A jury in the Tomsk Regional Court acquitted local resident Nikolai Kuzmichev of charges of “occupying a high position in the criminal hierarchy” (Article 210.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Kommersant with reference to sources; the information was confirmed to Interfax by the press service of the court. According to Kommersant, the votes among the eight jurors were split in half; According to the law , in such cases an acquittal wins.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Murmansk did not choose a preventive measure in the case of quarantine violation (Article 236 of the Criminal Code) for the former head of Navalny’s headquarters, Violetta Grudina, who was nominated to the city parliament. about this The activist spoke in her Telegram channel. The Interior Ministry investigator asked to prohibit the oppositionist from leaving the house, except for two walks, and from using the Internet.

The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow arrested for 10 days members of the unregistered party “The Other Russia of E.V. Limonov” Mikhail Galyashkin and Mikhail Borovsky . this Party representatives reported on their VKontakte page. On July 31, they handcuffed themselves to the bars of a window of the Ministry of Justice building in the north-west of the city, protesting against the ministry’s refusal to register their party.

The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow suspended the administrative arrest of Pussy Riot member Rita Flores, who was hospitalized with coronavirus, and ordered her to be returned to a special detention center after discharge for the remaining 5 days and 21 hours. This was reported by the human rights organization “Apology of Protest”.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered the case of a policeman suspected of beating a drunk driver to be transferred to the main department of the Investigative Committee and demanded that a criminal case be opened against the victim. this .

A court in Moscow fined Dani Akel, accused in a “sanitary case,” 100 thousand rubles. this with reference to the press service of the court. reports RIA Novosti He was found guilty of violating sanitary standards (Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code). The remaining defendants in the case are accused of inciting violations of these norms (part 4 of article 33, part 1 of article 236 of the Criminal Code).

The election commission of the city of Berdsk in the Novosibirsk region refused to register candidates for the city duma Ilya Pukhovsky, Olga Nechaeva and Sergei Kosov after letters from the Ministry of Justice about the involvement of politicians in the structures of Alexei Navalny. about this Ivan Zhdanov spoke on Twitter.

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg sentenced model Elena Nikiforovskaya to three days of arrest under the article of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code) because of a photo with bare buttocks near the police department. this reports Znak.com with reference to the press service of the court. Photographer Aysel Akhmedova received two days of arrest and was released, having spent the same time awaiting trial.

In Berdsk, the election commission refused to register a candidate for the city Duma, Vyacheslav Yakimenko, because of a letter from the Ministry of Justice about his involvement in “extremist organizations.” about this The politician spoke on Twitter.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow sentenced bloggers who filmed a prank about coronavirus to two years and four months in prison. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. Karomatullo Jaborov, Artur Isachenko and Stanislav Melekhov were found guilty of hooliganism committed in public transport by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code).

The Krasnogorsk City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced six years and five months in a general regime colony to Dmitry Novikov, the owner of the private hospice for the elderly “Second House”, where 12 people died due to a fire (Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code). this The regional prosecutor's office reports .

The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin, in an interview with journalist Vladimir Solovyov on the YouTube channel “Soloviev LIVE ” , said that Bellingcat media “is needed to exert pressure either on the country or on individuals and legal entities.” According to Naryshkin, investigators use “dishonest methods” and their information is “false, unverified and has its own purposes.” The head of the SVR emphasized that journalists “are ready to complete any task, since

In Khabarovsk, a 28-year-old local resident was detained for passing on fake medical certificates by bookmarking a bulletin board. This was reported by the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Two criminal cases were opened against the Khabarovsk resident under the article on forgery, production or circulation of counterfeit documents, state awards, stamps, seals or forms (Part 1 of Article 327 of the Criminal Code).

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for attempted bribery (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 5 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code) against the Kamchatka inspector of the Federal Agency for Fishery. This was reported by the local department of the Investigative Committee. In July, an inspector inspected the non-profit organization “Clan Community of Indigenous Minorities of the North” and discovered administrative .

The police asked the Zyuzinsky Court of Moscow to suspend the arrest of Pussy Riot member Rita Flores, who was hospitalized with coronavirus, in order to return her to a special detention center after recovery. This was reported to Mediazona in the Apology of Protest. The activist's defense will demand her release from arrest. Flores was admitted to the hospital on Friday, July 30.