The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg sent Ivan Zabavsky to a pre-trial detention center on a case of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code), an appeal against the arrest will take place on August 1 in the St. Petersburg City Court, drew attention to the corresponding card. Mediazona There are no details about this case. Foreigners are charged with espionage; trials under this article are held behind closed doors.

In the Republic of Mari El, a hurricane killed eight people who were vacationing in a tent camp on Lake Yalchik. this The mayor of Yoshkar-Ola, Evgeny Maslov, announced in his Telegram channel. A hurricane that knocked down trees on a wild beach occurred the day before. According to the head of Mari El, Yuri Zaitsev, three children were among the dead. Maslov clarified that ten people were hospitalized, two of them are in serious condition.

A criminal case was opened against a 67-year-old pensioner from Novosibirsk on three counts because of two comments on VKontakte, said Novosibirsk City Council member Svetlana Kaverzina, who received a letter from the accused.

was detained and arrested for 15 days, In Moscow, the day before, Volgograd street artist Philip Kozlov, known under the pseudonym Philippenzo, this . reported his friend, artist Artem Loskutov, A report on disobedience to a police officer was drawn up against Kozlov (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). The artist was detained at Moscow Domodedovo airport, where he flew from Georgia.

On the night of July 29-30, Moscow was again attacked by drones, said the mayor of the city, Sergei Sobyanin.

President Vladimir Putin, at a press conference following the Russia-Africa summit, answered a question about the arrests of sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky and director Evgenia Berkovich, who are accused of justifying terrorism, citing “an armed conflict with a neighbor.” The live broadcast was conducted by the Soloviev Live channel.