The High Court of Gauteng Province in South Africa said the country's Ministry of Justice has sent an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin to Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi. The court's statement is quoted by the local newspaper News24.

The Ministry of Justice declared Dozhd journalist Mikhail Kozyrev, the public organization Omsk Civil Association, and the publication 7x7 - Horizontal Russia "foreign agents." The T Center initiative group, which helps transgender and non-binary people, and the non-profit human rights organization Everyone's Right, which works with people at social risk, for example, with those diagnosed with HIV infection, have also been added to the register of “foreign agents.” In addition, journalist and

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent former “Minister of Defense of the DPR” Igor Strelkov (Girkin) to pre-trial detention on charges of calling for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent from the courtroom. Girkin’s arrest became known today; security forces came to his home in Moscow.

Senators from regions occupied by Russia have submitted a bill to the State Duma that proposes to deprive Russians of citizenship received at birth. The document was published on the website of the lower house of parliament. The authors of the project are senator from annexed Crimea Sergei Tsekov, senators from annexed Sevastopol Ekaterina Altabaeva and Sergei Kolbin, as well as representative of the self-proclaimed LPR Olga Bas.

Moscow security forces cordoned off the historic mosque on Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street before Friday prayers. reported by the telegram channel “Caution, Moscow” and a correspondent from Msk1.ru. This was Paddy wagons, light police cars and many riot police appeared along the perimeter of the territory adjacent to the mosque. Metal detectors were installed at the entrance to the religious building.

The Perovsky District Court of Moscow arrested former military psychologist Timofey Rudenko in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Rudenko’s defense reported this to Mediazona. The criminal case against the man became known yesterday.

During the appeal, the Krasnodar Regional Court acquitted policemen Vyacheslav Zyabkin and Vladimir Tatarkov, who were accused of breaking the leg of detainee Evgeny Marchenko. this . reports Team Against Torture in mid-June 2022 At the same time, the first instance - the Prikubansky District Court - decided that the police were guilty: Zyabkin was given four years of probation, and Tatarkov - three years of probation.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don approved the sentence imposed on corporal from North Ossetia Eduard Bitarov for the murder of his ex-wife. Bitarov received a year of service restrictions. Information about this website on the court’s was found “Caucasus. Realities." The court found that at the time of the murder Bitarov was in a state of passion. The relatives of the deceased were unhappy with this verdict.

The prosecutor asked to assign 18 years in prison to the founder of the anti-cybercrime company Group-IB, Ilya Sachkov, in a treason case. RIA Novosti about this . told His lawyer Sergei Afanasyev The case of Sachkov, who was arrested in September 2021, has been considered behind closed doors in the Moscow City Court since the beginning of July. The plots of the cases under the article on treason (275 of the Criminal Code) are classified.

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was again sent to a punishment cell (punishment cell) - this time for 13 days, his lawyer Vadim Kobzev wrote on Twitter. “Literally an hour ago, Alexei Navalny was again placed in a punishment cell. I introduced myself incorrectly. 13 days. Exactly until the day the verdict is announced,” Kobzev said. On August 4, the Moscow City Court, at an off-site hearing in Vladimir correctional colony No.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow received two reports against blogger Milana Petrova , who made a transgender transition. This was confirmed to Mediazona by court representative Maria Osvaldo, clarifying that the protocols were drawn up in the name of the YouTuber at birth.

The Bank of Russia raised the key rate from 7.5% to 8.5%. This was explained by inflation and the weakening of the ruble since the beginning of the year. “The current rate of price growth, including a wide range of sustainable indicators, has exceeded 4% annualized and continues to grow. The increase in domestic demand exceeds the possibilities for expanding production, including due to limited available labor resources,” the regulator said.

A criminal case for justifying terrorism was opened against former military psychologist from Moscow Timofey Rudenko due to comments in a telegram about Chechen separatists. Mediazona has a resolution to initiate a case. Comments from April 29 to May 1, 2022 were written by the user “Maimul Maimulovich” in the telegram channel “Crimea - the land of partisan glory,” dedicated to military operations in Crimea and cases of sabotage on the peninsula.

The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow arrested ex-municipal deputy Anastasia Bryukhanova in absentia in the case of military “fakes” (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Information about this in the card index of the capital's courts was discovered by the Avtozak LIVE project . The initiation of a criminal case against Bryukhanova became known in April.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill on a one-time tax on excess profits of large enterprises whose average annual profit before taxes in 2021-2022 exceeded 1 billion rubles. They will need to pay 10% of the excess of the average profit for 2021-2022 over the figure for 2018-2019 by the end of January 2024. The authorities expect the collection to bring in 300 billion rubles. The rate will drop to 5% if the company pays excess profit tax early - before the end of November 2023.