In Kazan, Yulia Glimina, former municipal deputy of Moscow's Timirazevsky district and candidate for philological sciences, was arrested by the Russian Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents. According to her lawyer Rim Sabirov, at the train station immediately after the train arrived, Glimina was met by five employees of the Center for Combating Extremism ("E" Center) and taken to the police station, where they demanded to unlock her phone. After the refusal, Galimina was informed that they intended to make a report on disobedience to the police according to Section 19.3 of the Administrative Code.
Glimina herself stated that she arrived in Kazan for two days as a tourist and did not plan any public events. No official comments were made from the Ministry of the Interior regarding the reasons for the arrest and the reasons for the demand to unlock the phone.
Currently, it is known that Glimina was assigned to the Interior Department No. 16 "Yafieva" until her trial. The meeting, according to the lawyer, is expected to take place on Monday. The sanction according to the accused section stipulates a fine or administrative detention for up to 15 days. At the same time, according to lawyers and human rights activists, the police demand to open a personal smartphone without a court order is in a "gray area" of legislation, as it affects the constitutional right to privacy of correspondence. However, in practice, courts often classify refusal to provide a password as failure to comply with the lawful request of the security forces under Art. 19.3 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
Glimena repeatedly clashed with law enforcement authorities. In December 2020, she was sentenced to two years of probation under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - repeated violation of the rules for holding public events. In September 2022, the Ministry of Justice included her in the register of foreign agents; Later, due to amendments to legislation prohibiting foreign agents from teaching at state universities, she resigned from RANEPA, where she taught linguistics.