The European Court of Human Rights will consider the complaint of Nizhny Novgorod resident Yuri Benediktovich, who was beaten by the police in 2010 - he was required to confess to arson and extortion. When Benediktovich complained about the actions of the police, they took him into the forest and promised to shoot him, and then broke his leg.

Members of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights Sergei Krivenko and Ella Polyakova asked the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation to check information about the death of nine contract soldiers of the 18th motorized rifle brigade (military unit 27777), reports the portal Civitas.ru. Human rights activists received information about the death military personnel on August 9 and 11.

The Supreme Court (SC) of the Russian Federation on Tuesday refused to satisfy the complaint of the head of the Social Request Foundation, Maria Gaidar, against the refusal to register as a candidate for deputy in the Moscow City Duma elections, RAPSI reports. The Election Commission refused to register Gaidar, rejecting more than 22% of the collected voter signatures, which exceeds the permissible minimum twice.

Tyumen district police officer Dmitry Bobrovsky will stand trial for purchasing a synthetic drug known as “spice.” According to the Leninsky District Prosecutor's Office, a 28-year-old police officer bought drugs from a drug dealer-lawyer. We are talking about 1.5 grams of the drug, which is classified as a large amount. Bobrovsky bought spice from a lawyer for 300 rubles after meeting him in a garage cooperative on 30 Let Pobeda Street.

The Supreme Court upheld the verdict against the former head of the Baikal city police department of the Slyudyansky Department of Internal Affairs of the Irkutsk Region, Valery Karabanov, who was sentenced to 17 years for murder for hire. Those who ordered the crime - former mayor of the Slyudyansky district Vasily Saikov and his first deputy Khasan Ramazanov - received 12 and 9 years in prison, respectively.

The Kostroma Regional Court rejected the appeal of the prosecutor's office and decided to release convicted Vladimir Topekhin from custody, his lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina told Mediazona. “I am now urgently leaving for the colony. Today he should be released and transported to Moscow. After his release, Vladimir Topekhin will be undergo treatment in a specialized clinic for spinal patients,” said Sidorkina.