The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow arrested RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov, editor-in-chief of the banned newspapers “Duel” and “To the Barrier!” Yuri Mukhin and the latter’s associate Valery Parfenov on charges of participating in a banned organization that advocated holding a referendum.

The court took into custody two employees of correctional colony No. 13, located in the city of Engels in the Saratov region, the Investigative Committee for the region reports . According to the judge, those involved in the criminal case regarding the death of a prisoner may escape, put pressure on witnesses or interfere with the investigation.

The Ministry of Justice has included the National Endowment for Democracy on its registry of “undesirable organizations.” This non-governmental organization became the first on the list of “undesirables”. The fund was included in the list based on the decision of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

In Simferopol, a regular author of the Forum.msk portal and the editor-in-chief of the banned newspapers Duel and To the Barrier! Yuri Mukhin, Forum.msk reports . The publication clarifies that Mukhin is being transferred to Moscow; he has been charged with creating an extremist community.

The Sverdlovsk court of Kostroma sent the head of the local headquarters of RPR-Parnas, Andrei Pivovarov, to a pre-trial detention center for two months, Ilya Yashin tweets . The court also recognized the activist’s detention as legal; Pivovarov’s lawyers insisted on the opposite.

Activist Evgeny Zuev became a suspect in a criminal case of insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code), reports OVD-Info. Currently, the activist is on the territory of Ukraine. He was informed about the initiation of the case by his mother, who received a notification.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested the head of the Kizlyar region of Dagestan, Andrei Vinogradov, suspected of financing terrorism and murder, TASS reports . The judge said that information about Vinogradov’s personality indicates his ability to hide from the investigation or put pressure on witnesses. Vinogradov denied his guilt at the meeting. “I have nothing to do with terrorist militants or Wahhabis. I am a patriot of my country,” TASS quotes him.

At a meeting to select a preventive measure for the head of the Kostroma election headquarters of RPR-Parnas Andrei Pivovarov, the investigator asked to take the activist into custody, Polina Nemirovskaya, a volunteer of the RPR-Parnas headquarters, tweeted.

Lawyer Andrei Krekov from Arkhangelsk went on a hunger strike as a sign of disagreement with the sentence handed down to him on charges of biting a policeman, his wife, Victoria Krekova, told Mediazona, citing a lawyer. Krekov started his hunger strike two days ago, on July 27. A week ago, on July 22, the court sentenced 34-year-old Krekov, accused under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (violence against a government official), to two years and eight months in a general regime colony.

FBK employee and candidate for elections to the Magadan Region Duma Georgy Alburov tweeted that the local headquarters of RPR-Parnas is being checked by the prosecutor's office.

The Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma sent police captain Alexei Nikanorov, who was detained along with the head of the Kostroma headquarters of RPR-Parnas Andrei Pivovarov, to a pre-trial detention center for two months, candidate for elections to the local regional Duma Ilya Yashin tweets. Captain Nikanorov admitted guilt of abuse of power and asked not to arrest him. But the court sent him to a pre-trial detention center.

The Investigative Committee is conducting a pre-investigation check on allegations of non-payment of remuneration for collecting voter signatures by the Novosibirsk branch of RPR-Parnas and falsification of signature sheets. Citizen Nikiforov reported non-payment of remuneration. According to his application, the investigation is carried out under Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud).

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee brought charges of embezzlement on an especially large scale (part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code) against the former head of the state corporation Rusnano, Leonid Melamed, and the financial director of the corporation, Svyatoslav Ponurov. The agency reports that investigators have established the role of all the accused and their accomplices in the commission of the crime.

The court sentenced Magomed Magomedov, deputy of the People's Assembly of Dagestan, to 16 years in a maximum security colony in the case of an operational criminal group engaged in fraud and extortion.

In the Chelyabinsk region, a policeman driving a VAZ-21083 car got into an accident on the highway “Tsentralny village - Kartaly city,” reports . the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs According to preliminary information, the driver lost control and the car overturned into a ditch. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the policeman who was driving was drunk. As a result of the accident, another police officer sitting in the passenger seat was killed.