In Moscow, police detained activist Mikhail Krieger twice in a day. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to lawyer Maria Varaeva. Krieger told human rights activists about the first detention at about half past five in the evening. Then he was taken to the Yakimanka police station because of stickers on his car with the inscriptions “Navalny is my president” and “I am against Putin.

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region filed a lawsuit against the ex-mayor of Yekaterinburg Evgeny Roizman and four other residents of the region to recover 565 thousand rubles for police work during protests in support of politician Alexei Navalny in 2021. This was reported by Vechernie Vedomosti with reference to lawyer Roman Kachanov.

The State Council of Komi has deprived the salary of Viktor Vorobyov, a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who was included in the register of media outlets as “foreign agents.” This was reported on the website of the State Council of the Republic. According to the publication, the reason for this decision was an audit, during which it turned out that the deputy provided “deliberately unreliable and incomplete information” about his income, expenses and property.

loss Mastercard's due to its exit from Russia in the second quarter of 2022 amounted to $26 million. this with reference to the company’s reporting. reports Interfax The agency noted that Mastercard's total expenses reached $33 million, partially offset by profits of $6 million. According to the report, the company predicts an increase in losses due to withdrawal from the Russian market to $37 million.

The Estonian authorities have decided to stop issuing Russian citizens residence permits in the country for the purpose of studying. This is reported on the government website. In addition, according to the press release, Russians and Belarusians will now be able to get temporary work in Estonia only if they have a valid long-term visa issued by the country. Previously, any Schengen visa was suitable for this.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Smolensk activist and blogger Sergei Komandirov to six and a half years in prison in a case of extremism and justification of terrorism due to VKontakte posts. This was reported in the telegram channel “Komandirov’s Case”. The prosecutor's office requested a longer term for the blogger—seven years in prison.

The Kemerovo Regional Court sentenced Vladislav Kanyus to 17 years in a maximum security colony for the murder of his former 23-year-old girlfriend Vera Pekhteleva. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the girl’s father, Evgeny Pekhtelev, and Kommersant .

The Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg changed the preventive measure for Boris Romanov, accused in the case of “fake news” about the army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), from arrest to a ban on certain actions. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. Romanov was released from pre-trial detention center No. 1 “Kresty”; he is now prohibited from attending public events, using the Internet, traveling outside St.

The Leninsky District Court of Saratov banned the application for anonymous access to the Internet Tor . This was reported by the human rights project Roskomsvoboda. According to the court decision, the application must be included in the register of sites with prohibited information. Roskomsvoboda lawyer Ekaterina Abashina, who represented the interests of The Tor Project, Inc.

The Moscow Meshchansky Court fined the former editor of Channel One Marina Ovsyannikova 50 thousand rubles for statements made at the Basmanny Court during the selection of a preventive measure for Ilya Yashina, RBC reports with reference to her lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov. Ovsyannikova was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code (“discrediting” the Russian army).

The Butyrsky District Court of Moscow fined the editor-in-chief of Mediazona Sergei Smirnov 10 thousand rubles in the case of failure to fulfill the duty of a “foreign agent” (Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the head of Agora, Pavel Chikov. The Ministry of Justice added Sergei Smirnov to the list of “foreign agents” on September 29, 2021.

A third protocol on “discrediting” the Russian army was drawn up against a Volgograd artist working under the pseudonym . this He reported on his Telegram channel and confirmed it in a conversation with Mediazona.

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow commuted the sentence of Pavel Rebrovsky, accused in the “New Greatness” case, by a year, to five years in prison, TASS reports . Rebrovsky made a deal with the investigation and testified against other defendants in the “New Greatness” case - , , , . All are accused of creating an extremist community and participating in it (parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code).

Andrei Bovt, who is accused of violence against his minor daughter, escaped from the building of the Gatchina City Court in the Leningrad Region. “Paper”, citing local publications, reports that they still cannot find him. Bovt escaped from the courthouse on the afternoon of July 27. The man, who was diagnosed with chronic personality disorder, was accompanied by two orderlies. He asked them to go to the toilet.

During the debate in the Smolensk Military Garrison Court, the prosecutor requested seven years in prison for activist Sergei Komandirov due to publications on VKontakte. This was reported in the telegram channel “Komandirov’s Case”.