Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, at least 70 people were killed by the FSB officers during the detention in Russia and on the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region. This follows from the calculation of “important stories”. Of these, at least 44 are Russian citizens. The rest are natives of the countries of Central Asia, Ukraine and Belarus. In 28 cases, the dead were suspected of cooperation with Ukrainian special services or volunteer units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Kaliningrad lawyer Maria Bonzler, accused of confidential cooperation with a foreign state, said that the FSB officer Kirill Takhtov from personal hostility was initiated against her. It is reported by the correspondent of RusNews . “FSB officer Kirill Takhtov is interested in being arrested and imprisoned. This is personal. All the time he went here while extending the period of detention. He tried to influence the prosecutor, on the convoy.

Russia attracts thousands of workers from North Korea to make up for a personnel deficit related to the war in Ukraine and the outflow of labor migrants from other countries. This was written by BBC with reference to sources in South Korean intelligence and North Korean workers who fled from Russia. As the journalists found out, in 2024, more than ten thousand citizens of North Korea arrived at work in Russia. They are mainly busy at construction sites and sewing factories.

Eldar Marchenko. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona Judge Evgeny Zubov of the 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced Eldar Marchenko, a 52-year-old lecturer at the RMA business school and former columnist for the publication Vot Tak, to 16 years in prison in a terrorism case. According to the investigation, the lecturer guided two Ukrainian drones to Kursk. Marchenko himself says that not only did he not do what he is accused of, but he generally finds “terrorism to be pointless”.

16-year-old Islam Musiev from Ingushetia, who disappeared more than a month ago after the threats of murder from relatives and later found in a psychiatric clinic, moved to live in another region. He reported this to the project "Caucasus without a mother", writes the crisis group "SK SOS". “He was taken from the clinic and rented a separate apartment for him in another region. According to him, the degree of conflict with the family decreased due to a decision on separate residence.

The subsidiary of the Eksmo brand suspended the sales of a series of books “Blessing of the celestials” of Mosyan Tunsu for “Additional Analysis”. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to representatives of the book publishing house. The brand has already published books by a Chinese writer in a promoted version with abbreviations, the newspaper notes. What this time caused the suspension of sales is not specified.

The Ministry of Justice included in the register of "undesirable" organizations the Helsinsky Human Rights Fund, registered in Poland ( Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka ). The Prosecutor General’s Office announced the Foundation “undesirable” on July 25. What exactly is connected in the register is not specified.

The police detained adolescents for 16 and 17 years on suspicion of arson of a shunting diesel locomotive in a locomotive depot in Orel (eagle-sorting). This was reported by the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on transport of the Central Federal District. A criminal case of a terrorist attack was instituted against minors (part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). The court sent teenagers to a pre -trial detention center.

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow fined 3 million rubles an online cinema and the Kinopoisk aggregator, which is part of the Yandex structure, according to the Protocol on the “propaganda of LGBT” (part 3 of Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the press service of the vessels of the capital. What exactly was charged with the “KinoPoisk” is not specified. The new protocol on the “propaganda of LGBT” against the company became known at the end of June.

The Telegram administration blocked the Black Mirror hacker group after the start of the campaign to combat “doxing and extortion”. Attention to the lock was drawn by the New Gazeta Europe.

The President of the Far Eastern Association of Marine Captains (TwoMK) Peter Osichansky was fined 20 thousand rubles according to the protocol on participation in the activities of an “unwanted” organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is stated in the March decision of the Frunze District Court of Vladivostok, drew the attention of the Mediazon.

The Kokhladnensky District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria fined a local resident with hearing impairments Shakarbay Pashshaliev for 15 thousand rubles due to the status in WhatsApp . The decision on the fine was published on the court’s website, the channel “We can explain ” the attention to him. 59-year-old Pashshaliev was found guilty of the “discredit” of the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Southern District Military Court sentenced 54-year-old Ukrainian Elena Ipatov to five years and two months of general regime, finding her guilty under the article on participation in the terrorist community (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to the "Mediazone" by the press service of the court. Ipatov was detained on March 14, 2025. She was detained until April 2, after which she was released on a recognizance not to leave.

The Ulan-Ude Garrison Military Court sentenced to 8 years in a maximum security colony of 29-year-old military Ayush Ayusheev in the murder case (part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code), the press service of the 2nd Eastern District Military Court said . According to the prosecution, the military hit a man with a knife, who made a remark to him, and also “spoke negatively” to the military - what the victim said, is not specified. Ayusheev’s case was received by court in July 2025.

Eldar Marchenko. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazon The judge of the 2nd Western District Military Court Yevgeny Zubov sentenced the 52-year-old teacher of the RMA business school and the former columnist of the publication “Like” Eldar Marchenko by 16 years in the case of a terrorist attack. According to investigators, the teacher brought two Ukrainian drones to Kursk.