The Investigative Committee notified Kirill Zhukov of the completion of the investigation into a criminal case of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). this in his Telegram channel . announced The head of the international human rights group Agora, Pavel Chikov, In early August, the Investigative Committee consolidated the cases of “mass riots” and the use of violence against government officials at the July 27 rally.

In the Arkhangelsk region, police detained three opponents of the construction of a landfill, writes 7x7. The arrests occurred after landed a helicopter carrying fuel for generators and equipment on the fenced construction site. The helicopter was surrounded by private security company and police officers. Activist from Arkhangelsk Alexander Peskov entered a closed area.

A witness in the criminal case about the terrorist community “Network” Ilya Kapustin received political asylum in Finland, wrote on Twitter. the wife of the accused in this case, Viktor Filinkov, Alexandra, Kapustin talked about kidnapping and electric shock torture. Investigators refused to open a criminal case for torture. In March 2018, the young man left Russia. The criminal case against the “terrorist community “Network”” was opened by the FSB in October 2017.

On August 15, the Lgovsky District Court of the Kursk Region released on parole Leonid Zhegulev, convicted on charges of drug possession (Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code). about this with reference to his brother, Meduza correspondent Ilya Zhegulev. writes Meduza The journalist wrote on Facebook that Leonid Zhegulev will arrive in Moscow on August 27. In November 2016, a man was detained near his mother’s house.

The head of the Yaroslavl branch of the Doctors' Alliance, Vladimir Mordvintsev, said that on the night of August 11-12, his telegram account was hacked. about this writes 7x7 . While the head of the union was sleeping, a message arrived on his mobile phone with a code to log into his account from a new device. In the morning, the man saw in the settings that the account was logged in from another device.

Mothers of children with disabilities wrote a letter to President Vladimir Putin, in which they asked to solve the problem of obtaining unregistered drugs for epilepsy in Russia. The letter was published by the head of the Vera Hospice Fund, Nyuta Federmesser. The appeal was signed by women from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yaroslavl and other Russian cities. In total, 81 people signed the letter.

Civil activist Sergei Belyaev was detained in St. Petersburg, reports MBKH Media. The activist told the publication that he was detained near his home. According to the police, the basis is a complaint in the register of crime reports (KUSP) that he is preparing mass riots. After an inspection at the police department, Sergei Belyaev was released . They took away several posters with which he was going to go to Gostiny Dvor, where single pickets are taking place.

The Department of the Investigative Committee for St. Petersburg began checking information in social networks and the media about a police officer’s attack on the candidate for municipal deputies from the “Growth Party” Elena Kondrashova. This is stated in the official press release.