Independent candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma are going to submit a notice to the mayor's office about a rally on August 10, Gennady Gudkov told RBC. This information was confirmed by Alexei Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh. Lyubov Sobol, who is running in the 43rd District, will be a co-sponsor for the event, Yarmysh said. Later, Sobol clarified on Facebook that she does not plan to submit an application; another unregistered candidate, Elena Rusakova, will submit it.

On Nikolskaya Street in the center of Moscow, a picketer and a young man who was distributing leaflets were detained, reports . OVD-Info The detainee's name is Ekaterina Zakharova, the young man is a minor. Zakharova stood with a poster “Leave the baton, take off the helmet, we are one people,” and a young man nearby was handing out leaflets to passers-by. They were taken to the Kitay-gorod police station. According to her, they are trying to take away Zakharova’s passport.

The police asked Moscow residents to “refrain” from participating in the action on August 3 and warned about its illegality, according to a message on the department’s website. The Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that calls for participation in the rally appeared on the Internet, but there were no notifications about its approval. “We warn you that the event is illegal. We invite Muscovites and guests of the capital to refrain from participating in it.

Protesters at the building of the Moscow City Hall. Photo: Peter Kassin / Kommersant The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of a rally in support of independent candidates for the Moscow City Duma under the article “Mass riots” (212 of the Criminal Code). The Mediazone recalls how the election campaign, which ended with the predictable intervention of the security forces, began and developed.

The Kolomna City Court of the Moscow Region released from house arrest local activist Vyacheslav Egorov, accused of repeated violations at mass events (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). about this on Facebook . wrote Maria Eismont, a lawyer defending an activist who led protests against the Volovichi landfill, For once we can drink coffee with Slava in the center of Kolomna. house arrest - fse.

The police fined two residents of Yekaterinburg who, out of curiosity, placed a dummy bomb along the route of President Vladimir Putin's motorcade, reports Znak.com , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. The two men were accused of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code) and fined one thousand rubles. “The ‘heroes’ said during interrogation that they wanted to check how quickly the security forces would react,” told the publication.

The police drew up a report against libertarian Mikhail Svetov, who was detained after negotiations with the Moscow mayor's office, for participating in a rally in support of independent candidates for the Moscow City Duma on July 16. This is reported by “Apology of Protest”. The protocol says that Svetov stood on Trubnaya Square and chanted “We are the power here,” “This is our city,” and other slogans.

The ex-chairman of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma, Mikhail Borovitsky, was fined 20 thousand rubles for organizing holidays for officials using budget money, reports 76.ru. He appealed this decision, but the regional court upheld the fine. The control and audit inspection drew up a protocol against Borovitsky for misuse of budget funds (Article 15.14 of the Administrative Code) back in April.

Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS ​ The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the riots (parts 1, 2, 3 of the Criminal Code) after the action on July 27 for the admission of independent candidates to the Moscow City Duma, according to the website of the Office of the IC in Moscow.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin appreciated the action on July 27 as “mass riots”. He spoke about this by TVC. “I evaluate as mass riots, pre -planned and well prepared. There were no applications for the agreed action, ”the official said. According to Sobyanin, the protesters “moved to active actions: attempts to block roads, blocking streets, attacking police officers.” “They simply forced the police to use force, which in this situation was completely adequate,” the mayor complained.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Alexander Cherkasov, chairman of the board of the Memorial human rights center, 10 thousand rubles, according to the organization’s website. later Human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina was fined 150 thousand rubles.

Prosecutor David Aliyev requested nine years of a general regime colony for Dmitry Strelkov, accused of creating a Perm Nazi team and arson of the United Russia office. This was reported by Strelkov himself about this Mediazone. The state prosecution requested the expected participants of the “team” to Alexander Ankudinov 4 years 2 months of the colony, Nikita Yushkov - three years conditionally, and Anton Zyryanova - four and a half years of a maximum security colony.

In Novosibirsk, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the United Russia office on Aksenov Street, told the NGS. Olga Grebenkina, assistant to Novosibirsk City Council deputy Evgeniy Panferov, According to her, on the night of July 29, someone broke the office window and threw a Molotov cocktail through it into the corridor. A fire started in the building and the alarm went off.

Lawyer Alexander Fedulov said that employees of the Penza department of the FSB forced the district police officer to write a negative reference about his client Vasily Kuksov, accused in the case of the “terrorist community “Network”,” reports “ 7x7 ”. The lawyer contacted the personal security department of the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs because of this document.

Libertarian Mikhail Svetov was detained after negotiations with the Moscow mayor's office about the action on August 3. This was reported by the press secretary of the Moscow branch of the Libertarian Party, Alexander Good. According to the chairman of the federal committee of the party, Sergei Boyko, “the police told Misha that an investigation was being carried out against him.” Boyko did not provide other details.