Right of expression
On 6/3 reports said blogger Vladimir Luzgin applied to the ECtHR over his conviction for stating Nazi Germany and the USSR invaded Poland in 1939. (Human Rights in Ukraine, 6/3)

On 6/3 kindergarten teacher Evgeniya Chudnovets jailed for reposting a three-second video online was freed after the case against her was dismissed. (The Moscow Times, 6/3)

On 7/3 President Putin pardoned Russian citizen Oksana Sevastidi convicted of high treason for texting a friend in Georgia. (Caucasian Knot, The Moscow Times, 7/3)

On 9/3 Aleksei Mandrigelya was jailed for 10 days for posting on a social network a photo collage depicting Vladimir Putin against a swastika. (Caucasian Knot, 9/3)

Right of assembly
On 6/3 police detained four activists who tried to hang a banner reading ‘Men in power for 200 years! Down with that!’ outside the Kremlin on International Women's Day. (RFE/RL, 8/3)

On 7/3 reports said Ildar Dadin, the first person convicted of repeat violations of protest laws and later acquitted, filed an appeal with the ECtHR against his conviction. (RAPSI, 7/3)

On 10/3 the Supreme Court disclosed its reasons for acquitting Ildar Dadin. (RAPSI, 10/3)

On 10/3 Ildar Dadin was detained as he held a one-person picket in Moscow outside the Federal Penitentiary Service headquarters. (The Moscow Times, RFE/RL, 10/3)

Right to family life
On 7/3 the ECtHR ruled Russia violated the right to family life of Kazakh national Murat Kamenov, who was banned from entering Russia in 2014. (RAPSI, 7/3)

Rights groups
On 6/3 the Committee for the Prevention of Torture received the Homo Homini Award for 2016 in Prague. (Caucasian Knot, 7/3)

On 10/3 Moscow City Court upheld a fine imposed on International Memorial Society under the 'foreigh agent' law. (RAPSI, 10/3)

Prisons
On 7/3 the ECtHR recognized transfer of convicts to penal colonies far from their home as a violation. (Caucasian Knot, 9/3)

North Caucasus
On 7/3 Beslan Basnukaev, a resident of Shatoi district in Chechnya, was reported to have disappeared. (Caucasian Knot, 9/3)

Ukraine
On 6/3 Ukraine launched a case against Russia at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. (RFE/RL, 6/3)