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  • Human rights defender Aleksei Sokolov, who is being held in Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, reported being attacked by an unknown person after returning from court on 18 May. His lawyer Petr Kuryanov has filed a complaint with the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Sokolov believes that the attack may have been organised by staff at the facility.
  • The Petrogradsky District Court in St Petersburg sentenced Moscow street artist Aleksandr Arsenyev to 1 year and 8 months in prison on charges of vandalism and repeat “discrediting” of the army over anti-war graffiti. After the verdict was announced, he was released in the courtroom due to time already served in custody.
  • The Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow sentenced 61-year-old Ministry of Justice security guard Vitaly L. to 15 days’ detention. He was found guilty under the article on displaying extremist symbols because of a bag containing “Glory to Ukraine” leaflets, which the court said he brought into the ministry building. In court, the man did not admit guilt.
  • The prosecutor requested prison sentences of between 17 and 21 years for those involved in the “third Dzhankoy group” case. Former imam Remzi Kurtnesirov faces 21 years on charges of organising activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir and preparing for the violent seizure of power, while the other Crimean Tatars are accused of participating in the activities of the party and attempting to seize power. All the defendants deny their guilt and say they were subjected to pressure, and that banned literature was planted on them.
  • In Vyazniki, a city east of Moscow, local resident Anatoly Tereshin was fined 450,000 roubles (approximately US$5,000) under the case of financing extremism (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, Tereshin set up a regular donation subscription to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after it was designated extremist, transferring 7,000 roubles. The court also confiscated this amount and his mobile phone.