News digest for August 20

Another verdict in a “sanitary case”, an addition to the register of foreign agents and a visit by security forces to a mosque in the Moscow region. We tell you the main news for August 20.

• The ex-coordinator of Navalny's Moscow headquarters, Oleg Stepanov, was found guilty of inciting violations of sanitary and epidemiological rules. He was sentenced to a year of restriction of freedom.
• Police came to the Moscow mosque after Friday prayers. Several people told OVD-Info that security forces did not allow believers to leave the building, demanding money from them to leave.
• The TV channel Dozhd and the publication Important Stories were added to the register of media outlets acting as foreign agents. In addition, seven more people were on the list of foreign agents.
• A criminal case was opened against Kaliningrad resident Vadim Khairullin under the “Dada” article. As a preventive measure, the activist was given a written undertaking not to leave the place.
• Rosderzhava journalist Yan Katelevsky's arrest was extended for two months. He is accused of extortion, insulting an official and damaging property for hooligan reasons. Katelevsky is sure that a criminal case was opened against him because of his professional activities.
• In Sochi, searches were carried out in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses. Believers Danil Suvorov was sent to a pre-trial detention center - he is charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organization.
• The defendants in the third Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case—Osman and Seytumer Seytumerov and Rustem Seytmemetov—had their detention period extended . They are accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization.
• A criminal case was opened against a resident of Adygea - he allegedly supported the AUE movement. Because of this, he is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization.
• A 34-year-old Tyumen resident is also charged with an “extremist” article. According to investigators, the man left comments on social networks in which he called for violent actions against security forces.
• Roskomnadzor demanded that the Navalny application be removed from the Google Play service. On August 19, the department sent a similar request to Apple. In addition, Roskomnadzor previously ordered Google to remove 12 YouTube videos that contained information about rallies in support of Navalny. The court recognized this requirement as legal, despite the fact that initially they planned to block not videos on YouTube, but one TikTok on the topic of protests.