In Krasnodar, 23-year-old local resident Alexander Surukhanov was detained after he pulled a sofa out into the street and set fire to it. Near this place on the pavement, he wrote the word "evil." According to the telegram channel Baza, the activist told the police that he did this to draw attention to what is happening in Ukraine.

The Prigorodny District Court of North Ossetia found Valery Gasaev, co-founder of the Ossetia Svobodnaya telegram channel, guilty of "discrediting the use of the armed forces", imposing a maximum fine of 559 euros under this article. The reason for prosecution was a link posted in the channel to The Times with a photograph of a pregnant woman on a stretcher against the background of a destroyed building in Mariupol.

Gasaev pled not guilty in court. When making the decision, the judge referred to the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov that there were no women in labour and medical personnel in the Mariupol maternity hospital.

The Ingush Magas court imposed a fine of 447 euros on the chairman of the regional branch of the Civil Initiative party, Vakha Kartoev, recognising a post on his Instagram page, "the Ingush branch of the Civil Initiative party is unequivocally against the war with Ukraine," as "discrediting" the armed forces.

In addition, in the Pervomaisky Court of Krasnodar, the case was considered under a "discrediting" article against Dmitry Dergachev. It was postponed due to the failure of one of the parties to appear. The results of the consideration have not been posted on the court’s official website.

OVD-Info also reports that law enforcement officials came to a resident of Georgievsk in the Stavropol Territory, Mikhail Pidenko, who posted anti-war slogans on social networks. According to the activist, security forces demanded that he open the doors, otherwise they threatened to plant drugs. The development of the situation is unknown.

An 18-year-old student at a technical school in the city of Zheleznovodsk in the Stavropol Territory was fined 447 euros for discrediting the use of the armed forces for taking out a poster with a "discrediting slogan" during a lecture. At the same time, "he did not express any appeals," the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Stavropol Territory notes.

Anastasia Muromtseva, a Krasnodar resident, was fined 206 euros under a "rally" article - according to the court and the police, she attended an uncoordinated protest action "against the participation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine." In court, she did not admit her guilt, the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not appear at the meeting, but the police report was enough to recognise Muromtsev as a violator.

Svetlana Nyamtsu, a 37-year-old resident of the Kagalnitsky district of the Rostov region, was brought to administrative responsibility for leaving a comment criticising the Russian military in one of the public pages, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Rostov Region reports. The court imposed a minimum fine of 344 euros.

In Krasnodar, Alexei Kulik was detained during a one-man picket with a placard "No to war." He had previously been an activist in the local headquarters of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny. A protocol on discrediting the armed forces was drawn up against the detainee and the trial has not started yet.

The Leninsky Court of Krasnodar considered a protocol on discrediting the armed forces, drawn up in relation to 30-year-old Krasnodar Alexander Lukach. He was arrested on April 4th and was fined 172 euros.

A 54-year-old resident of Taganrog in the Rostov region was also fined 344 euros for "publicly speaking negatively about the actions of the armed forces of the Russian Federation." The news about this was published by the press service of the transport department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the North Caucasus Federal District as the "offense" was committed near a station. The FSB participated in the punishment of a citizen who criticised the armed forces.

The Taganrog City Court considered the administrative case under this article against Andrey Matveenko. A few days before, another local resident, Nadezhda Vorobyova, was brought to administrative responsibility under a "discrediting" article of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

The city court of Nalchik considered the case of "discrediting" Temirlan Batyrov. The outcome of the case has not yet been made public on the court's website.