Contract soldier Andrei Timin, sentenced to two and a half years because of his refusal to fight in Ukraine, is in a colony in the Kirov region. This was reported by the Memorial Center for Human Rights. You can support a political prisoner with a letter through the Zonatelecom service or by regular mail: 612815, Kirov region, Verkhnekamsk district, town. Lesnoy, st.

In Novosibirsk, security forces came to the Praktik co-working space, where an event was taking place to write letters to political prisoners. The meeting participants told OVD-Info about this. The police are not detaining anyone, but say they want to talk to everyone present and issue warnings to everyone.

The website of the independent project “NeMoskva” was blocked in Russia. about this The publication itself spoke in its telegram channel. “Roskomnadzor notified us that the NeMoskva website was blocked. We were not even informed about exactly which of our publications contradict current Russian legislation. We can conclude that the Russian authorities do not really like all our work. Well. We're not surprised. It would be strange if they loved us,” representatives of the publication noted.

In St. Petersburg, security forces detained Lena Patyaeva, who went to the prosecutor's office building for a picket demanding information about the whereabouts of her kidnapped friend Seda Suleymanova. This is reported by SOTA. It is clarified that before this, the girl walked through the streets of the city, handing out leaflets to passers-by about the disappearance of Suleymanova. The crisis group "SK SOS" said that Suleymanova moved to St.

A criminal case was opened against the former coordinator of the Kurgan branch of "Agit Rossii" Yevgeny Zhukov under the article on "fakes" about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and he was declared wanted. Information about this was published on the website of the regional Investigative Committee. The man was put on the wanted list back in February 2023, but the article under which he is being sought has only become known now.

In Barnaul in 2023, a criminal case was opened under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against the ex-chairman of the regional Yabloko, Alexander Goncharenko. Information about this is on the court's website. In November 2023, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Barnaul sent the man into custody; in December, this decision was approved by the Altai Regional Court.

In Yekaterinburg, security forces cordoned off Hyde Park, where an action against domestic and reproductive violence against women was to take place. This is reported by 7x7. It is clarified that the police cordoned off the area allegedly because of a suspicious object found. Everyone, including media representatives, has their documents checked. In early March, employees of Center “E” detained an activist of the Union of Maoists of the Urals, who was one of the organizers of the action.

The Kirovsky District Court of Saratov fined the editor-in-chief of the Svobodnye Novosti publication Elena Ivanova four thousand rubles for publishing a text mentioning Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov without a note about his “foreign agency” (Part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). The publication itself reports this. The court also fined the founder of the media, LLC Publishing House Energia, forty thousand rubles.

Voronezh activist Vladislav Idrisov was detained in a criminal case for justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of two posts on VKontakte about the RDK and the Freedom of Russia Legion, which are banned in Russia. This was reported by the ASTRA telegram channel.

In the village of Bezenchuk (Samara Region), security forces came to search the residence permit of libertarian activist Pavel Chalov; his mother lives in the house. He himself told OVD-Info about this. After the search, the woman was taken to the FSB department in the city of Chapaevsk.