Investigators conducted a search in the case of feminist and blogger Zalina Marshenkulova on justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), Mediazona reported . The Perovsky District Court of Moscow received a petition from the investigation with a request to recognize the already conducted “urgent” search as legal. The case against Marchenkulova became known on April 10; according to the Investigative Committee, the feminist has already been charged.

The website of St. Petersburg photographer Valentin Nikitchenko was blocked at the request of Roskomnadzor. RusNews drew attention to this. The website on which Nikitchenko published his photographs, including from political courts and from protests, is not accessible outside of Russia. After receiving the RKN request, the provider RU-CENTER limited access to the content for everyone.

Leftist activist Vladimir Timofeev, sentenced to two years and eight months for an “anti-war case,” was sent to a punishment cell in IK-13, Sverdlovsk region. This was reported by the telegram channel “Baikal Partisan”. The channel’s authors add that Timofeev is sick with pneumonia.

The Moscow City Court approved real sentences for Jehovah's Witnesses Yuri Chernyshev, Sergei Shatalov, Vitaly Komarov, Ivan Tchaikovsky and Vardan Zakaryan in the case of organizing the activities of an “extremist organization” and involvement in it due to conversations about the Bible with an embedded agent. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers in Russia.

On March 7, the Kurgan Regional Court registered a criminal case under the article on desecration of symbols of military glory of Russia (Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The SOVA Research Center drew attention to the case card . His first court hearing was scheduled for April 17. This is likely a case against a 55-year-old local woman who is accused of extinguishing the flames of the Eternal Flame using bottled water last December.

The head of the administration of the Komsomolsky district of the Chuvash Republic banned the people's poet of the republic Valery Turgai from holding the annual festival “Turgaev Readings”. The writer connects this ban with critical poems addressed to the leadership of the republic. Information about this appeared on Turgay’s page on VKontakte.

RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko, convicted in the case of distributing military “fakes” motivated by hatred (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), went on a hunger strike due to the pressure in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 of Barnaul, she was placed in a punishment cell. The lawyer who represents the woman’s interests told OVD-Info about this. It is unknown for how long Ponomarenko was sent there.

A criminal case was opened against a 46-year-old resident of St. Petersburg for public desecration of symbols of military glory on the Internet (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) due to the publication of Nazi symbols with the St. George ribbon. This was reported by the Fontanka publication. According to investigators, an unknown person posted a text and two pictures on VKontakte that demonstrated Nazi symbols and desecrated the St. George ribbon.

The website of the Saratov publication Svobodnye Novosti was blocked in Russia. The journalists themselves reported this. The editors did not receive notification of the blocking and do not know what it is connected with. When you try to access the site, information appears that “access to the resource is limited on the basis of Federal Law No.

The case of Alexander Shanin about repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) was re-submitted to the Kominternovsky District Court of Voronezh for consideration on the merits. The card was published on the court's website. The case against Alexander Shanin was opened at the end of May 2023 due to a negative opinion about the war in Ukraine, which he expressed while in the building of the Central Bus Station.

The case of marathon runner Vladimir Sukhorukov about repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) was submitted to the Pechora District Court for consideration on the merits. The case file appeared on the court website. The criminal case against the marathon runner became known on July 4, 2023. Then a search was carried out at his home, after which Sukhorukov was placed in a temporary detention center until his trial.