A criminal case was opened against a friend of the founder of the Police Ombudsman project, Vladimir Vorontsov, senior traffic police inspector for the south-eastern district of Moscow, Pavel Gladchenko, for bribery (Part 3 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code). this REN TV reports without citing a source. According to the TV channel, the police are “asking questions” because of the joint photographs of Gladchenko and Vorontsov on Instagram.

Austrian police have detained a second suspect in the murder of Chechen blogger Mamikhan Umarov, reports APA . According to the agency, initially this person was in the status of a witness, but during the interrogation he began to get confused. The police decided that the man might be involved in the murder and detained him. According to APA , the murdered Umarov has been registered as a refugee in Austria since 2007. He recently changed his name to Martin B., the agency clarifies.

Petersburgsky issued a statement in support of Pskov journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva. The letter was published on the club's website. “One of the main evidence in the case - the examination allegedly carried out by Khakass State University - was falsified, which was confirmed by the university itself. Nevertheless, the process is nearing its end, and Svetlana Prokopyeva faces prison simply for doing her job,” the authors of the letter indicate.

A Russian was shot dead in the Austrian city of Gerasdorf bei Wien, reports ORF citing police spokesman Walter Schwarzenecker. According to the publication, at about 7 pm on July 4, one man shot another in the head, from which the latter died. The killer was detained in the city of Linz, where he drove away in a silver car. As Schwarzenecker clarified, the murdered man has a Russian passport and applied for political asylum.