News digest for July 13

Supporters of the organization “Citizens of the USSR” were sentenced to real terms, and a former FBK operator, convicted of tweets about the self-immolation of journalist Irina Slavina, was transferred to a colony in the Tula region. The main news for July 13 is in the OVD-Info digest.

• Supporters of the organization “Citizens of the USSR” were sentenced in the Tula region. For the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization, Vyacheslav Podchufarov and Sergei Vorontsov were given real sentences - three years in prison, and Svetlana Vorontsova - two and a half years probation.
• The prosecution requested four years in prison for Jehovah's Witness from Birobidzhan Natalya Kriger. The believer is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. Her husband was also subject to criminal prosecution due to his religious views.
• The case of Yuri Zhdanov, the father of the former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Ivan Zhdanov, was sent to court. He is accused under articles of forgery and fraud on an especially large scale.
• Former FBK operator Pavel Zelensky, convicted in the case of calls for extremism, was transferred to correctional colony No. 2 in the Tula region. He is currently in quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• According to the law on “foreign agents,” a court in Tolyattifined Project April 300 thousand rubles. This organization is engaged in the prevention of HIV infection and assistance to socially vulnerable groups of the population.
• The sentence to the head of the Circassian organization "Khabze" Martin Kochesokov was upheld. In March, he was sentenced to three years of probation for possession of drugs on a large scale. The activist himself connects the criminal case with his social activities.
• In Chelyabinsk, activists of the Stop GOK movement had their sentences commuted . The leader of the movement, Vasily Moskovets, and activist Gamil Asatullin were each given a one and a half year suspended sentence.
• The Moscow City Court refused to tighten the preventive measure chosen for Irina Ermilova, the aunt of politician Dmitry Gudkov. The woman is charged with causing damage by deception or breach of trust in the case of renting premises from the Moscow Property Department. Now she is under recognizance not to leave.
• Jehovah's Witness from the Khabarovsk Territory, Alexei Ukhov, was released from the pre-trial detention center, where he spent eight and a half months, on his own recognizance. He is accused in a case initiated under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization.
• Lawyer from OVD-Info in St. Petersburg, Elena Fadeeva, achieved the cancellation of the arrest decisions imposed on two participants in the rally in support of Navalny on April 21, and the reduction of the fine for the activist who protested on January 31.
• For an activist from Perm, the decision to fine him was canceled for the second time due to an action of solidarity with residents of the Khabarovsk Territory.
• Another Moscow metro employee, fired because of registration on the “Free Navalny!” website, was reinstated .