Oleg Pronin was given a suspended sentence and released from custody in the courtroom. On February 21, 2024, the Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Oleg Pronin, accused under Part 2 of Art. 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism committed based on political and national hatred) and Part 1 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code (illegal storage of ammunition). The court sentenced Pronin to three years of suspended imprisonment with a four-year probationary period.

The Crimean imam managed to challenge the fine for “illegal missionary work.” On January 12, 2024, the magistrate court in the village of Kirovskoye in Crimea fined Imam Ismail Yurdamov under Part 4 of Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (carrying out missionary activities in violation of the requirements of legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations) for eight thousand rubles.

Alexander Vdovichenko, previously found guilty of discrediting the army and attempted murder, was again convicted under Art. 280.3 CC. On March 11, 2024, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court sentenced Alexander Vdovichenko under Part 1 of Art. 280.3 CC (repeated discredit use of Russian armed forces). As it became known later, he was fined 130 thousand rubles. The case came before the court on January 30, 2024. It is unknown what exact actions Vdovichenko was accused of.

On February 21, 2024, military correspondent and member of the Northern Military District Andrei (Murz) Morozov shot himself. This happened after the command demanded that he remove one of the posts from the Telegram channel criticizing the conduct of the SVO. Previously, Morozov was attacked by pro-Kremlin journalists for publishing about heavy losses during the storming of Avdeevka.

Suspects in the case initiated under Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code, became Alexander Karmanov. On February 21, 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened in Syktyvkar under Part 1 of Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code (repeated discrediting of the use of the Russian armed forces) in relation to Alexander Karmanov. He was searched. The reason for the criminal prosecution of Karmanov, who works as a dental assistant, was comments published on the VKontakte social network.

In the Rostov region, a case regarding membership in a banned organization of “USSR citizens” was brought to court. In February 2024, the Volgodonsk District Court of the Rostov Region received a criminal case regarding participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Deputies want to equate violating the ban with the rehabilitation of Nazism. On February 20, 2024, a group of deputies from the faction “A Just Russia - Patriots - For Truth”, led by Sergei Mironov, introduced a package of bills on the “genocide of the multinational Russian people” to the State Duma.

A citizen of Ukraine, previously convicted of discrediting the army and attempted murder, will be tried again. In February 2024, it became known that on January 30, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court received a criminal case against Alexander Vdovichenko, accused under Part 1 of Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code (repeated discrediting of the use of the Russian armed forces). There is no information yet about what led to the initiation of this case.

On February 20, 2024, the Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny held a regular hearing in the case of Nikita Zhuravel, at which the prosecution requested three years and six months of imprisonment in a general regime colony as a punishment for the defendant. Let us remind you that Zhuravel is accused under Part 2 of Art.

On February 12-18, 2024, a new batch of videos with direct actions appeared in far-right Telegram channels. The video included attacks on migrants, drunks, and cars from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. Violence On February 14, a video of an attack on two passengers on a train was published. The attackers surrounded the seats where two men of southern appearance were sitting and then attacked them. A couple of teenagers began kicking the sitting men.

On February 20, 2024, it became known that in the pools of Nizhnevartovsk, visitors were prohibited from swimming in a burkini. One of the city residents reported this on social networks. The ban was confirmed in at least two swimming pools - the Olympia and Neftyanik sports complexes. In both cases, management referred to the non-compliance of Muslim swimsuits with GOST.