Ildar Dadin, previously unexpectedly from Moscow, was interrogated on July 7 in a new criminal case as a witness. transferred to St. Petersburg SIZO-4 Lawyer Alexey Liptser to Novaya Gazeta about the interrogation that took place today: “Dadin was interrogated so far as a witness. At the same time, we were unable to find out under what article, on what fact and against whom this case was brought. The investigator’s questions concerned Dadin’s posts on his social media accounts.

On July 7, the Yoshkar-Ola City Court sentenced civil activist Yevgeny Pirogov to 300 hours of compulsory labor for contempt of court (Part 1 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the publication "7 × 7".

On July 7, the Tyumen Regional Court did not satisfy the appeal of blogger Alexey Kungurov against a preventive measure in the form of imprisonment in a pre-trial detention center. Kungurov, who is accused of public calls for terrorism (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) for his LiveJournal post “Who are Putin’s falcons really bombing,” will remain in custody until August 19. RIA Ura.ru reports this.

On July 7, Vladimir Putin signed the resonant "Yarovaya Package" , significantly toughening punishment under various articles on extremism and terrorism. This was announced by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Pesov, writes TASS. The Human Rights Council, business ombudsman Boris Titov, mobile operators asked not to do this. Opponents of tough amendments even created a petition against the Yarovaya package. To date, over 89,000 people have signed it.

On July 6, the Motovilikha District Court in Perm considered the mass celebration of Spring and Labor Day by residents of several houses to be an administrative offense and fined the organizer, “house chairman” Anastasia Maltseva, 20,000 rubles. RBC wrote about this. Maltseva said that on May 1, residents of five houses united to jointly hold a May Day rally in one of the courtyards on Tsiolkovsky Street.