News digest for July 16

Pressure on opposition candidates, blocking of the “Team 29” website and the release of a defendant in the “Ingush case.” We talk about the main news for July 16th.

• Zaurbek Dzaurov, sentenced to two years in prison in the “Ingush case,” was released . Previously, he was found guilty of using violence against a National Guard member at a rally on March 27, 2019 in Magas.
• Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the human rights project “Team 29”. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, materials from “undesirable organizations” were distributed on the resource.
• The court approved the verdict of Ivan Kholod, a defendant in the “palace case” from Bryansk. In May, he was found guilty of using violence against a government official at a rally on January 23 and was fined 160 thousand rubles.
• Listeners in the trial in the case of the ex-coordinator of Navalny's Khabarovsk headquarters, Alexei Vorsin,are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The activist is accused of repeatedly violating the procedure for holding protests.
• Rustem Seitkhalilov, a defendant in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, spoke about deteriorating health and mass morbidity in the pre-trial detention center where he is being held. The man is charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparation for a violent overthrow of the government.
• The courtsentenced Jehovah's Witnesses from the Sverdlovsk region. Alexander Pryanikov, Venera and Daria Dulov were given suspended sentences under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization.
• The Ministry of Justice published information about the reasons for recognizing the Institute of Law and Public Policy as a foreign agent. According to officials, the organization received funding from abroad and was engaged in disseminating “opinions about the decisions made by government bodies and the policies they pursue.”
• The court is delaying the appeal against the arrest of Pussy Riot member Anna Kuzminykh. Previously, the activist complained about health problems and the fact that she was not given the necessary medications in the special detention center.

Pressure on opposition candidates in connection with the elections:

• The Lipetsk Election Commission refused to register activist Dmitry Krasichkov, who was planning to run for the city council, due to an inaccurate date in the documents. From the beginning of the campaign, he was put under pressure: a criminal case was opened and he was detained while submitting signatures.
• The former coordinator of Navalny’s Saratov headquarters, Dmitry Tsibirev, was not allowed to open an election account due to involvement in the activities of an “extremist organization.” He planned to participate in the city Duma elections.
• The National Bolshevik Party “The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov” was denied registration. The decision was motivated by improper registration of the charter and the fact that several delegates of the congress did not indicate the party’s tax identification number in their documents.
• The investigation twice did not allow the notary to see St. Petersburg politician Maxim Reznik, who is under house arrest. So they are trying to prevent him from running for the city legislative assembly.