A court in the city of Klin, near Moscow, sentenced journalist Elena Polyakova to a year and a half on probation for a comment on the Internet left by someone and attributed to her, which local official Alena Sokolskaya considered a murder threat. The prosecutor had previously asked to give Polyakova three years of probation and deprive her of the right to engage in professional activities for a year. More about the case here.

The Murmansk Regional Court dismissed appeals against the arrest of the Greenpeace activist, British citizen Alexandra Harris and Arctic Sunrise deckhand, Canadian citizen Alexander Pol, detained in the Pechora Sea. They will remain under arrest until 24 November.

The Murmansk Regional Court dismissed appeals against the arrest of the ship's Arctic Sunrise radio operator, Australian citizen Colin Russell, and Greenpeace activist from the Netherlands Mannes Ubels. They will remain under arrest until 24 November.

system Addressing the failure of the police to maintain law and order Vedomosti, October 17 : “Reports from police authorities on the level of crimes solved or prevented, percentage increases, decreases - this whole meaningless stream of reporting that rushes up and down the management vertical has absolutely nothing to do with the lives and interests of real people.

Andrey Barabanov. Photo: "Committee on May 6" The meeting in “Case 12” was postponed a week for the second time, since Andrei Barabanov is now undergoing treatment - while in the cell, he accidentally stumbled upon a sharp corner. This week I did not have time to visit him, but I know reliably that he was at the ophthalmologist several times, his help is in full and the condition has improved significantly.

Elena Polyakova. Photo: 7x7.livejournal.com On October 18, the City Court in the Klin near Moscow must be sentenced to the case of the journalist of the local newspaper Sickle and Hammer Elena Polyakova. She is accused of a threat to the murder of the head of the Department of Education of the Klinsky Municipal District Alena Sokolskaya “based on hatred and enmity in relation to the social group related to the leading composition” of the region (part 2 of article 119 of the Criminal Code).