The Supreme Court of Crimea overturned the sentences of Jehovah's Witnesses Petr Zhiltsov, Sergei Lyulin, Taras Kuzio and his wife Daria Kuzio. This was reported by the website "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". The believers' case was sent for a new trial in the court of first instance, but with a different panel of judges. Three defendants in this case were in pretrial detention.

The Ministry of Justice has again added to the register of “foreign agents”. The updated document is available on the department's website. On Monday, March 18, the ministry added to the register the non-profit partnership Wikimedia RU, which supported the Russian-language Wikipedia and other encyclopedic projects.

In Nizhny Novgorod, three people were detained who came to lay flowers at the people's memorial to the deceased journalist Irina Slavina near the building of the city Ministry of Internal Affairs. They themselves reported this to OVD-Info. Vera Vorobyova, Pavel Miloslavsky and Lyudmila Kalinicheva were taken to OP No. 5. What they are going to be charged with is not yet known. 21:40 All detainees were released from the police department without protocols, they told OVD-Info.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan approved a six-year prison sentence for Jehovah's Witness from Kazan Alexey Gerasimov in the case of organizing the activities of an “extremist organization” (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). OVD-Info found the case file on the court website. The card does not contain the name of the person involved, but the number of Gerasimov’s case in the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan, which sentenced the believer on December 7, 2023, is indicated.

The website of the journalistic project “Aspects - Bashkortostan” was blocked in Russia. The journalists themselves reported this in a telegram. The RKN service for checking access restrictions confirms the blocking information. What caused it is not yet known, since the editors did not receive any notifications from government agencies. “Aspects” was created in April 2022 by Ufa journalists from the liquidated radio station “Echo of Moscow”.

Felix Makhammadiev, a Jehovah's Witness from Saratov, and five other fellow believers were detained in the summer of 2018. Over the next two and a half years, he faced numerous trials, fifteen months in a pre-trial detention center, a short house arrest, and after the verdict, a transfer to a colony and torture. According to Makhammadiev, during his time in Saratov pre-trial detention center No.

On March 13, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Tambov began considering the second criminal case of discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against former military man Oleg Borisenko. This was reported by the SOVA Research Center. The case came to court back in February. The man is accused of three counts due to several of his videos on social networks.

Tofik Abdulgaziev, sentenced to 12 years in prison in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, was transferred from prison to the intensive care unit of the tuberculosis hospital No. 3 of the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Chelyabinsk Region. Doctors assess his condition as serious. “Crimean Solidarity” writes about this with reference to the prisoner’s wife, Aliye Kurtametova.

The investigation of the person involved in the case of mass protests in Baymak, Rayat Davletbaev, has ended. He was finally charged under articles on participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and 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, Anastasia Stepanova. Davletbaev was detained after the people's gathering, which took place on January 17.

Kaliningrad journalist and activist Mikhail Feldman, who is being persecuted under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), was asked to serve two years in a maximum security colony. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Maria Bontsler. Feldman's case is being considered by the Moskovsky District Court of Kaliningrad. The journalist became a defendant in a criminal case because of a post and repost on VKontakte.

The Voronezh administration refused to approve a 100-person rally for the Organization of Voronezh Marxists in support of the convicted coordinator of the Action trade union Anton Orlov, citing a presidential decree introducing a medium level of response in the region. Information about this appeared in the “Soviet Revenge” telegram channel. At the same time, the organizers noted that they did not need the approval of the administration, since the event was planned to be held in Hyde Park.

The Voronezh Regional Court sentenced local resident Alexander Dimitrenko to 23 years in prison, finding him guilty of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), preparation for sabotage (Article 281 of the Criminal Code using Article 30 of the Criminal Code) and illegal possession of explosives (Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code ). This was reported by SOTAvision.

In Averino (Sverdlovsk region), a woman was detained who was standing with a poster at the residence of the local governor. This was reported by Vecherniye Vedomosti. The woman’s poster had the inscription “Let’s defeat the governor’s tyranny! There will be a Sysert referendum!” She is seeking a referendum on the construction of a landfill in the region.

The Second Court of Cassation overturned the decision of the appellate instance in the case of former MP from Moscow Ketevan Kharaidze, who was previously convicted in a fraud case (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). The case was sent for a second appeal. This is reported by SOTA.

The Southern District Military Court received a criminal case under the article on justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) against Krasnodar resident Vladimir Yarotsky. The Caucasian Knot drew attention to the case file . What exactly was the reason for initiating this case is unknown.