A new selection of criminal cases for opinions on social networks, searches from Kazan journalists and a claim of Deripaska against Navalny

The pace of initiation of criminal cases for the "fakes" about the Russian army is aging. The number of these cases is approaching a hundred. Not only well -known opposition and civil activists are already becoming their defendants, prisoners and even former pro -government activists have now come into view of the security forces. In addition, this week it became known about the next lawsuit against Alexei Navalny and his team from Oleg Deripaska: the billionaire demanded the Zelenograd court to protect his honor and dignity. Other no less important news about political persecution in Russia for a week is in our selection of Chronicle of current repressions.

"Fake" affairs

A criminal case was opened against the 30-year-old prisoner of one of the colonies of the Penza region (part 1 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), the Penzainform publication was reported in the press service of the regional department of the FSB.

“It was established that the convict, while in the administrative corps of one of the penitentiary institutions of the Penza region, in order to form other convicts in the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and state authorities, publicly distributed obviously false information about the activities of military personnel of the RF Armed Forces in the course of a special military operation in Ukraine,” the press service of the UFSSIA reported, reported by the press service of the UFSS. By adding that investigative actions are ongoing. No other details in the case are reported.

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Another criminal case of “fakes” was opened against an activist from Nizhny Novgorod Alexei Onoshkin, the OVD-Info* reported . On August 16, he had searches, after which he was taken for interrogation in the UK. The Soviet District Court of Nizhny Novgorod arrested the activist until October 10, his lawyers from the human rights project “took” in the Telegram channel wrote .

Defenders believe that the reason for the criminal prosecution of the opposition was his post on the social network about Mariupol in March 2022. Previously, Onoshkin reported on social networks that

After February 24, he spent 10 days in a special reception and was in a psychiatric hospital for 82 days, and also “earned” 79 thousand rubles of fines.

The activist repeatedly faced the persecution. Thus, he was detained on actions in memory of Irina Slavina (the chief of the publication Kozapress came to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Nizhny Novgorod and committed suicide in the most terrible way) in October 2020, for public reading George Orwell in July 2018, for promotions in the defense of the local school in 2013. He also faced the pressure of the authorities in 2012 during opposition protests in connection with the results of parliamentary and presidential elections.

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Another “fake” case appeared in Kerch. His defendant was a local resident of the city Ilya Gantsevsky. According to OVD-Info*, the case was brought up because of the April post on Instagram ( belongs to META, which is recognized as extremist and is banned in the Russian Federation ), in which Gantsevsky condemns the actions of the Russian army.

In April, the young man was already detained because of this post, the security forces forced him to apologize for the camera, the video was then leaked into pro-government publics. The court appointed him 14 days of administrative arrest. After that, the young man removed all the posts. It did not help-the criminal case was nevertheless brought for the distribution of "fakes" about the army, and on August 17, Gantsevsky was sent under house arrest.

The project “Caution, News” said that earlier Gantsevsky participated in the projects of “Young Guard”, “United Russia” and the LDPR. However, after the start of the “Special Military Operation”, he began to actively write on social networks about events in Ukraine, where he had friends and acquaintances.

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The deputy of the city council of Novosibirsk Helga Pirogov, who left Russia after the initiation of a “fake” case, was announced on the Interstate wanted list in the CIS, Kommersant said with reference to the representative of the Prosecutor's Office of the Novosibirsk Region. The department noted that the investigation considers the issue of retraining of the criminal case of Pirogova.

Earlier it became known that on August 16, the security forces conducted searches for four addresses related to Pirogova and her relatives. Electronic equipment and phones were seized from her husband and brother.

On July 22, the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, made the order to check on the distribution of "fakes" about the Russian army Twit Pirogova. Literally 40 minutes after the order of the head of the SK, the criminal case was opened under the relevant article (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Three days later, Pirogova left Russia, and in early August the Ministry of Internal Affairs put her on the wanted list.

Searches and interrogations of Kazan journalists

On August 17, there were massive searches from seven journalists in Kazan, who at different times collaborated with the Russian branch of Radio Liberty **. They seized equipment and paper documents, and then they took for interrogation. Investigative actions took place as part of the investigation of the criminal case on the justification of terrorism. Among the detainees were the sociologist Iskander Yasaveev, who had previously entered the action. The searches also took place with the Columonists “IDEL. Reali” ** Marina Yudkevich, an unnamed employee of the Tatpolit portal published by Azatlyk Radios (the Tatar version of the website “Idel.reali” **), and four more journalists working with Radio Liberty ** on freelance. One of them, in addition, claims Tatar-Inform, collaborates with the New Gazeta. Europe".

