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  • The 2nd Eastern District Military Court has sentenced Aruna Arna, an activist from Altai, to five years in a penal colony for alleged calls to terrorism. The prosecution was based on her Telegram channel posts sharing the songs “The Warszawianka” and “The Internationale.”
  • In Syktyvkar, a regional centre in the north of European Russia, authorities decided to put a group of eight-year-old children on record after they jumped on a 9 May installation, and their parents were threatened with removal of their children from the family. According to Tatiana Kozlova, the children’s rights ombudsperson for Komi, there are currently no court decisions for removal, and the children’s actions will be considered by the commission on juvenile affairs on 2 June.
  • Nikolay Lekomtsev, an engineer convicted in the “Artpodgotovka” case, was released from Correctional Facility No.2 in Kazan on 29 May. He had been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for participating in an extremist organisation, due to his administration and participation in Telegram chats. Lekomtsev had been in detention since October 2023.
  • The Kirov District Court of Irkutsk, a major city in Siberia, fined animal rights activists Tatyana Tayurskaya 12,000 roubles (US$130) and Yuliya Shakiro 15,000 roubles (US$160) for participating in an unauthorised protest against a draft law allowing the killing of stray dogs. Both were detained on 15 April outside the Irkutsk regional legislature, where deputies adopted the bill permitting the euthanasia of stray animals deemed incurably ill or aggressive.
  • A court in Kazan fined activist Leysan Sattarova 30,000 roubles (US$330) under the article on spreading knowingly false information, after she posted a video about students being forced to install the messenger “MAKH.” Sattarova stated that she presented evidence of pressure on students to the court, but was nevertheless found guilty. The Tatarstan Ministry of Education confirmed the requirement to install the platform, claiming that it does not violate the Constitution.