On February 22, the Tver Regional Court approved a six-year prison sentence for coach from Bezhetsk Sergei Nevorotin under the article on military “fakes” motivated by hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The appeal ruling was published on the court's website. Nevorotin was sentenced by the Bezhetsk regional court on December 28 last year. Before the publication of the ruling on the website of the appeal court, the details of the verdict were not known.

The St. Petersburg City Court approved the sentence of six years in prison to Olga Smirnova, a member of the “Peaceful Resistance” from St. Petersburg. This was reported by SOTAvision. On August 30, 2023, Smirnova’s verdict in the case of military “fakes” motivated by hatred was handed down by the Kirovsky District Court of the city. In addition to the main punishment, she was banned from administering Internet resources for three years after her release.

On March 19, the Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Krasnodar upheld seven years in prison for Jehovah's Witnesses from Akhtubinsk for Sergei Korolev, Rinat Kiramov and Sergei Kosyanenko. This was reported by the Jehovah's Witnesses portal. The believers were found guilty of organizing the activities and financing of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 and Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) in April 2023. In August, the verdict was upheld on appeal.

On March 6, the Central District Military Court in Samara sentenced local resident Viktor Aryutin to a fine of 350 thousand rubles under the article on calls for terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to a comment on one of the social networks. This was reported in a press release from the court, which was brought to the attention of the SOVA Center. The name of the convicted person is specified in the case file.

"We don't have to tell you anything" “I became a member of the PEC last year - this is my first election,” says Vasilchenko. “The relationship between me and the commission was immediately tense. The first conflict occurred last year, when we were electing a deputy chairman and secretary (the chairman of the precinct election commission is appointed by the territorial election commission, his deputy is elected by members of the PEC - OVD-Info ).

On March 19, the Ninth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction in Vladivostok upheld the actual sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses from the city of Zeya, Leonid Druzhinin and Evgeniy Bitusov: 6.5 and 6 years in a general regime colony, respectively. This was reported by the Jehovah's Witnesses website.

On March 15 and 18, the Sergiev Posad City Court of the Moscow Region granted requests for preventive measures for Georgy Paramoshin and Kirill Nikulenkov, whom the investigation considers to be administrators of the telegram channel “NATSDEM”. Information about this appeared in the case files on the court’s website. According to information on the court’s website, Georgy Paramoshin was sentenced to house arrest on March 15.

The Vybsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced documentary director Vsevolod Korolev to three years in a general regime colony in the case of military “fakes” (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. The convict was also banned from using social networks for four years.

A resident of the Arkhangelsk region was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony in the case of calls for arson of military registration and enlistment offices. The press service of the Arkhangelsk Department of the Investigative Committee reported this, and Sever.Realii drew attention. The young man was found guilty under the article on calls for activities against the security of Russia on the Internet (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code).

The Central District Court of Orenburg sent the art director and administrator of the Pose club to pre-trial detention as suspects in the case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) - the “international public movement of LGBT people.” The corresponding press release was published on the court's website.

The Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced 18-year-old resident of Bashkiria Karina Garipova to five years and six months in prison because of personal correspondence on VKontakte. Baza reports this. On March 19, Garipova was found guilty under articles on a terrorist organization (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and justification of terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Second Western District Military Court dismissed the case of Ryazan resident Vladislav Mokrousov under articles about “fakes” about the army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and decided to send the man for compulsory treatment. this .

The website of the Memorial Human Rights Protection Center (CHHR) was blocked in Russia at the request of an unknown agency. this The project reports on its telegram channel. It is unknown what caused the blocking. The Center for Human Rights was created by supporters of the liquidated Memorial Human Rights Center.

The Sterlitamak City Court found local resident Yevgeny Shepelev guilty of disseminating "fakes" about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to five months of correctional labor with a 5% deduction from his salary in favor of the state. This was reported by Aidar Khyzyrov, a lawyer from OVD-Info who represented the man's interests. The prosecution asked to sentence Shepelev to a year of correctional labor.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced Tomsk journalist Igor Kuznetsov to three years of suspended imprisonment with a three-year probationary period in a case of participation in an extremist community (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by RusNews. Kuznetsov was banned from administering websites and resources on the Internet, working in the media, and organizing mass and public events for four years.