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  • Ksenia Belousova, an employee of the Moscow bar Kisski, has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony over a case concerning “insulting the feelings of believers.” The reason was a video in which she makes a hookah out of a kulich (a traditional Orthodox Easter cake). Belousova admitted guilt, and the case was heard under a special procedure.
  • Lawyer Alexey Pryanishnikov reported that the health of shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev has worsened following his transfer from a special clinic in Ussuriysk (a city in the Russian Far East) to the Yakutsk Psychoneurological Dispensary due to the use of psychotropic drugs. According to the lawyer, Gabyshev has noticeably lost weight, and the change in hospital only made his condition worse. The court will consider whether to extend his compulsory treatment soon.
  • The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow has fined the media outlet Takie Dela 200,000 rubles (approx. US$2,200) for violating legislation on “foreign agents.” The reason was publication of materials by journalist Anastasia Zhvik without indicating her “foreign agent” status, which the Ministry of Justice assigned her in December 2022.
  • The Kalininsky District Court in St Petersburg has given Yevgeny Vereshchagin a three-year suspended sentence for making transfers in support of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (designated an extremist organisation). According to the court, from August 2021 to February 2022, he transferred 2,100 rubles (approx. US$23) to the organisation’s account.
  • The Apsheronsky District Court sentenced Anna Isaeva to one year and six months suspended for allegedly providing financial assistance to an organisation labelled “undesirable” in Russia. Investigators allege that from September 2023 to April 2024, she transferred 7,500 rubles (approx. US$83) to a member of the international movement “AllatRa.”
  • In Arkhangelsk, a court fined neurosurgeon Nikolai Serebrennikov 450,000 rubles (approx. US$5,000) over a case of financing an extremist organisation—according to the prosecution, he transferred 3,500 rubles (approx. US$39) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.