A criminal case was opened against Feodosia resident Ruslan Rybalko for calls for extremism (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) - he is accused of “publicly shouting anti-Russian and anti-government slogans” and “calling for violence against Russians.” This was reported by the channel “Crimean SMERSH” and “Crimea24” associated with the Russian security forces, with reference to the FSB department for the annexed region. “Crimean SMERSH” published a video with the man’s apology.

Russian citizen Anatoly Shchetinin, who was hiding in Armenia after refusing military service, was kidnapped by the Russian military. This was reported by the Vanadzor branch of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly. According to human rights activists, Shchetinin is being held on the territory of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri. As assembly representative Arthur Sakunts clarified to the Agency , Shchetinin himself came to the Russian consulate in Gyumri before the abduction.

In the village of Kholmskaya, Krasnodar Territory, on April 2, after a search, 66-year-old Jehovah's Witness Valery Baylo was detained. Two days later he was sent into custody, reports the Jehovah's Witnesses portal. Legal situation in Russia". The believer is in pre-trial detention center No. 3 of the Krasnodar Territory in Novorossiysk. It is not yet known what crime he was charged with.

On April 4, Peaceful Resistance activist Olga Smirnova, convicted because of her anti-war posts, was shocked from pre-trial detention center-5 in St. Petersburg to pre-trial detention center-3 in Vyborg. This is reported by her support group. The woman said in her letter that she did not know which colony they were going to transfer her to. On August 30, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of St.

On April 4, the activist of the "Peaceful Resistance" Olga Smirnova, convicted for her anti-war posts, was shocked from the pretrial detention center No. 5 in St. Petersburg to the pretrial detention center No. 3 in Vyborg. This was reported by her support group. The woman said in her letter that she did not know which colony she was going to be transferred to. On August 30, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of St.

Moscow nurse and civil activist Olga Menshikh has been placed under house arrest until June 8 in a case of disseminating "fakes" about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by a listener from the courtroom. On April 8, Menshikh's home was searched. According to her acquaintances, the security forces "turned everything upside down", the woman was kept in handcuffs and was not given anything to drink.

The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan, during a retrial, sentenced the ex-head of Navalny's Ufa headquarters, Liliya Chanysheva, to 9.5 years in prison. The meeting was held behind closed doors. “Team Navalny” reports this. The sentence of activist Rustem Mulyukov was left unchanged, writes RusNews.

Convict Zarema Musayeva's health continues to deteriorate in colony-settlement No. 3 in the city of Argun. This was told by her lawyer Alexander Savin, who visited the woman. His words are reported by Team Against Torture. Last week, the woman was taken for an inpatient examination to the republican hospital. “Now we have an interim protocol of the commission’s conclusion, which sets out Zarema’s diagnoses. But the commission decided to extend the deadline for making final diagnoses.

Convict Zarema Musayeva's health continues to deteriorate in colony-settlement No. 3 in the city of Argun. This was told by her lawyer Alexander Savin, who visited the woman. His words are reported by Team Against Torture. Last week, the woman was taken for an inpatient examination to the republican hospital. “Now we have an interim protocol of the commission’s conclusion, which sets out Zarema’s diagnoses. But the commission decided to extend the deadline for making final diagnoses.

On April 8, the Avtozavodsky District Court of Tolyatti sentenced Jehovah's Witness Alexander Dolganov to three years in prison in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia".

The Third Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in Sochi replaced the suspended sentence with a real one for Crimean citizen Alexander Tyurenko, who urinated on war symbols, and he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. The press service of the court reported this.

Khabarovsk activist Tatyana Lukyanova was detained after interrogation by the Investigative Committee; they want to open a criminal case against her. RusNews reports this. During the morning search, the woman’s phone was confiscated and local blogger Vladimir Gretchenko, who was filming the action that took place on October 10, 2023 on Lenin Square in Khabarovsk, was summoned for questioning.

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow registered the materials of the administrative case of Meduza journalist Dmitry Kuznets under the article on participation in the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). Mediazona drew attention to the card . The Prosecutor General's Office recognized SIA Medusa Project (the legal entity of the Meduza publication) as an “undesirable organization” in January 2023.

The Shchuchansky District Court of the Kurgan Region sentenced Vladimir Kuprin to five years in prison with a ban on administering websites for three years under the article on distributing “fakes” about the army motivated by political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The case file is available on the court website. The case came to court at the end of June; it is unknown what publications the man is charged with.

The authors of the YouTube channel “NTN-24” spoke about the attack by unknown persons on April 7 at a rally in Novosibirsk. The video was published on the YouTube channel, and Sibir.Realii drew attention to it. At a rally for the preservation of Lake Pearl of Siberia, journalists Dmitry Polushin and Damir Kasimov wanted to get a comment from one of the organizers of the rally, city council deputy Igor Ukraintsev, but he refused.