The Investigative Committee has charged Valery Kostenko, a volunteer of Kirill Goncharov, a candidate for Moscow City Duma deputy from the Yabloko party, with participation in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of Yabloko. “Reports that appeared in the media that Kostenok allegedly admitted guilt in participating in mass riots are not true.

In the Leningrad region, parents filed a complaint against a priest who rudely baptized their child, as a result of which he received abrasions and bruises, a source in the security forces told Interfax. about the statement . writes Fontanka also “The child has scratches on his neck and shoulder, he is now terrified of everything, he is hysterical,” the child’s mother, Anastasia, told the publication.

The Investigative Committee announced that director Dmitry Vasilyev, a suspect in the “mass riots” case, has been discharged from the hospital, according to the department’s website. On August 10, after his arrest, he was admitted to intensive care due to elevated blood sugar levels. The investigation asked for Vasiliev's arrest, but the court today refused to consider the request without the suspect himself.

Unknown people stuck a leaflet about protests with the words “morons” on the car of OVD-Info lawyer Anastasia Samorukova and dented the car. Samorukova herself told Mediazona about this. The leaflet reads: “Morons! When you go to a protest rally, do not bring your children with you. One hit to the head with a baton and they will become morons like you!” Samorukova added that such leaflets were on 9-10 other cars in the yard of her house.

Roskomnadzor demanded that Google ban advertising on YouTube “unauthorized (illegal) mass events,” according to the agency’s website. “A number of structures with YouTube channels purchase advertising tools from YouTube (such as “ push notifications”) in order to disseminate information about unauthorized (illegal) mass events, including those aimed at disrupting federal and regional elections,” it says in the message.

Security forces came to search the home of Valery Kostenko, a volunteer of Kirill Goncharov, candidate for Moscow City Duma deputy from the Yabloko party. this He announced on Facebook. Goncharov writes that the search is related to the case of “mass riots.” “As Kostenok said, 8 people rang the doorbell of the apartment where he lives and introduced themselves as the Investigative Committee.

On Sakharov Avenue, a 50,000-strong rally of solidarity was held with unregistered independent candidates in the Moscow City Duma and the defendants in Moskovsky. The action was agreed with the city mayor, but ended habitually - detention.