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). The telegram channel “Kuzbass without extremism”, associated with the security forces, writes about this.

Lists of detainees - 03/01/2024 As of 03/01/24 19:12, more than 56 people have already been detained in 14 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. Novosibirsk There are at least 14 detainees in the city Police Department No.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov sentenced local activist Svetlana Marina to one and a half years of forced labor because of comments about the murdered military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. This is reported by Idel.Realities. Marina was found guilty under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The woman was also banned from administering Internet resources for two years.