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- The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Higher School of Economics associate professor Andrey Dymov to three and a half years in a penal colony in a case over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. He was found guilty of financing extremism (Part 1 Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) because of his donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation totalling 3,500 roubles (US$40). The verdict was announced on 25 May, and Dymov was taken into custody immediately afterwards in the courtroom. According to Mediazona, he pleaded guilty.
- The State Duma approved a bill allowing the property of Russian emigrants to be seized for actions deemed ‘against the interests of the Russian Federation’ under several articles of the Administrative Code, including for spreading so-called ‘fake news,’ disrespecting the authorities, and involvement with ‘undesirable organisations.’
- A case was opened against political scientist Maria Snegovaya for spreading military ‘fake news’ motivated by political hatred (section “d” part 2 article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Last week, the Interior Ministry put Snegovaya on a wanted list, and back in April, her name was added to the Rosfinmonitoring register.
- On 20 May, journalist Nika Novak was sent to a punitive isolation cell for 15 days immediately after spending three months in a differentiated cell-type unit. The reasons for the punishment are unknown—part of her letter was censored. Novak also reported complaints about the lack of hot water and the conditions in colony No. 11 “Bozoi.”
- On 22 May, the judicial qualification board terminated early the authority of Vyacheslav Bushuev, a judge at the Arbitration Court of Chelyabinsk Oblast (a major city in the Urals), due to his donations to the Roizman Fund, which were deemed ‘political activity.’ According to Bushuev, he sent donations to help hospices and people in difficult situations.
- A criminal case for ‘defamation via the Internet’ (part 2 article 128.1 of the Criminal Code) was opened against 72-year-old Ryazan civic activist Andrey Petrutsky (Ryazan is a city southeast of Moscow) after he published information about the construction of a school in the Borki neighbourhood. The case was prompted by a statement from the director of the construction company. A search was conducted at Petrutsky’s home and his equipment was confiscated.
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