Investigators in St. Petersburg have completed a criminal investigation against 32-year-old chess player Vladimir Abrosimov, suspected of using violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, on June 12, 2017, 32-year-old Abrosimov, while on the Champs de Mars, punched a policeman in the back during an anti-corruption rally.

The Volgograd coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters, Alexei Volkov, was transferred to the status of a suspect in the case of “rehabilitation of Nazism” - according to investigators, he is related to the publication of a picture in which the Motherland monument is stained with brilliant green. This was reported by staff from the headquarters in Volgograd.

The Sovetsky District Court of Kazan sent the head of the department for combating organized crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Naberezhnye Chelny, Danil Zakirov, under house arrest until September 16, reports Realnoe Vremya . He has been charged in connection with an unsolved arson of a law office. On July 18, the same Sovetsky District Court of the city refused to take Zakirov and senior detective Danil Shakirov into custody. The next day, Zakirov was detained again .

On July 12, the North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced residents of Kabardino-Balkaria Beslan Akushev and A. Mollaev, accused of calls for terrorism and extremism. For publishing the video on the social network VKontakte, they received two years in a penal colony, the republic's prosecutor's office reports.

The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow sentenced businessman Nikita Kolesnikov to five years of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 800 thousand rubles for embezzling money during the restoration of cultural heritage sites. this RAPSI reports with reference to the press service of the court. Kolesnikov fully admitted his guilt, so his case was separated into a separate proceeding from the “case of the restorers” and was heard in a special manner.

The bill on instant messengers, adopted in the second reading, envisages court bans on their use. This was reported by vc.ru with reference to the co-author of the amendments, State Duma deputy from A Just Russia Oleg Nikolaev. The deputy explained that such a measure is needed to combat illegal activities through instant messengers and the dissemination of illegal information.

The Investigative Committee interrogated two people from the list compiled by Novaya Gazeta of those persecuted in Chechnya for homosexuality; they are “alive and well” and deny involvement in the LGBT community. this with reference to Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova. reports RIA Novosti “They are alive and well, have nothing to do with homosexuality, have no complaints,” Moskalkova said, referring to the response of the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The case against Dmitry Krepkin, one of the participants in the anti-corruption rally on March 26 in the center of Moscow, was transferred to the Tverskoy District Court, reports . the press service of the Investigative Committee In June, investigators completed the investigation into the criminal case against Krepin.

In the Leningrad region, two police officers were detained on suspicion of beating a detainee, who died in hospital from his injuries. This was reported on the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

A resident of the city of Verkhny Ufaley became a defendant in a criminal case of vandalism (Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) for setting flowers on fire at the Eternal Flame. This was reported on the website of the Chelyabinsk region prosecutor's office. The incident occurred on the evening of July 12 in Victory Square in the city of Verkhny Ufaley.

The European Court of Human Rights found the ban on 24 prisoners from voting in the State Duma elections in 2014 a violation, lawyer Igor Trunov told RIA Novosti. According to him, the ECHR considers the ban on voting a violation of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention (the right to free elections).

President Vladimir Putin promised to pardon former senator from Bashkortostan Igor Izmestyev, sentenced to life imprisonment. this with reference to human rights activist Lyudmila Alekseeva. reports Interfax Speaking via video link at a meeting of the Human Rights Council, Alekseeva noted that on Friday she would make the mother of the convicted Izmestyev happy with this news. “I told the president: “This is not a gift, this is a request. Do a good deed - have mercy on Igor Izmestyev.

The Federal Tax Service filed a civil lawsuit against the founder of the Hermitage Capital fund , William Browder, and his partner Ivan Cherkasov in the case of tax evasion and illegal purchase of Gazprom shares, Browder’s lawyer Alexander Antipov told TASS. Three Moscow tax departments were recognized as victims in this case. According to Antipov, Browder is accused of tax evasion, organizing deliberate bankruptcy and attempted failure to fulfill the duties of a tax agent.

In Khabarovsk, a police officer took away propaganda leaflets from volunteers at the local headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, promising to “distribute them to the people.” This was reported by the Khabarov.today agency. Volunteers handed out leaflets at the propaganda cube on Muravyov-Amursky Street.

The Polevsky Commission for Minors in the Sverdlovsk Region again fined the mother of a minor participant in the March 26 action, Tatyana Lipovets, 10 thousand rubles. Lawyer Elena Makarova, who represents the interests of the family at the initiative of the international human rights group Agora, told Mediazona about this. Earlier, the city court overturned Lipovets' fine. Then the court noted that the commission violated procedural requirements when making its decision.