Photo: Rafael Henrique / Reuters Russian authorities have been ramping up their control over the internet for several years now, with the censorship agency, Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), particularly keen to block virtual private networks (VPNs), services that allow Russians to bypass heavy online censorship introduced with the onset of the war in Ukraine.

The Rossiya Segodnya media group has filed an application to register the trademark and logo “Echo of Moscow”; The radio station's rights to the name expired on July 14, and the rights to the image will end on August 20. drew attention to the documents Sota and Novaya Gazeta Europe . Previously, the rights to the trademark belonged to Echo of Moscow CJSC; ten years later the registration was renewed.

Yandex will not transfer to the FSB data on the work of their taxi services abroad, even if they are stored in Russia, the company’s press service claims. Their press release is quoted by Meduza. As the company emphasized, data about the trip can only be obtained by law enforcement agencies of the country where it was made.

Photo: Rafael Henrique / Reuters The Russian authorities have been increasing the degree of control over the Internet for the past few years. Roskomnadzor is especially trying to control the VPN. The authorities tried to force the services to comply with the laws on locks that refused also blocked, and last spring, Roskomnadzor began to fight not with individual services, but to prohibit entire protocols for using the VPN.

The Central District Court of Voronezh fined 55-year-old native of Ukraine Konstantin Mosyura 30 thousand rubles for shouting anti-war slogans at a temporary accommodation center for refugees. This was reported by the telegram channel “Free People of Voronezh”. The man was found guilty of “discrediting” the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).

Полина Евтушенко. Фото: личный аккаунт в Инстаграм In mid-July, 24-year-old Polina Yevtushenko was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Tolyatti, a city on the Volga river in Russia. According to FSB, she published ‘propaganda material, created to promote a positive depiction of the Ukrainian military,’ as well as guides on how to surrender for Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

The Prosecutor General's Office recognized the activities of the AllatRa International Public Movement as “undesirable.” This was reported in the department’s telegram channel. The coordination center of the movement is registered in Kyiv, according to a press release from the Prosecutor General's Office, and the organization is led by a citizen of Ukraine. The organization's divisions also operate in Russia, Europe and the USA.

In the Moscow region, the police opened an administrative case against Nikolai Kachnov, an activist from the city of Zhukovsky. about this . He himself told OVD-Info Kachnov is accused of “discrediting” the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). He was detained this morning, and after drawing up a report, the activist was released.

President Vladimir Putin stopped tax agreements with “unfriendly” countries; his decree was published on the official legal information portal. In total, the decree lists 38 countries with which it will no longer apply. double taxation agreement (DTT), including 24 EU countries, the USA, the UK and Japan. Putin instructed the government to develop and submit relevant laws to the State Duma. The exact dates of suspension of the agreements are not indicated in the document.

In Krasnoyarsk, Elena Gegiya, an employee of the Rosneft-affiliated company RN-Vankor, was fired after her anti-war stories on Instagram. this The woman reported to the publication Sibir.Realii. Gegia worked in the legal department of RN-Vankor. “We entered into an agreement to terminate the employment contract, but in fact this was done at the insistence of the employer,” she told reporters.

The Temryuk District Court of the Krasnodar Territory sentenced 29-year-old hacker Andrei Kovalenko to five years in a general regime colony and a fine of 200 thousand rubles in the case of donations to FBK and distribution of malware. This was reported by the joint press service of the Kuban courts.

The Moscow department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for the dissemination of military “fakes” based on political hatred against the 71-year-old religious leader and former vice-president of the Baptist World Alliance, Yuri Sipko. This was reported in the department’s telegram channel. The Baptist pastor is in the status of a suspect (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

During the debate in the Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg, the prosecutor requested seven years in prison for Peaceful Resistance activist Olga Smirnova. This was reported in the telegram channel in support of the defendant. Listeners came to the meeting to support Smirnova.

The Commissioner for the Protection of Personal Data in Finland, Ana Talus, ordered Yandex and Ridetech International BV to temporarily suspend the transfer to Russia of personal data of customers collected in Finland by the Yango taxi service. This is stated on the website of the Finnish Ombudsman's office. The companies were also obliged to suspend the processing of personal data of Finnish clients in Russia.

The Investigative Committee for the Trans-Baikal Territory reported on the arrest of another person involved in the case of beating a disabled war veteran in Ukraine, and a third suspect was put on the wanted list. The case was initiated under articles on intentional damage to someone else's property (Article 167 of the Criminal Code) and harm to health (Article 115 of the Criminal Code), as well as “discrediting” the army (Part 2 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code).