The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Alexei Kungurov, a member of the January 25 Committee, a Stalinist blogger from Tyumen, as a political prisoner. On June 16, Kungurov was taken into custody. Previously, a criminal case was opened against him under Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public justification of terrorism) for a post on LiveJournal. “The political motive for the persecution of Kungurov is actually directly indicated in the decision to charge him as an accused.

The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized the founder of the group “For a Fighting Ukraine!” as a political prisoner. For a free Urals! on the VKontakte social network of Alexey Moroshkin, who in November 2015 was found guilty by the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk of calling for separatism (Part 2 of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code). The court decided to apply compulsory medical measures to Moroshkin in the form of inpatient treatment in a mental hospital.

In the Dagestan village of Miskindzha, Dokuzparinsky district, security forces killed an alleged member of the bandit underground, Admir Talibov, who may be involved in undermining a traffic police post in the Derbent region, RBC reports , citing a message from the National Anti-Terrorism Committee. The special forces offered Talibov to surrender, his relatives asked for the same, but the young man opened fire in the direction of the security forces. After this he was killed.

The Adler City Court has begun a new trial of the criminal case of Sochi builder Mardiros Demerchyan, who is accused of false denunciation (Article 306 of the Criminal Code) and cable theft (Article 158 of the Criminal Code), reports the Public Verdict Foundation.

The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan banned the activities of the Regional Public Organization “Heritage of Ancestors,” according to the website of the Prosecutor General’s Office. Thus, the judges satisfied the administrative claim of the supervisory agency.

Civil activist Daria Polyudova, serving a two-year sentence in a case of calls for extremism and separatism, applied to the Novorossiysk court for parole. this with reference to the mother of the convicted activist Tatyana Polyudova. reports Interfax “Dasha submitted documents for parole to the Leninsky District Court of Novorossiysk. The first court hearing may be scheduled for approximately the end of July,” said the activist’s mother.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Samara arrested in absentia the leader of the Volya political party, Svetlana Peunova, who is wanted on suspicion of fraud. this TASS reports with reference to the press service of the court. “The court decided to arrest Svetlana Peunova in absentia for a period of two months. The decision was made in the absence of the suspect, who is currently wanted,” said the press service of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Samara.

Police officers detained a resident of the city of Ozyory, Moscow Region, suspected of beating a doctor at one of the city’s hospitals, TASS reports citing a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region. “An investigation into the fact of causing bodily harm is being carried out, and the issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided,” said a representative of the department.

In Kaluga, a criminal case is being investigated against a 43-year-old cyclist for violating safety rules on a bicycle, which through negligence resulted in the infliction of grievous harm to human health (Part 1 of Article 268 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kaluga Region. The incident occurred in August 2015.

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg partially satisfied the claim of local resident Alexei Sukhov, who was beaten by police, against the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for compensation for moral damage, reports the Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Judge Anna Vaulina awarded the Orenburg resident 130 thousand rubles. Sukhov himself demanded two million rubles as compensation.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan ordered the Ministry of Finance to pay half a million rubles to Kazakh citizen Sumbat Oganov for illegal prosecution. The victim’s lawyer, Raushaniya Kamalova, who collaborates with the human rights organization “Zona Prava,” reported this to Mediazona. In December 2005, the city court in Naberezhnye Chelny found Oganov guilty of smuggling and drug trafficking, sentencing him to 15 years in a maximum security colony.

The Rostov regional court sentenced Nikolai Kuzmenko, a pathologist from Bataysk, finding him guilty of murdering two people with a firearm and an improvised explosive device disguised as a book. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to a court representative. “The court sentenced Kuzmenko to 23 years in a maximum security penal colony and a fine of 50 thousand rubles,” the agency’s interlocutor said. Earlier, the jury unanimously returned a guilty verdict to pathologist Kuzmenko.

A criminal investigation has been completed against a 60-year-old resident of Volgograd, previously convicted of indecent assault against minors. Now he is accused of sexual assault against two schoolgirls (Part 5 of Article 132 of the Criminal Code), according to the website of the Investigative Committee for the Volgograd Region. The incidents occurred in June and October 2015.

In St. Petersburg, the magistrate of court district No. 86, Veronika Rodionova, fined digger Andrei Pyzh four thousand rubles for breaking into a facility leased by the state corporation Rosatom. The digger’s lawyer, Vitaly Cherkasov, told Mediazona about this. Pyzh was found guilty of unauthorized entry into a duly protected facility (Part 1 of Article 20.17 of the Administrative Code). The lawyer announced his intention to appeal the judge's ruling, which he considers illegal and unfounded.

The Investigative Committee has completed a criminal investigation against six citizens of Tajikistan, who are accused of creating a gang (parts 1 and 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code), intentionally causing grievous bodily harm resulting in the death of the victim (part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code), and eight robberies (part 4 Article 162 of the Criminal Code).