The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar began considering a criminal case on calls for separatism against Daria Polyudova, who in August 2014 was one of the organizers of the “March for the federalization of Kuban.” According to Polyudova, five witnesses appeared in court on the first day, including officials of the Krasnodar administration and an FSB officer. The next meeting is scheduled for 15:00 on September 22.

The defense of Sergei Udaltsov, who is serving time on charges of organizing mass riots on Bolotnaya Square, filed a complaint with the ECHR on September 15 about the lack of a fair trial, violation of Udaltsov's right to defense and inhuman treatment in court. This was reported to RAPSI by Udaltsov's lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky. According to the lawyer, Udaltsov's defense asked that the complaint be given priority.

On September 15, the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region extended the term of Nadezhda Savchenko's arrest for six months, having granted the request of the prosecutor's office, reports . Interfax The defense, in turn, demanded Savchenko's release from arrest. In addition, according to RIA Novosti, Savchenko's lawyer Mark Feygin demanded that the case be returned to the prosecutor's office. On September 15, preliminary hearings on the Savchenko case began in court.

On September 15, Krasnodar activist Sergei Titarenko was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles for reposting a message on the Vkontakte social network. He reported this. OVD-InfoAccording to Titarenko, the amount of the fine was halved due to the fact that he had been in custody in a pre-trial detention center for several months. The activist himself stated that he absolutely disagrees with the verdict.

On September 15, the city court found the head of the Tatar Public Center, Rafis Kashapov, guilty of calls for separatism and inciting national hatred (under the second part of Article 280.1 and the first part of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to three years in prison in a general regime colony. Information about this came from the defendant’s lawyer Rushana Kamalova.

In the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, an activist was detained before the trial in the case of Ildar Dadin on the morning of September 15. This was reported on Twitter by journalist Anastasia Zotova. UPD. Mikhail Udimov, who came to consider the case of Ildar Dadin, was detained at the entrance by bailiffs because a clerical knife was found among his belongings.