The Pereslavsky District Court of the Yaroslavl Region began considering a case on financing extremist activities (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) against Sergei Abramov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and chief researcher at the Institute of Software Systems. A.K. Aylamazyan. The case file is available on the court’s website; “MK in Yaroslavl” wrote about the start of court hearings.

In the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, hearings have begun on cases of inciting hatred or enmity in the media (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against Ukrainian TV presenters Yanina Sokolova and Natalya Moseychuk, Mediazona reports , citing its correspondent. Sokolova is charged with two counts of inciting national hatred with the threat of violence (clause “a”, part 2, article 282 of the Criminal Code).

On March 21, the Moscow City Court overturned the verdict in the case of military “fakes” (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) of Maria Kartasheva, who lives in Canada. The case was sent for a new trial to the court of first instance. This became known from an updated card on the court’s website. It is unknown what became the reason for canceling the sentence. On May 7, the case was submitted to the Basmanny District Court for a new trial on the merits.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation has recognized Freedom House (Freedom House, Inc.), a non-profit organization registered in the United States that advocates for the development of democracy, as an “undesirable organization.” The department itself announced this in its telegram channel.

On May 6, the Shchekino Interdistrict Court sentenced Yasnaya Polyana resident Roman Altukhov to a fine of 100 thousand rubles under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), reports the press service of the courts of the Tula region. Before the verdict came into force, the man was left under recognizance not to leave the place. The reason for the prosecution of Altukhov was two posts on VKontakte, published on August 2 and 5, 2022.

In Yekaterinburg, Dmitry Novikov, who held a picket with a poster containing the definition of fascism from Ozhegov’s explanatory dictionary, was detained and already released. Novikov himself told OVD-Info about this.

A jury at a meeting of the Supreme Court of Tatarstan found Kazan activist Zulfiya Sitdikova guilty of two criminal charges because of two anti-war posters. The publication “Idel.Realii” writes about this. According to the jurors, the girl does not deserve leniency.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sent 65-year-old journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova to a pre-trial detention center until July 6. Mediazona reports this. At the meeting to select a preventive measure, the defense asked to include quotes from officials about the Taliban movement, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who called for improving relations with the Taliban. The court did not attach the quotes to the case materials.

The state prosecution challenged the acquittal of Bryansk region resident Alexander Koshechko in the case of the torn St. George ribbon, SOTAvision reports . The man was accused under the article on desecration of symbols of military glory of Russia (Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, Koshechko, while intoxicated in the village of Netinka, tore the St. George ribbon from a serviceman’s pea coat, trampled it into the dirt and uttered offensive phrases.

The court of KhMAO-Yugra sentenced ex-student from Zambia Tionga (Rebecca) Ziba to a year of probation with a ban on publications on the Internet for a year in the case of desecration of the symbol of military glory of Russia (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) due to twerking at the Eternal Flame. This was reported by "Caution News". The criminal case against Ugra State University student Tionge Ziba became known in April 2022.

On April 23, the Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha upheld the fine of Vologda resident Igor Shchenkov in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to posts in a telegram. OVD-Info was informed about this in court; the case file is available on the website. At the same time, from the descriptive and motivational part of the verdict, the reference to the report on the search that was carried out at Shchenkov’s house was removed.

In Yaroslavl, the courts are considering at least two cases of entrepreneur and founder of the Neft film club Andrei Alekseev about non-compliance with “foreign agency” legislation. The documents are available on the websites of the Frunzensky and Kirovsky district courts of the city.

The case over the meme with roosters in Odnoklassniki, brought against the head of the interregional Uzbek community “Vatandosh” Usman Baratov, was sent to the Stupino City Court of the Moscow Region for consideration on the merits. This was reported by the channel “NO to Extremism!”, associated with the security forces.

On May 4, the Leninsky District Court of the Omsk Region sentenced in absentia the ex-head of the Omsk branch of the Doctors’ Alliance, Olga Belova, to six years in a general regime colony in the case of military “fakes” (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) due to post on VKontakte. This was reported by the press service of the regional courts. Belova was also banned from administering websites on the Internet for four years.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory) for repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), TASS reports with reference to the press service of the regional FSB. The reason for the persecution of the man was a certain publication on a social network.