News digest for July 8

Because of his appeal to an official, a criminal case was opened against a Kaliningrad resident, and an activist from Kemerovo had his administrative arrest lifted after Putin left the city. We talk about the main news for July 8th.

• The court upheld the sentence of Stanislav Akhmedov, a defendant in the “palace case.” He was sentenced to two years in prison under the article on the use of violence against a representative of government. According to investigators, Akhmedov hit a policeman at least three times at the rally on January 23.
• The Crimean defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, Ismet Ibragimov, had his term in a pre-trial detention center extended until the end of October. He is accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and preparing for a violent seizure of power.
• The searches of Team 29, which took place on June 30, were recognized as legal. The human rights organization itself believes that the pressure from the security forces is related to their advocacy work, including the handling of the case of journalist Ivan Safronov, accused of treason.
• The Sochi prosecutor's office requested 480 hours of compulsory work for the head of the Southern Human Rights Center, Semyon Simonov. The activist is charged with failure to comply with a court decision due to failure to pay a fine imposed for refusal to register the organization as a foreign agent.
• A criminal case was opened against a resident of Kaliningrad because of a video message to the head of the regional Rospotrebnadzor Elena Babura. The police believe that in the video the man insulted and threatened the official because of the decree on anti-coronavirus measures.
• Former coordinator of Navalny's Kemerovo headquarters, Stas Kalinichenko, the decision on administrative punishment was canceled . On July 5, he was sentenced to 10 days of arrest, but today the activist was released. The detention of the oppositionist is associated with the arrival of Vladimir Putin in the city.
• The court recognized as legal the dismissal of Nikita Tushkanov, a teacher from the Komi Republic, who on January 23 went on a one-man picket for freedom of speech.
• Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Alexander Sofeev were arrested again. Alyokhina was sentenced to 15 days under the article of disobedience to a police officer, Sofeev - 12 days under the article of petty hooliganism.
• Victory for the defenders from OVD-Info! Courts in Krasnoyarsk and St. Petersburg terminated administrative cases opened due to the April 21 protest. The lawyers also achieved the reversal of the decisions the courts imposed on two St. Petersburg women because of this rally.