Independence of judiciary
On 15/4 Judge Tatyana Leskina of the Saratov Regional Court of Arbitration was fired after accepting on 7/4 a lawsuit calling for the dismissal of President Putin. (The Moscow Times, 15/4)

Human rights and business
On 14/4 the FSB raided the headquarters of Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim investment group. Dozhd reported a possible link with pressure on Prokhorov to sell the RBC media holding. (The Moscow Times, 14/4)

On 14/4 police raided the Russian headquarters of IKEA. IKEA's lawyer said the raid and a criminal case initiated against the Swedish retailer are aimed at seizing the land where the IKEA headquarters are located. (The Moscow Times, 14/4)

On 15/4 a Moscow court extended the house arrest of Domodedovo airport owner Dmitry Kamenshchik until 28/7, denying him a 50m rouble bail. (The Moscow Times, 15/4)

Aleksei Navalny
On 11/4 Aleksei Navalny said he would file a lawsuit against state-owned TV VGTRK in connection with a film portraying him as a paid agent of Bill Browder. (The Moscow Times, 11/4)

Bill Browder
On 14/4 the Investigative Committee said it intends to question British-US investor William Browder about the murder of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. (The Moscow Times, 14/4)

Chechnya
On 12/4 Khusein Betelgeriev returned home apparently having been beaten. Family said he had been taken from his home on 31/3 by unidentified men in uniforms. (Caucasian Knot, 12/4)

Ukraine
On 13/4 Crimean Prosecutor General Natalya Poklonskaya suspended the activities of the Mejlis — the Crimean Tatars' self-governing body -  'in order to prevent violations of federal law.' (The Moscow Times, 13/4)

On 14/4 the Council of Europe said that Crimea must be re-opened to regular Council of Europe monitoring to safeguard the human rights of 2.5 million people. (Council of Europe, 14/4) 

Libraries
Russian investigators are reportedly searching for visitors to the Moscow Library of Ukrainian Literature who borrowed books on Ukrainian history and Holodomor. (The Moscow Times, 13/4)

On 15/4 reports said the Dante Alighieri Library is to be evicted from its Moscow premises which are to be given to Russia's Investigative Committee. (The Moscow Times, 15/4)