Konstantin Kotov. Photo: Adik Zubcik / Facebook On Wednesday, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow will choose a preventive measure for 34-year-old Konstantin Kotov, a programmer who became accused under a rare article about repeated violations at rallies (212.1 of the Criminal Code). “Mediazona” tells the story of the biography of a man who was unlucky enough to become interested in political activism during a period of widespread persecution of participants in any unauthorized events.

The Moscow City Court ordered the district election commission to register the former head of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma, told Interfax. court spokeswoman Ulyana Solopova “The court’s decision is implemented immediately,” she added. On July 16, the election commission refused to register him, citing a high percentage of defects in the signature sheets.

The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that they are trying to discredit the activities of her department for money. Her words are reported by RBC. Pamfilova noted that the Central Election Commission “has already been accused of all sins and will continue to be accused.” She believes that unnamed ill-wishers are doing this for money: “I know what money was spent and who was paid how much. [I'm] not afraid, let them search.

The prosecutor's office has threatened criminal and administrative liability against the organizers and participants of the music festival "Nashiestvie" near the Shies station, where they plan to build a landfill, according to the department's website.

Roskomnadzor demanded to block the Instagram account of the Libertarian Mikhail Svetov, who was arrested after negotiations with officials of the Moscow City Hall about the action in support of unregistered candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma. Screenshot from a single register of prohibited information The department’s website states that the decision was made on August 12. At the same time, the oppositionist account has not been photos since December 2016.

Employees of Vyatka State University, during a study of literature confiscated from followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, found signs of extremism in a paragraph with the phrase “The righteous will inherit the earth and will live on it forever,” which literally quotes a verse from the Old Testament. write about this “7x7” and lawyer Yan Chebotarev .

Police detained independent candidate for Moscow City Duma Konstantin Yankauskas in a special detention center after ten days of arrest, said . his Twitter Yankauskas was arrested for ten days on August 5 for tweeting about the protest in Novopushkinsky Square. Two days earlier, on August 3, he was detained immediately after leaving the special detention center, where he spent another seven days for tweeting about a meeting with independent candidates on Trubnaya Square.

52-year-old “ VGTRK expert on a healthy lifestyle” Maxim Sechko said that the police broke his arm during an arrest near his house. this to He himself reported Komsomolskaya Pravda. According to Sechko, on July 16, at the entrance of his house in the village of Sosny, Odintsovo district, he encountered neighbors and police officers. The women said that he threw cans from the eighth floor.

In the city of Kiselevsk, Kemerovo Region, a protocol was drawn up against the American writer and singer Alina Simone for violating the rules of entry into Russia (Part 2 of Article 18.8 of the Administrative Code) due to a complaint from the mayor Maxim Shkarabeynikov. about this . writes The local publication “Lampshade from Kuzbass” The woman was photographing the mayor's meeting with residents.

The chief of the Omsk police, Alexei Merkushov, was fired for a fight with a Moscow metro driver, TASS writes , citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Omsk. The police considered that this act “discredits the honor and dignity of an internal affairs officer.” The fight occurred on the evening of July 10 at the Kashirskaya metro station. The driver was hospitalized with a concussion and traumatic brain injury.

Novaya Gazeta discovered that participants in the Moscow protests were tried using the same protocols. The newspaper managed to find eight templates for describing the offense in 64 resolutions. The publication analyzed 153 decisions under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code (violation of the procedure for holding a rally) in the period from July 27 to August 2.

The acting head of the criminal investigation department of the Moscow region police department, Korotkov, was fired after complaints from lawyers of the LGBT group "Stimul" about the loss of documents in the case of beating a gay man from Uzbekistan; the head of the department, Adam, resigned, according to the response of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Moscow region to the organization's lawyer (the document is available at the disposal of Mediazona).

Doctors hospitalized director Dmitry Vasilyev, suspected of participating in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code), due to deteriorating health due to diabetes, lawyer Alexander Zinurov told Mediazona. According to him, Vasilyev was taken to the endocrinology department of city clinical hospital No. 20. The lawyer added that no investigative actions were carried out with his client and it is unknown what the Investigative Committee plans to do next.

Magistrate Judge of Court District No. 2 of the Kotlas District Marina Evgrafova dismissed the administrative case of insult (Part 1 of Article 5.61 of the Code of Administrative Offences) against environmental activist Vyacheslav Grigoryants, who at a rally called the head of Kotlas Andrei Bralnin “Bralnyusha”. This is stated in the court decision, which is at the disposal of Mediazona.

The Federal Penitentiary Service promised to hold a paddy wagon driving competition in Moscow on August 10, but it is unknown whether the “tournament” took place. On the same day, a mass protest took place in the capital. On August 9, TASS, citing the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service, reported that the third “tournament” in paddy wagon driving would be held in Kapotnya. At the same time, the service previously reported on holding competitions in October, not August.