News digest for June 21

A new criminal case in connection with rallies in support of Furgal, a verdict for a video on TikTok about the rallies on January 23 and the disappearance of an Irkutsk activist from a pre-trial detention center - read about the main thing for June 21 in the OVD-Info digest.

• In Khabarovsk, another criminal case was opened in the wake of protests in support of the ex-governor of the region Sergei Furgal. On June 19, police detained local resident Elmira Kyalunziga, saying that she hit a riot policeman at a rally on October 10, 2020. The girl's apartment was searched. Security forces seized clothes from the house that they believe Kyalunziga wore to the protest in 2020, and a bag. At the moment, the person involved in the case is at large.
• In the Primorsky Territory, a resident of the village of Novopokrovka, Vasily Oleinik, was sentenced to two years in a penal colony because of a TikTok video about the January 23 protests. The person involved in the “palace case” was found guilty under the article on calls for extremism. According to investigators, Oleinik published a video calling for violent actions against security forces and members of their families.
• In Novokuznetsk, police detained civil activist Igor Gorlanov, who was standing with a poster “Putin, free Navalny!” The detainee was taken to the department, a report was drawn up and released.
• In Orenburg, the courtdismissed the administrative case under the article on fakes against blogger Sergei Dobryshkin, which was initiated because of a video about the shaman Alexander Gabyshev. In the video, the blogger talked about the arrest of the shaman and his placement in a mental hospital.
• In the Stavropol Territory, a court sentenced Zaurbek Dzaurov, a defendant in the “Ingush case,” to two years in prison. According to the prosecution, Dzaurov broke the nose and leg of a National Guard member at a rally on March 27, 2019 in Magas.
• In Moscow, police detained environmental activists protesting against the demolition of a house and the construction of a park in the Kuntsevo district. The detainees tried to prevent builders from carrying out demolition work. One of the activists was released from the department without a protocol, the other was left in the police department for 48 hours.
• In Barnaul, a courtfined Maria Ponomarenko, a journalist for the YouTube channel RusNews, 75 thousand rubles because of two Instagram stories about a rally in support of Alexei Navalny.
• Activist Dmitry Nadein, who is accused of justifying terrorism due to statements about an explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate, was secretly transported from the Irkutsk pre-trial detention center. The investigator went on vacation and could not explain to the lawyer where the prisoner had disappeared.