July

July 26. A rally in support of the Swamp Delivee arrested in the Novopushkinsky Square

July 3, Tuesday

For the first time in practice, a new law on rallies was applied, repeatedly increasing fines for inconsistent shares. The Tver District Court awarded the activists, Vsevolod Chernozuba and Oleg Kozlovsky 15 thousand and 12 thousand rubles of a fine,

July 6, Friday

The head of the State Duma Committee on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov introduced a bill proposing to return the article “slander” to the Criminal Code and establish the maximum punishment for this offense up to five years in prison. On the day of consideration of the bill in the first reading, journalists arranged a picket at the State Duma building. The petition against the return of the article “Clevet” in the Criminal Code was signed by 1,600 people.

July 7, Saturday

Social networks have disseminated information about the tragedy in the Krasnodar Territory. As a result of floods, 172 people died, more than 30 thousand people were injured, more than 7.2 thousand houses were destroyed. The city of Krymsk was most affected. By evening, bloggers began to organize and create volunteer centers for assistance to the victims. The largest of them opened on the observation deck on the Sparrow Mountains.

July 9, Monday

In Russia, mourning for the victims of floods in the Kuban was declared. The authorities announced the creation of a single volunteer center in the Krasnodar Territory. Humanitarian assistance is sent to Crimean from all over Russia. The press and bloggers accuse the authorities of the region of the fact that the population was not in a timely manner of danger and adequate measures were not taken to evacuate and save people.

July 10, Tuesday

The Russian Wikipedia closed for a day in protest against the bill "On the Protection of Children from Information that harms their health and development." The bill involves blocking "harmful" sites on user complaints. The author of the bill deputy Elena Mizulina said that the pedophilian lobby is behind the striking Wikipedia.

July 10. Broken Russian Wikipedia

July 11, Wednesday

The first two buses with volunteers are departing from Moscow to Krymsk. Volunteer camps are growing in the cities that suffered from floods. The largest is the “good camp” on the outskirts of Krymsk, in the tents on the territory of which about 600 people settle. Here they distribute humanitarian aid, help residents eliminate the consequences of floods.

July 21, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin signed the Law on NPOs - foreign agents that endow the status of a foreign agent Russian non -profit organizations engaged in political activities and having foreign sources of financing.

July 25, Wednesday

In the case of “mass riots” on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, two more activists were detained: a lawyer of the human rights organization of the Committee “For Civil Rights” Nikolai Caucasus and a student-commander of the Russian State Service forces, Alexei Polykhovich. The next day, a rally was held in the Novopushkinsky Square in support of the "Prisoners of Bolotnaya."

July 30, Monday

The trial of Pussy Riot groups started. At the first hearing, three witnesses of the prosecution were questioned.

Vladimir Putin signed the Law “On Cleles”, returning the article “slander” to the Criminal Code. Under the new law, the maximum final penalty is 5 million rubles.

July 31, Tuesday

The Investigative Committee of Russia resumed a criminal case on Kirovles against Alexei Navalny. The opposition was charged under Part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code (“Organization of embezzlement of someone else's property on an especially large scale”).

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