3 - 7 October

“In our case, there is only one contradiction: the fact is that according to the very law and clarification of the Constitutional Court, international organizations cannot be recognized by foreign agents. And we are registered precisely as an international organization, ” - the chairman of the board of Memorial Arseny Roginsky in a commentary for The New Times

October 3, Monday

The Presnensky court of the city of Moscow sentenced the journalist and blogger Anton Nosik to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. For the excitement of hatred of the national group "Syrians" (Article 282 of Part 1 of the Criminal Code). The case was instituted for a post in LiveJournal and a performance on the air of the Echo Moskvy radio station in October 2015, where the nose “warmly greeted” air strikes in Syria. However, at that time the maximum fine under the article was 300 thousand rubles. On Wednesday, the nose launched on the website of the “Russian Public Initiative” the collection of signatures for the abolition of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.

October 4, Tuesday

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation introduced the International Historical and Educational Society "Memorial" to the register of NGOs, performing the functions of "foreign agents". The Ministry of Justice explained his decision by the fact that the organization received “money from foreign sources”, and in its work “signs of participation in political activity were identified.” The “memorial” was called unlawful and stated that they would appeal it.

October 5, Wednesday

On the basis of the decision of the ECHR, the Supreme Court of Russia recognized the arrest of two defendants in the “Swamp business” - Ilya Gushchi and Artem Savelov. Gushchina was arrested in February 2013, Savelov - in June 2012, before they were charged in February and August 2014, they were detained. The Strasbourg Court ordered Russia to pay Savelov є3 thousand, the Gushchin - є2 thousand. On the eve of the ECHR, he collected є12.5 thousand from Russia in favor of another person involved in the “swamp business” - Yaroslav Belousov.

October 7, Friday

To the ex-deputy of the Kursk Regional Duma and the chief editor of the newspaper "People's Journalist" Olga Lee launched a case of slander against the judge (Article 298.1 of Part 1 of the Criminal Code). In the issue of the newspaper for September-October last year, Lee accused the judge of the district court of Kursk of intentionally violation of the principle of the presumption of innocence in the consideration of an administrative case. On Wednesday, the case was terminated against whether the initiation of hatred and enmity in relation to representatives of the authorities (Article 282 of Part 1 of the Criminal Code) for the sharp criticism of Vladimir Putin in early March 2016.