The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory handed an official warning to local activist Yana Antonova that she allegedly creates “preconditions for the growth of public discontent and social tension.” Antonova published a photo of the document on her Telegram channel, and SOTA drew attention to this.

A criminal case was opened against the editor-in-chief of the student media “Groza” Leonid Spirin for repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the human rights project “First Department”. The journalist was put on the wanted list; he is outside Russia. A criminal case was opened because of Spirin’s posts and comments, as well as some of Groza’s publications.

The main victim is business Everything related to LGBTQ+ finds itself in a “situation of legal uncertainty,” says a lawyer for the group “Vykhod” : “It is unclear whether LGBTQ+ people fall under the criteria of extremism or not.

On January 16, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered compensation for complaints from 36 applicants from OVD-Info and the Memorial Center for Human Rights. Among them is Konstantin Kotov, an activist and the second person convicted under the “Dada” article. The court immediately issued 7 rulings on complaints from protesters.

The Nevsky District Court of St. Petersburg began to consider a criminal case against local resident Alexander Glushkin in the case of anti-war posts on VKontakte. This was reported by MR7.ru. The man is accused of distributing “fakes” about the Russian army based on political, racial or other hatred or enmity (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The case came to court in early December, the first hearing took place at the end of the year.

50-year-old Crimean Tatar Ruslan Mesutov was taken to IK-1 in the Yakut region, where he must serve the remainder of his 18-year sentence. This was reported by Crimean Solidarity with reference to the defendant’s sister Lilya Mesutova. When exactly this happened is unknown. Apparently, at least a month ago, when Mesutova received her last letter from her brother.

The Prosecutor General's Office has recognized the Canadian company OpenText Corporation, which develops software for managing corporate information, as an “undesirable” organization. The department wrote about this on its channel. “OpenText Corporation works closely with American security forces, is a contractor of the US Department of Defense, and participates in propaganda campaigns launched by the West against our country.

Vilyur Karachurin, a protest participant in Baymak, was asked to serve 7 years in prison, his lawyer told OVD-Info. Karachurin is charged with participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of harmless violence against a security officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). He has been there since January last year. The man has four children, including three minors.

Maidan participant Andrei Kolomiets, sentenced by a Crimean court to 10 years in a maximum security colony, was released from IK-14 in Krasnodar on January 15, his wife told OVD-Info. From the colony he was taken to the Temporary Detention Center for Foreign Citizens in the Gulkevichi District, where he is still being held. Kolomiyets was detained in 2015 in Kabardino-Balkaria, where he moved from Ukraine, then he was taken to Crimea.