Environmentalist Evgeniy Vitishko, convicted in the case of damaging the fence around Tkachev’s dacha, is being prepared to be transferred from a penal colony to a general regime colony. this to the Caucasian Knot reported The coordinator of the “Ecological Watch in the North Caucasus” Andrei Rudomakha . The lawyer does not know the reason for Vitishko’s transfer to another colony.

The Kuntsevsky Court of Moscow did not satisfy the investigation's request to arrest political activist and blogger Pavel Shekhtman. this to Russian Planet reported Lawyer Ekaterina Goryaynova . According to her, a criminal case has been opened against Shekhtman for participation in an extremist community (clause “a” of part 2 of article 282). According to the defense lawyer, the reason for initiating the case was Shekhtman’s publication on one of the social networks, posted on August 15.

Oppositionist Sergei Mokhnatkin, detained in December 2013 during the “Strategy-31” action and accused of beating police officers, has been released. this to Open Russia . reported Lawyer Ksenia Kostromina, who met Mokhnatkin today, About three weeks ago, Mokhnatkin was sent for an inpatient psychiatric examination at the Serbsky Center for Social and Forensic Psychiatry, at which time the oppositionist announced the start of a hunger strike.

In the Oryol region, the Mtsensk district court sentenced former riot police officer from Moscow Igor Tarasov, who drunkenly beat and insulted a transport police officer in Mtsensk. Tarasov was sentenced to a fine of 35 thousand rubles. Previously, it was Igor Tarasov who acted in court in the “Bolotnaya case” as a victim of the actions of Alexei Polikhovich and Elena Kokhtareva.

Igor Tarasov in the Moscow City Court in September 2013. Photo: Alexander Baroshin In the Oryol region, the Mtsensky District Court sentenced the former OMON employee from Moscow Igor Tarasov, who beat and insulted the transport police officer in Mtsensk drunk. Tarasov was sentenced to a fine of 35 thousand rubles. Earlier, it was Igor Tarasov in a court in the “Swamp case” who acted as a victim from the actions of Alexei Polikhovich and Elena Kokhtareva.

Gazeta.ru A case has been opened regarding an attack on the Chairman of the Sami Parliament of the Kola Peninsula, Valentina Sovkina, lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov told . On the day she was attacked, Sovkina was supposed to fly to an international UN conference dedicated to the problems of indigenous peoples. On September 19, Sovkina was heading to the Norwegian city of Kirkenes to fly from there to New York.

In Moscow, civil activist Pavel Shekhtman was detained for publishing on social networks, the detainee himself told Kasparov.ru. According to the activist, he is currently in the Krylatsky temporary detention center. The activist did not specify what exactly he was charged with. The information about the detention of the activist was confirmed to Mediazona by lawyer Farit Murtazin. According to him, the Kuntsevsky Court of Moscow will choose a preventive measure for Shekhtman today.

The action in honor of the referendum on the accession of Crimea to Russia. Simferopol, March 15, 2014. Photo: Yuri Kochetkov / TASS The Crimean Terrorists case is far from the only story of the persecution of pro -Ukrainian activists in Crimea. Mediazona found out what is happening on the peninsula with political and civil activists, and how the situation with the rights of gay activists and drug addicts after the attachment of the peninsula to the Russian Federation changed.

Former senior sergeant of the Saratov police Ruslan Medzhidov, accused of raping a detained woman, was sentenced to 7 years in prison. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. In February of this year, a 26-year-old resident of Saratov, along with two friends, was taken to the police after they had a conflict with security guards at a nightclub.

The Investigative Committee did not find confirmation of the information that the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, accused of creating a “terrorist community,” was beaten after being detained in Crimea. The lawyer of the accused, Dmitry Dinze, told Mediazona about this. “The Investigative Committee refused to initiate a criminal case into the beating of Sentsov by FSB officers in Crimea.

Residents of the Nogai region of Dagestan held a protest in the village of Terekli-Mekteb, demanding the detention of the police officers responsible for the murder of local resident Eradil Asanov. According to the Caucasian Knot, on the evening of October 7, about 500 people gathered in front of the police building. On Wednesday, September 8, mass protests continued.