The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg has suspended the work of the Vogel bar, where political discussions take place, for 80 days. Something similar happened two years ago, RusNews reports . Employees of several agencies, including the Center "E", came to the bar for an inspection on May 8. The publication writes that this happened after a complaint from a student of "Voenmekh".

The Investigative Committee for the Republic of Mari El has opened a criminal case against a resident of Yoshkar-Ola for repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the regional Investigative Committee. The suspect's name has not been disclosed.

The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced former Vice-Rector of the Higher School of Economics Konstantin Sonin in absentia to 8.5 years in prison in the case of anti-war fasts. This was reported by RBC. The economist was found guilty under the article on dissemination of military "fakes" motivated by political hatred (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Sonin is outside of Russia.

The sentence of Arkhangelsk Region resident Ruslan Gubkin to three years in a general regime penal colony for the case of calls to set fire to military registration and enlistment offices was approved on May 20. This is stated on the website of the regional court. On March 15, the young man was found guilty under the article on calls for activities against the security of Russia on the Internet (paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code).

Sergei Veselov, a blogger from Shuya who was convicted for an anti-war video, was sent to a punishment cell for 10 days because of a conflict with a cellmate, a "Cossack ataman from Yuryevets." Veselov wrote about this in a letter to Sergei Chigin, which he published on his Telegram channel. “An old conflict has burst into the open,” the arrested man wrote. On April 16, another cellmate poured boiling water on Veselov and beat him.

During the debate in the Zeisky District Court of the Amur Region, the prosecutor demanded that Jehovah's Witness from Voronezh, Yevgeny Sokolov, be sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony. This was reported by the Sova Research Center. The hearing took place on May 22. In addition to imprisonment, Sokolov was asked to be sentenced to six months of restricted freedom and to be banned from participating in public organizations for three years.

On May 22, the Omsk Regional Court, following a lawsuit from the Ministry of Justice, liquidated the local religious organization, the Greek Catholic Parish of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of the Catholic Church in the City of Omsk. This was reported by the press service of the regional Ministry of Justice, as well as the publication 7x7 .

A student at the Russian State Social University (RSSU) in Moscow was expelled, evicted from his dormitory and taken to the military registration and enlistment office after arguing with a teacher about Stalin's repressions, Baza reports . The dispute began when a student said that Stalin had repressed 42 million people. As a result, the teacher kicked the student out of the classroom. After that, he was invited to the deputy dean and to the student council.

Roskomnadzor blocked VPN Generator. The Roskomsvoboda project drew attention to this. The reasons for the blocking are unknown. The service was launched on December 31, 2023. "We are creating a service that will allow any active Internet user to distribute free access to the Internet without censorship and blocking to their friends and family," the project's website says . Since the end of February 2022, Russia has been massively blocking media and social networks.

The Yoshkar-Ola City Court received a case on the dissemination of military "fakes" motivated by political hatred (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against Dmitry Obmaikin. OVD-Info drew attention to the case file on the court's website. The court registered the case on May 15. Details are still unknown. On May 26, security forces summoned Obmaikin’s wife’s mother and his acquaintances for questioning, he told OVD-Info.

In IK-20 in Ustyuzhna (Vologda Region), where Nikita Tushkanov, convicted in the "anti-war case", is being held, a tough inspection was carried out for the second time this spring. The inspectors behaved aggressively, and previously they destroyed the prisoners' personal belongings. This was reported in a Telegram by members of Tushkanov's support group. On May 22, 20-25 special forces officers arrived at the colony for an inspection, the support group reports.

The investigation has demanded that human rights activist and former political prisoner Ivan Astashin be arrested in absentia in a case of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the case file . In December 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs added Astashin to the wanted list, but at that time the article under which the human rights activist was being prosecuted was not known.

A 16-year-old resident of Stavropol Krai, prosecuted for calls to terrorism (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of anti-war leaflets, was also charged with assisting terrorist activity (Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). ASTRA reports this. According to the official version, the schoolboy persuaded his 19-year-old friend to post leaflets. This became the reason for the new charge.

Former technical director of Navalny LIVE Daniel Kholodny, convicted in the case of an extremist community, was transferred from the penal colony in Torzhok to Tver. Information about this was given to OVD-Info through a friend by convicted Ruslan Ushakov, who is also being held in the penal colony in Torzhok. It is specified that Kholodny was unable to contact any of his defenders. Whether he was sent from Tver somewhere further and what the transfer was connected with is unknown.

During the debate in the 2nd Western District Military Court, 36-year-old bartender from the Moscow region Vladimir Malina was asked to get 28 years of imprisonment in the case of setting fire to a relay cabinet. This was reported by Mediazona.