In Orenburg, FSB officers detained Alexei Melnikov, a member of the Union of Journalists and former RBC correspondent, and conducted an inspection of his premises at his home. He himself told OVD-Info about this. According to Melnikov, on March 19, five men in FSB uniforms attacked him at the entrance of his own house and handcuffed him.

German diplomats cannot meet or deliver a letter to 18-year-old German and Russian citizen Kevin Leak, who was sentenced in December to four years in prison in a treason case (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by SOTA. In February, embassy representatives were denied a request to meet with Lik, after which they sent him a letter. The young man has not been given it for several weeks.

The author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU”, Dmitry Ivanov, was placed for 10 days in a punishment cell in correctional colony No. 3 of the Tambov region. This was reported in his support group. The reason for placing the activist in the isolation ward was that he allegedly refused to clean the quarantine zone. The fact that Ivanov was taken to serve his sentence at IK-3 in the village of Zeleny became known in mid-March.

A protocol was drawn up on the Orenburg TV channel “STV Buzuluk” about the absence of the “foreign agent” marking (Part 2.1 of Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to the old episode of the children’s talent show “Best of All,” which was hosted by Maxim Galkin. RusNews reports this. The protocol was compiled by employees of the local branch of Roskomnadzor.

On March 5, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Vladimir fined the editor of the Dovod publication, Kirill Ishutin, an unknown amount (indicated in the ruling as “### rubles”). The journalists themselves drew attention to the case file . Ishutin was fined under the article on the lack of marking as a founder, member, participant or leader of a “foreign agent” (Part 5 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code) due to publications in a personal telegram channel.

The author of the telegram channel “Real Crime” Ruslan Ushakov, sentenced to seven years and ten months in prison, was transferred from pre-trial detention center No. 1 of Moscow “Matrosskaya Tishina”. The prisoner's support group told OVD-Info about this. In response to Ushakov’s letter to his relatives yesterday, March 20, they said that the prisoner had “left for another institution.” According to relatives, the convict was transported to the Tver region, but where exactly is unknown.

On March 19, the 2nd Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced the poet Alexander Byvshev to seven years in prison in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and the dissemination of military “fakes” based on political hatred (clause “d” Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). He wrote about this in a letter to activist Anastasia Shevchenko; the project “Support for Political Prisoners” drew attention to her post. Memorial".

On the night of February 15, the police conducted a raid in the village of Aibashi (Ulyanovsk region), where there is a community of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Tsarist Empire (ROC CI), which shares the idea of ​​a “tsar-redeemer”; four believers were sent to a pre-trial detention center. The abbess of the Russian Orthodox Church Evdokia (Anna Stryukova) told OVD-Info about this.

A 37-year-old resident of Sochi was sent to a pre-trial detention center in a criminal case about military “fakes” (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Kommersant writes about this with reference to the Investigative Committee. A criminal case was opened due to certain publications in the man’s Telegram channel. The Sochi resident admitted guilt.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested activist Olga Misik in absentia in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Information about this appeared in the case file. The case against the girl was opened in August 2023 due to a tweet “justifying the terrorist act of D. E. Trepova against V. Tatarsky.” The persecution became known on October 26, when security forces came to search the activist’s father.

The defendant in the “Baymak case”, Aitugan Kitikov, was charged under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Ruslan Ignatyev. The investigation believes that Kitikov pushed and punched a police officer on the shoulder, and also threw an object “similar to a law enforcement officer’s helmet” at him. Kitikov was detained on January 24.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested the founder of Gulagu.net, Vladimir Osechkin, in absentia in the case of military “fakes” (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The case file appeared on the website of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow. The case came to court today, March 21. The initiation of a case against Osechkin regarding military “fakes” became known in October 2022.

“Mediazona” studied the investigation materials and told the details of the “Baymak case”. Thus, according to the publication, the first case of mass riots (Parts 1, 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and violence against security forces (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) was opened on the afternoon of January 17, the day the verdict was announced against Fail Alsynov.

Russian authorities refused to extend the visa of Xavier Colas, a reporter for the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. He reports this from the publication itself; RusNews drew attention to the publication. According to El Mundo, on Tuesday, March 19, an unnamed official called Kolas and said that the journalist must leave Russia within 24 hours. If the reporter didn't do this, the caller said, he would "get in trouble." A few hours after the call, Kolas left Russia.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court canceled the fine for the father of a boy with spinal muscular atrophy, Dmitry Bakhtin, due to a single picket. RusNews reported this. Bakhtin went out on a solo picket with a poster “President Putin, save the life of a child. Provide medicine” to the embassy building in Yekaterinburg on February 15. The man was detained .