The Saratov Frunzensky Court, presided over by Judge Zoya Levina, declined to penalize Sergei Gendin, spokesperson for the local Yabloko party branch, despite charges related to displaying "extremist symbols," as reported by a Mediazona reader.
On June 4, 2025—marking Alexei Navalny's birthday—Gendin had placed a poster at the memorial honoring Soviet geneticist Nikolai Vavilov, a victim of Stalin's labor camps. The poster featured an image of hands forming a heart shape alongside the message: "Happy Birthday, hero. Hundreds of political prisoners remain incarcerated and perish in Russian jails."