On July 14, Petersburg resident Roman Bykov said on Instagram that he was threatened by security guards at the Sevkabel Port space because of hugs with another guy on the embankment. In Bykov’s video, the man behind the scenes calls the guys “lost people,” says that “we live in an Orthodox country,” and demands that they “********* [leave] to Europe.” Bykov added that three guards and two men in sports uniforms wished them death and “hurled obscenities at them.” The young people left.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu instructed to study President Vladimir Putin’s article “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” during military-political training classes. this RBC reports with reference to sources in the ministry.

In St. Petersburg, three young people were again detained who were collecting signatures for the nomination of Savva Fedoseev, a freelance employee of the “Foliage” bookstore, to the Legislative Assembly. this . announced The candidate himself He clarified that Ivan Pantileev, Denis Oykhberg and Evgeny Vishnyakov were detained. They were taken to police department No. 64. The day before, July 14, security forces detained signature collectors for Fedoseev and libertarian Rina Matsapulina.

In Moscow, FSB officers detained a suspect in preparing a terrorist attack. this . reports The press service of the department As stated in the press release, security forces found components of an improvised explosive device in the detainee’s hiding place. The phone contained instructions for its manufacture and correspondence with members of terrorist organizations located in Syria.

The Ministry of Justice recognized the research organization “Institute of Law and Public Policy” (IPLP) as a non-profit organization performing the functions of a “foreign agent”. This is stated on the ministry's website. It was created in 1993, its board of trustees includes lawyer Henry Reznik, retired ECHR judge Anatoly Kovler and retired Constitutional Court judge Tatyana Morshchakova.

The founder and lead singer of the Zvuki Mu group, Pyotr Mamonov, died of coronavirus. this with reference to the rock musician’s wife. reports Interfax At the end of June, Mamonov was admitted to a hospital in Kommunarka with 87% lung damage. The 70-year-old musician was in intensive care, Olga Mamonova told RBC.

The prosecutor's office of the Central District of St. Petersburg withdrew the claim to block the group on VKontakte, not finding any propaganda of “non-traditional relationships” there. This was reported by the organization's press service. In October 2019, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg declared prohibited information in the VKontakte groups of the Russian LGBT Network and the Russian LGBT Community.

Employees of the project "Project". Photo: Personal page of Roman Badanin on Facebook The Prosecutor General’s Office recognized the organization of the American Project Media, Inc - publisher of the Russian publication “Project”. The Ministry of Justice introduced five journalists from the publication in the register of the media - “foreign agents”.

Former Nizhny Novgorod SMM manager Evgeny Goligorov told OVD-Info that during his father’s funeral, they came to his house in the village of Vakhtan with a search for a “sanitary matter.” Now he and his girlfriend are being taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee in Nizhny Novgorod - this is 300 kilometers from the village.

The Lomonosovsky District Court of Arkhangelsk awarded environmental activist and Shies defender Vladimir Kogut compensation in the amount of 100 thousand rubles for moral damages. This is reported with reference to Kohut himself. In March 2019, an excavator broke the activists’ trailer, and Kohut was pressed against the wall with a bucket. The environmental activist had six broken ribs. A man named Alexey Kozlov was driving.

The British Guardian newspaper published documents that, according to journalists, confirm the Kremlin's interest in Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election in 2016. The publication does not specify how it received the papers. According to journalists, Western intelligence agencies knew about the existence of the documents and familiarized themselves with them.

The prosecutor, during the debate in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow, asked to assign six years of probation to the founder of the investment company Baring Vostok , Michael Calvey. this An RBC correspondent reports . The case against Baring Vostok founder Michael Calvey and six other people was opened in February 2019 at the request of Vostochny Bank minority shareholder Sherzod Yusupov. Initially they were accused of , but later the charge was reclassified to .

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court reduced the sentence of ex-local coordinator Andrei Borovikov to two years and three months in a general regime colony for reposting the Rammstein group's video for the song Pussy. This was reported by the Network Freedoms project with reference to lawyer Alexey Kychin.

In the Kurgan region, employees of the regional department of the FSB, Center “E” and the National Guard conducted more than 30 searches of followers of Jehovah’s Witnesses. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. Three followers of Jehovah's Witnesses were detained in Shadrinsk and Kurgan; according to investigators, they led local communities.

The Tver Regional Court reduced the suspended sentence of truck driver Mikhail Vedrov, who was convicted in the case of using violence against police officers (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code), by six months - to two years. OVD-Info about this Lawyer Sergei Telnov told . In September 2020, dozens of truckers held a two-day rally in Tver demanding the abolition of the Platon tax system and fines for drivers.