Two DDoS attacks were carried out on the servers of the Dozhd TV channel during the day, according to the website. The attacks began during the afternoon and evening newscasts at 15:53 ​​and 20:16. It is not yet clear whether the second attack is completed, the news notes. The channel's security system copes with attacks, but due to daytime hours there were some problems with access to the site. communication at Dozhd In addition, there were interruptions in Skype .

The Presnensky Court of Moscow arrested former deputy general director Andrei Novozhilov and director of the Center for Design Technologies of the Moscow Aviation Institute (TsKPT MAI) Vyacheslav Khvan in a fraud case. This is stated in the Moscow City Court file . According to sources from TASS , Novaya Gazeta and Baza , they are accused of embezzling funds during the creation of the IL-76MD-90A heavy military transport aircraft (Part 4, Article 159 of the Criminal Code).

In St. Petersburg, police detained a 26-year-old man on suspicion that during pickets on August 22 near Gostiny Dvor, he threw a smoke bomb onto the roadway on Nevsky Prospekt. Fontanka was informed about this by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg. The man was detained in his apartment. The case is being investigated under the article on hooliganism (Part 1, Article 213 of the Criminal Code).

The Central District Military Court sentenced Bashkir publicist Airat Dilmukhametov to 9 years in a maximum security colony with a three-year ban on website administration. this in his Telegram channel The head of the human rights group Pavel Chikov announced .

The Moscow City Court declared illegal the search of Pussy Riot member and Mediazona publisher Pyotr Verzilov, who is serving as a witness in the “Moscow case.” This was announced by the head of the human rights group “Agora” Pavel Chikov. On June 21, investigators immediately searched Verzilov’s apartment, breaking down the door with a sledgehammer. The Basmanny court recognized these investigative actions as legal only two days later.

The Leninsky District Court of Chelyabinsk convicted a member of the “Other Russia” Alexander Kryshka in the case of participation in the branch of the banned National Bolshevik Party (Part 2, Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). this . reported The press service of the court The press release does not specify Kryshka's punishment. Kryshka admitted guilt and the case was considered in a special manner without examining the evidence. The meetings were closed.

Yan Katelevsky and Alexander Dorogov. Photo: General newspaper.ru At the end of July, bloggers were detained in the suburbs of Yana Kalevsky and Alexander Dorogov, who for several years by their investigations of corruption and frankly mocking videos annoyed local police officers. Mediazona tried to figure out criminal cases, because of which Katelevsky and the roads ended up in jail.

The Saratov Regional Court sentenced 35-year-old Mikhail Tuvatin, accused of murdering a nine-year-old schoolgirl, to life imprisonment. this . reported The press service of the court The murder occurred on October 9, 2019. In the morning the girl went to school and did not return. Tuvatin, who had six previous convictions, including for sexual assault, was detained the next day. He testified that he hid the body in the garage cellar.

The Austrian Foreign Ministry declared a Russian diplomat suspected of industrial espionage persona non grata. He was ordered to leave the country by September 1, reported newspaper the Kronen Zeitung . According to the Kronen Zeitung , the diplomat "was engaged in industrial espionage for years in a high-tech company together with an Austrian citizen." The investigation began when the Austrian “decided to break it off” and told his boss what had happened.