At the request of the investigation, a pediatrician from Moscow, Nadezhda Buyanova, had their preventive measure tightened from a ban on certain actions to detention. The woman was sent to pre-trial detention for two months, until June 25. Her lawyer Oscar Cherdzhiev reported this in his stories. The investigation filed a request to tighten the measure.

The case against journalist Masha Gessen for spreading “fake stories” about the Russian army based on political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) was received on April 25 by the Basmanny District Court of Moscow. OVD-Info found information about this on the court’s website. The initiation of the case became known in November 2023. The reason for this was Gessen’s interview with Yuri Dudu.

A case for justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) was brought against Tatar activist Rafis Kashapov. This was reported by the telegram channel “NO to extremism!” associated with the security forces. The reason for the persecution was one of Kashapov’s interviews, in which he discussed the attack on the Alabuga SEZ in Tatarstan. In it, he also called such attacks correct. Rafis Kashapov is the chairman of the Tatar Community Center and co-founder of Free Idel-Ural.

On April 25, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court reduced the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Evgeniy Bushev from seven to six years in prison. This was reported by the Jehovah's Witnesses portal. The Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk in November 2023 found the believer guilty under the article on participation in an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

English version On July 2, 2015, Nadezhda Kutepova was cooking in the kitchen when she heard the announcement of a report about spies on TV. On the Rossiya channel, she saw TV presenter Olga Skabeeva approaching the entrance of her house, climbing the stairs and walking to her apartment. “[Skabeeva] said: “Espionage activities against our state are carried out from here.” And I have such a funny bell hanging on the wire...

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow fined Meduza journalist Dmitry Kuznets 10 thousand rubles under the article on participation in the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). Mediazona reports this with reference to the press service of the court. A report was drawn up against Kuznets due to his participation in the publication’s podcast “What Happened?” in February 2024. The case became known on April 9.

In Malevich Park (part of the Romashkovsky Forest), environmental activist Ivan Shchekin was detained after he asked the workers a question about whether they had the necessary permits. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The man saw trenches being dug in the park and asked about the legality of these actions. After this, the workers called the police, saying that he was interfering with their work.

Police officers conduct searches at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. This is reported by "Caution News". The security forces came to the archive building of the museum in Gorky Park, as well as to the Narkomfin building on Novinsky Boulevard - where Garage employees conduct architectural tours. “Caution, news” writes that the museum’s chiefs and curators are not released until the end of the investigative actions, and they are prohibited from using mobile phones.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the deputy head of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people, Vladimir Dovdanov, on the wanted list. Mediazona journalists found his name in the department’s database . The wanted card does not indicate the article for which the politician was put on the wanted list. He is probably being sought in the case of calls for activities directed against the security of Russia (Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code), which became known in March.

A case was opened against 29-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia Taulan Kipkeev on military “fakes” based on hatred or enmity (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) because of a video on Instagram about “killers” sitting in the Kremlin. ASTRA writes about this. Kipkeev is accused of posting a video on Instagram that he shot while walking along Red Square in Moscow.

A case was opened against 29-year-old resident of Karachay-Cherkessia Taulan Kipkeev on military “fakes” based on hatred or enmity (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) because of a video on Instagram about “killers” sitting in the Kremlin. ASTRA writes about this. Kipkeev is accused of posting a video on Instagram that he shot while walking along Red Square in Moscow.

Khabarovsk journalist Sergei Mingazov was detained in the case of distributing “fake stories” about the army based on hatred or enmity (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) due to a repost on a telegram channel. His lawyer Konstantin Bubon announced this on Facebook. Mingazov is accused of reposting a certain publication about the events in Bucha in his telegram channel “Khabarovskaya Mingazeta” .

On April 22, the Central District Military Court found 41-year-old Chelyabinsk resident Alexei Sidorov guilty under the article on justification and calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of a stream with a call to “fuck the Kremlin.” The case file is available on the court’s website; the Dostup-1 publication reported on the verdict. Sidorov was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and a three-year ban on website administration.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation demanded that a certain “international social movement to destroy the multinational unity and territorial integrity of Russia” called the “Anti-Russian separatist movement,” as well as all its structural divisions, be recognized as an “extremist organization.” This was reported in a press release from the department. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation scheduled the hearing of the department's claim for June 7.