In the city of Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region), searches were conducted at 22 Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported by the security forces-affiliated Telegram channel "Operativnye Sudovki". Literature, leaflets, means of communication and bank cards, “used for management and financing,” were confiscated from believers. "The leader of the cell, who observes maximum secrecy measures," was detained in the Astrakhan region.

On May 30, the magistrate of judicial district No. 17 of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Ryazan sentenced 37-year-old Denis Bolokhnov to 150 hours of community service in a case of insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the Ryazan Region Prosecutor's Office. The Sova Research Center drew attention to the post.

On June 25, the Vygonichsky District Court (Bryansk Region) sentenced 39-year-old Vladimir Yerofeyev to three years in a general regime penal colony; he is charged with "preparing to incite a serviceman to voluntarily surrender" (Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code and Part 4 of Article 33 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Mediazona, citing the court's press service.

On June 21, the Petrozavodsk City Court sent 50-year-old Jehovah's Witness Sergei Fedorov to pretrial detention on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal Situation in Russia." Security forces first came to the home of Fedorov and his wife in Tolyatti, where they were living at the time, in March 2024 with a warrant to inspect the premises.

The Ninth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Vladivostok upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witnesses Oleg and Agnessa Postnikov: five and a half and four and a half years of probation, respectively. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses".

The St. Petersburg City Court has increased the prison term of documentary filmmaker Vsevolod Korolev to seven years in an appeal in the case of military "fakes", RusNews reports . In March, the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Korolev to three years in a general regime penal colony in the case of military "fakes" spread for political reasons (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The convicted man was also banned from using social media for four years.

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Ulan-Ude fined journalist and vice-president of the Free Buryatia Foundation Anna Zueva five thousand rubles under the article on participation in the activities of an undesirable organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by Perviy Otdel. The reason for the fine was that Zueva holds the position of vice-president of Free Buryatia: the fund was declared “undesirable” in September 2023.

On May 30, a case was opened against municipal deputy from St. Petersburg Vladislav Volsky for military "fakes" (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). He himself told the publication "ZAKS.Ru" about this. The reason for the persecution was an anti-war post with two photographs that Volsky published in 2022, five months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "The war has been going on for five months now and people are dying.

On July 1, the Kirov District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced local resident Denis Trufanov to five years in a general regime penal colony under the article on military "fakes". The information about this on the court's website was noted by the "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" project. The Krasnoyarsk resident is charged with distributing "fakes" motivated by political hatred (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

At 10 a.m. on December 14, 2022, unknown people called one of the apartments in a nine-story building on Oboronnaya Street in Moscow and said: "This is Mosgaz, open up." 29-year-old Muscovite Ruslan Ushakov looked through the peephole: armed men in masks were standing on the landing. They spent the next 10 minutes cutting out the door with a grinder.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg has recognized the family of publicist Alexander Nevzorov and his wife Lidiya as an "extremist association" and banned their activities in Russia, TASS reports . According to security officials, the couple “carried out extremist activities.” The court also satisfied the claims of the St.

On July 1, the Central District Military Court sentenced Tolyatti resident Pavel Korshunov to 13 years in prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail at the city administration building on the night of September 22, 2022. This was reported by the Zasekin publication. As a result of Korshunov's actions, the front door and the porch paneling of the building caught fire, there were no casualties. He himself explained his actions as a protest against the mobilization announced the day before.

The defendant in the "anti-war case" and former administrator of the public network "ONA RAZVALILAS" from Lipetsk, Felix Eliseev, was transferred to IK-4 in the Penza region. This was reported by the project "Support for political prisoners. Memorial". In December 2023, Eliseev was sentenced to 14 years in prison for justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code); the sentence was upheld in April.

On June 26, the Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced 27-year-old Kaluga resident Mikhail Ishchenko to ten years in prison in the case of setting fire to a Russian flag and preparing to participate in military actions against Russia. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office, the case file was published on the court's website. The man will have to spend the first two years in prison, and the rest of his term in a maximum security penal colony.

On April 27, the Leningradsky District Court of Kaliningrad found 37-year-old Izhevsk resident Inna Karakulova and 38-year-old resident of the Sverdlovsk region Sergei Lopatnikov guilty under the article on desecration of a gravestone (clause "a" of Part 2 of Article 244 of the Criminal Code) due to a drunken prank at the Eternal Flame. The corresponding document was published on the court's website.