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  • A court in St Petersburg sentenced Mikhail Loshchinin to 16 years in a high-security penal colony on charges of state treason. According to the investigation, the case was triggered by his correspondence with his ex-girlfriend from Ukraine and a money transfer to her. Loshchinin was detained at the border in Pskov Region when travelling to Russia to visit his ill father.
  • The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow placed “Novaya Gazeta” journalist Oleg Roldugin under house arrest, transferring him from pre-trial detention. In April, he was accused of the unlawful use and storage of personal data—this is the first time Article 272.1 of the Criminal Code has been used against a journalist over handling data leaks. Investigators initiated the easing of his pre-trial restrictions because Roldugin supported his children and elderly parents, and he partially admitted guilt.
  • The Pervomaisky District Court in Kirov, a major city in central European Russia, sentenced Alexandra Pugach—daughter of a Putin confidant—in absentia to six years in a penal colony over charges of military “fakes” and incitement against state security. The court also barred her from administering websites for three and a half years. The case was based on her speech at an anti-war rally in Georgia and online posts in support of Ukraine.
  • The St Petersburg City Court overturned a fine and deportation order against Uzbek national Fayzullodjon Dadaboev, who had previously been prosecuted for praying (namaz) on the lawn outside a residential building. The court pointed out that the case files contained no evidence of missionary activity, and sent the case back for reconsideration. Dadaboev was released from the detention centre for foreign nationals.
  • In Kaliningrad Region, Russia’s westernmost region, authorities opened a criminal case against a 41-year-old resident of Polessk for desecrating symbols of military glory (Part 3, Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). Investigators claim that on 7 May the woman tore down a poster with a St George’s ribbon and threw it into a flowerbed.