On 22 August 2016, a group of operatives detained Danil Alferyev, an activist of the Left Bloc from
Ulyanovsk who was studying at a postgraduate school, in a rented apartment on Varshavskoye Shosse in Moscow. The operatives took Alferyev to Ulyanovsk, where the investigator presented him with a resolution to initiate a criminal case against him under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity"). The case was initiated for Alferyev's speech at a rally of the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation on 7 November 2014 in Ulyanovsk, at which he parodied the speech of the leader of the Moscow branch of the
Eurasian Youth Union Andrei Kovalenko, who is known for saying "
Vladimir Vladimirovich, just give us the order, we are waiting - we will not wait for your "sic 'em!"" On 2 November 2016, the FSB Directorate for the
Ulyanovsk Oblast opened a second criminal case against Alferyev for the same speech, this time under Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Public calls to commit extremist activity”). Experts from the
SOVA Center believe that Alferyev's words do not fall under Article 282 of the Criminal Code. The Center stated: Alferyev is included in the “
Rosfinmonitoring list”. On 1 June 2017, Alferyev announced the completion of proceedings against him due to the expiration of the deadline for transferring the case to court and the termination of criminal-political prosecution. On 21 February 2016, during a rally in , Left Bloc activist Artem "Potolok" was detained and taken to the Losinoostrovsky Ministry of Internal Affairs office. The activist was released after a conversation. On 23 February 2017, Moscow police detained more than 60 participants and guests of the anti-war music festival "Deserter-fest", organized by the Left Bloc and held at the organization's headquarters. On 1 May 2017, a group of vegans and Vladimir Zhuravlyov, a member of the Left Bloc, were detained at the May Day march of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Moscow. A few hours later, all those detained during the rally were charged with violating the rules for holding rallies under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, and a trial date was set. In November 2017, Zhuravlyov learned that the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow had fined him 10,000 rubles for “violating the purpose of the event” and “promoting vegetarianism and non-traditional sexual orientation.” On 20 July 2017, Left Bloc activist Nadezhda Mir was detained on Red Square in Moscow for taking a photo with a slogan in support of anti-globalists. The activist had a poster saying "Solidarity without borders!" and was taken to the Kitay-Gorod police station. Mir was released with a report under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation by a participant in a public event of the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, march, or picket) and was subsequently fined in her absence. On 23 September 2017, in Moscow, while approaching the location of the “Anti-Capitalism-2017” action, one of the coordinators of the Left Bloc, Vasily Kuzmin, and an activist of the organization, Vitaly Vorobyov, were detained. On 25 September 2017, the Odintsovo City Court arrested eight Left Bloc activists for terms ranging from 3 to 14 days for attempting to hold "Anti-Capitalism-2017" in the elite settlement of
Barvikha. On 6 October, the Moscow Regional Court upheld the court's decisions to arrest four of the eight arrested activists. On 1 October 2017, Left Bloc activists were among 16 people detained at a rally in support of workers of the Ingeokom company who were not being paid their wages, which took place in Moscow near the government building. On 7 November 2017, three Left Bloc activists were detained on Lenin Square in
Saint Petersburg. According to an eyewitness, they were "snatched and put in a paddy wagon." The activists were subsequently released. On 6 December 2017, police officers in
Serpukhov (
Moscow Oblast) drew up a report on Left Bloc activist Stanislav Kiryushkin under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation by a participant of the procedure for holding a public event) due to his participation in a hunger strike for the closure of the Lesnaya solid waste landfill, which took place in a trailer a week earlier. In January and February 2021, Left Bloc activists served administrative arrests in various cities of Russia in connection with their participation in
protests. On 9 February 2021, Left Bloc and Courier Union activist Kirill Ukraintsev received 5 days of arrest for a post calling for people to attend the trial of
Azat Miftakhov. In December 2021, two members of the Left Bloc, Lev Skoryakin and Ruslan Abasov, were charged with hooliganism for holding a "Happy
Chekist Day" banner near the
Federal Security Service building in Moscow and were placed in pretrial detention. In July 2022, both were released with a ban on certain actions. In early January 2023, Ruslan Abasov was put on the wanted list. On 27 January 2023, Lev Skoryakin left Russia and was also put on the wanted list. In June 2023, the
State Committee for National Security of
Kyrgyzstan detained Lev Skoryakin in
Bishkek. He was held in pretrial detention until September. In November, a lawyer found him in a pretrial detention center in Moscow. ==Attack on Vladislav Ryazantsev==