News digest for September 22

Another verdict in the “palace case”, the forced departure of an activist from Russia and the extension of the arrest of participants in a gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz. We talk about the main things for September 22.

• The court in Pervouralsk imposed a year of restriction of freedom on the defendant in the “palace case” Nikita Khaitov. He was found guilty of inciting mass riots due to the publication of information about rallies in support of Alexei Navalny. The interests of the accused were represented in court by lawyer Fedor Akchermyshev, who collaborates with OVD-Info.
• Former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's Chelyabinsk headquarters Maxim Lapin left Russia due to political pressure. In June, he and other local activists were summoned to the Investigative Committee “in connection with materials on signs of extremism.”
• The defendants in the case of a gathering against self-isolation in Vladikavkaz, Vadim Cheldiev, Ramis Chirkinov and Arsen Besolov, had their stay in pre-trial detention center extended for six months. All three are accused of organizing mass riots. Cheldiyev is also charged with three more articles: using violence against a security officer, calling for extremist activity, and disseminating deliberately false information.
• Irkutsk civil activist Dmitry Nadein was transported from Khabarovsk back to his hometown and placed in a regional psychiatric hospital. He was prescribed compulsory treatment as part of a case under the article on justification of terrorism, initiated due to a statement about an explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate.
• Anton Fedotov, the author of the telegram channel “Protest Novosibirsk,” was released from the temporary detention facility. He was ordered to prohibit certain actions in the case of calls for mass riots. Fedotov was subjected to criminal prosecution due to reposting publications of the telegram channel “What-to-Delat!”
• The case of Jehovah's Witnesses from the Ivanovo region Elena and Dmitry Mikhailov, Alexey Arkhipov, Svetlana Ryzhkova and Svetlana Shishina was returned to the prosecutor's office for further processing. The believers are accused of organizing, participating in, and financing the activities of an extremist organization.
• The court refused to return Khabarovsk artist Maxim Smolnikov (Xadad) to the pre-trial detention center, despite a request from the prosecutor's office. The young man is accused of justifying terrorism due to a comment on VKontakte.
• Omsk deputy Dmitry Petrenkowas arrested for 10 days under the article of disobedience to the demands of a police officer. A report was drawn up against the man because he refused to stop filming at a polling station when he suspected violations in the work of the commission.