After the searches, journalists were questioned by investigators of the Tatarstan Directorate of the Investigative Committee, as well as employees of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the media, bank cards, foreign currency and symbols “with frankly anti -Russian slogans” were found from journalists during searches. At the same time, journalists are allegedly also checked "for involvement in the publications of fakes, common both in the media and social networks, on the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine."

The criminal case was instituted under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism committed using the Internet). One of the decisions on the search says that “unidentified journalists” published a YouTube video, which contains “statements aimed at justifying the action related to violence” (we are talking about a video of an attack on the Russian Ambassador in Poland in May 2022). The investigation believes that Kazan journalists may have “objects” that are relevant for the investigation of the case. After interrogations, all journalists were released in the status of witnesses.

Chat

The Investigative Committee completed the investigation of the case against 11 participants in the Telegram channel “What to do!”, Said the head of the Agora Pavel Chikov.

The initiation of the criminal case against the participants in this chat for calls for the riots (part 1.1 of article 212 of the Criminal Code) became known at the end of September 2021 (the new one wrote more about this case No. 110 of October 1, 2021). According to investigators, recordings with calls to protest were posted in the Telegram channel. The defendants of the case are charged with that they planned to “psychologically influence” the audience and “ideologically process” it on voting days so that people reached an inconsistent campaign. At the end of July of this year, the charges were pricked and an article was added about the initiation of hatred (paragraph “c” of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code).

Sk believes that “a group of persons containing at least 11 participants of 7 subjects of Russia created a network of Telegram channels aimed at organizing riots in the Russian Federation during the days of a single vote from September 17 to September 19, 2021.”

11 defendants in the case: Dmitry Chebanov (author of the Telegram channel “What to do!”), Igor Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav Abramov, Dmitry Lamanov, Igor Nagibin, Alexey Kurlov, Ildar Sadriev, Zhanna Chernova, Nikita Khreshchuk, Alexey Yanochkin and Maria Platonova. All of them are in jail, except Platonova - she was placed under house arrest.

On August 10, the court extended the girl a preventive measure. The next day, the guard was extended to Chebanov, Lamanov, Nagibin, Kurlov and Sadriev.

Searches for Antif

On August 18, in the Kaluga region, the FSB officers came up with the searches for the anti -fascists Andrei Polyakov and Artem Vostrov. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the Antifa.ru project with reference to sources and OVD-info*.

According to human rights defenders, Vostrov is charged with an article on the justification of terrorism. He was detained by the FSB officers at the station in Obninsk, and then carried out investigative actions in his house in Borovsk. He seized his phone and laptop. In June, the investigator called an anti -fascist for interrogation, after which he specified that the activist was going on in the case as a witness.

The search of the house at Polyakov was the second for him. The first, told the OVD-Info* the acquaintance and ally of the anti-fascist, was held in March and was associated with a criminal case on the organization of an extremist community (282.1 of the Criminal Code).

Polyakov’s friend told human rights activists that the texts of the punk group Antisocial Distancing were the reason for the initiation of the case.

On March 14, with searches, at least six activists familiar with the musicians of the group came; Some of them, including the Poles, reported threats during investigative actions.

Later, close detainees said that we can talk about suspicions not only on an “extremist” article, but also in the case of the assistance of terrorist activities (part 1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). “Antifa.ru” writes that the reason for him was the distribution of materials about the 17-year-old student Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who in 2018 blew himself up at the building of the Archangel Department of the FSB.

Deripaska against Navalny

A billionaire Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit against Alexei Navalny, George Alburov, Maria singers, as well as The Insider **, Newlines and Associated Newspapers Limited publications. This was reported on Twitter Navalny. According to the politician, the reason for the lawsuit was the video of the team of Navalny “Yacht, bribes and a lover. What is the Minister of Lavrov hiding. "

The statement of claim was filed in the Zelenograd court of Moscow. According to the Telegram channel “Judicial Sneakers”, the case card appeared in the official base of Moscow courts, but after some time it was deleted. The press service of the Novice Court confirmed the fact of receipt of the claim, noting that there are no requirements of monetary compensation-only the requirements of the penalty for each day of non-compliance with the court decision are stated, if it is accepted in favor of the plaintiff. The beginning of preparation for trial was scheduled for August 22.

Also on August 15, Navalny said that he was sent to a schizo for three days after the creation of the industrial zone union. In June, politics was transferred to Vladimir IK-6. This happened after the Lefortovo Court of Moscow at an exit meeting in the Pokrovskaya IK-2 appointed a policy of 9 years of a strict colony in the fraud case in the collection of donations and disrespect for the court when considering another criminal case-the slander of the veteran of Ignat Artemenko.

* Included by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the register of unregistered movements performing the function of a foreign agent.

** introduced by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the register of media that perform the function of a foreign agent.