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- In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a major city in the Russian Far East, five Chinese workers were held administratively liable after marching to protest unpaid wages. They were accused of organising a mass gathering of people in a public place (part 1, article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Two were fined 10,000 and 50,000 rubles (approx. US$105 and US$528) respectively; the punishments for the others are unknown.
- In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, two Maoist supporters were arrested for 10 days due to a banner protesting the blocking of Telegram. They were found guilty of holding an unauthorised demonstration (part 2, article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). One of them was beaten by law enforcement.
- The Moscow City Administration explained the ongoing ban on rallies, justified by COVID restrictions, as being due to “a high risk" of illness. The ban has now been in force in the city for over six years.
- Using these restrictions as a pretext, the authorities banned the religious procession opposite the Kremlin—organised by parishioners of Saint Tatiana’s Church at Moscow State University—for the first time in 30 years. Believers were not allowed to leave the courtyard of the Faculty of Journalism.
- Irkutsk officials, from a large city in Siberia, justified denying permission for a rally against blockings by claiming they had counted “70,000 views and reactions” on posts about the upcoming event, and there are no venues in the city able to accommodate that many people.
- Activists from Yakutsk (in the Russian Far East) and Irkutsk have faced pressure after attempting to get approval for rallies against internet blockings. In Yakutsk, an activist was fined over a 2021 repost demanding Navalny’s release (part 1, article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In Irkutsk, the rally organiser was forcibly taken for a medical examination. A narcology clinic found traces of marijuana, but a private clinic found nothing the same day.
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