Dmitry Melekhin, the operator of the Politvestnik.tv project, told OVD-Info that six people who had been taken to the Basmannoye police department were released without any protocols being drawn up or any charges brought: it was written in the detention reports that the detainees were taken to the police department for “preventive conversations." As Melekhin said, the conversation lasted two hours - basically the detainees talked to each other.

As Vladimir Samovolkin told OVD-Info, he was detained on Red Square and taken to the Kitai-Gorod police department for shouting out the phrase "Russia will be free." Now, according to the activist, he is in the police department in a "monkey", he can be charged under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - violation of the procedure for holding a public action - which provides for a fine of up to 30,000 rubles.

Alexander Sotnik and Dmitry Melekhin (politvestnik.tv correspondents), Lyudmila Patsukova, Tatyana Dyakonova, Oleg Pykhtin, Pavel Kuznetsov were detained. According to the detainees, they came to Manezhnaya Square, the police asked them to go for an explanatory conversation at the Kitai-Gorod police department, the reason for the detention was calling on unknown people to come to Manezhnaya Square today. UPD (21:26): the detainees are being taken to the Basmanny police station.

This afternoon we received a phone call from relatives of Vsevolod Matveev. Matveev was driving yesterday near Manezhnaya Square - the police pulled him out of the car and took him to the Tverskoye police station, where he is now. The car remained unlocked, and Matveev did not have a mobile phone with him. We ask you to tell us about such cases if you have any information.

The court granted the request of Sergey Cherepovetsky's new lawyer, Svetlana Sidorkina, to familiarize herself with the case materials; the next court hearing will be held in the Central District Court of Tver on August 16. In Tver, as previously reported, 6 people were detained today. Among them is underage Maria Vakhrusheva, who, according to eyewitnesses, photographed the picket.

About 5 people are still in the 76th police department. Several people are in court, including “the deputy of the Legislative Assembly Olga Galkina is there, as well as volunteers with thermoses with coffee, cookies and petition forms.” For more information, see the information of the “Help for Detainees in St. Petersburg” group - from the social network VKontakte or on our website.

7 people were detained: Alexey Nikitin, Elizaveta Nikitina, Maria Vakhrusheva, Anastasia Zinovkina, Oleg Prudnikov, Sergey Zaplavnov. The detainees were taken to the police department of the Central District of Tver. UPD: 6 people were detained. UPD: And yet 7: seventh - Ivan Drozdov.

OVD-Info is aware of 194 arrests at a people's gathering in support of Ofitserov and Navalny. In the morning in Kirov, Pyotr Ofitserov and Alexei Navalny were released from custody by decision of the appellate court until the verdict came into force, the prosecutor's office insisted on this. Recall yesterday the Leninsky Court of Kirov sentenced Ofitserov and Navalny to imprisonment for a term of 4 and 5 years, respectively, which caused mass protests in various regions of the country.

Activist Other Russia Zaitsev, who was detained at a picket in support of Yuri Staroverov, is charged with an allegedly unpaid fine, while the article of the Code of Administrative Offenses is not reported. Now Zaitsev is in the 5th police department. Recall a month ago, Alexander Zaitsev and his wife Ekaterina were severely beaten by unknown people, while Zaitsev was taken to the forest, tied to a tree and left.

All 12 people were released from the Yakimanka OVD without drawing up protocols.

Alexander Eisman remains in the police department with his defender.

The detainees were released after the protocols were drawn up under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. There was one more person left in the police department.

Two minors, Matvey Vysochkin and Artem Bolotin, as well as Maxim Chekanov, who refused to be fingerprinted, remain in the Preobrazhenskoye police department. The rest of the detainees were released after being fingerprinted. All detainees were issued protocols under Article 4.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (crossing the road in the wrong place).

12 people, detained at the monument to the heroes of Plevna, were not let out of the paddy wagon and taken from the Meshchanskoye police station to the Yakimanka police station. They are accompanied by six OMON officers. Eyewitnesses and detainees themselves reported beatings by riot police.

Eight people left the Meshchanskoye police station after completing protocols under Article 20.2. These are Nadir Fatov, Grigory Saxonov, Igor Sadokov, Alexey Melnikov, Pavel Odynin, Vladimir Vagner, Yaroslav Korshunov and one more person.