Investigators forced Abror Azimov, accused in the case of the explosion in the St. Petersburg metro on April 3, to retract his testimony about torture in the secret FSB prison. This was announced on July 26 on his Facebook page by his lawyer Dmitry Dinze. “FSB operatives came to my client Azimov Abror and forced him to write a statement, under the threat of physical reprisals against him and his relatives, in which he refused claims regarding torture in a secret prison,” Dinze wrote.

On July 26, the Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the decision of the court of the previous instance - 15 days of arrest for the volunteer of the election headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Daniil Gogolev. About this OVD-Info was told by his lawyer Marina Dubrovina. The volunteer was detained on July 8 in Novorossiysk for distributing campaign materials. Before his arrest, Gogolev was attacked by an unknown person who began to snatch leaflets from the activist and threaten him.

To the coordinator of the project "For Alternative Civilian Service!" Miroslav Mishinov, by court decision, should be paid compensation in the amount of 12 thousand rubles for illegal detention with the use of force and bringing under administrative articles. This was reported on July 25 on the website of the Coalition in Support of Human Rights Defenders with reference to human rights activist Alexander Peredruk.

The department for combating economic crimes and the Investigative Committee detained Yuri Golder, a member of the Human Rights Council of Volgograd and the head of the Association for the Protection of Consumer Rights in Volgograd. this on his Facebook page . announced Timur Kobalia, Chairman of the Human Rights Council, Yuri Golder is suspected of extortion during public control at the request of residents, Kobalia told Mediazone.

The Tula Regional Court overturned the decision of a lower court that found Nikolai Mironov guilty of violating the rules for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) in connection with the June 12 rally. This was reported to OVD-Info by Alexey Vlasov. The court decided that the presence of an offense in the actions of Mironov was not proven.

A district police officer came to Maxim Popov, who was detained at an anti-corruption rally on March 26 in Moscow, and demanded to show a court order in connection with the rally and a passport, Denis Shedov, a lawyer with the Memorial Human Rights Center, told OVD-Info. Another detainee on March 26, Illarion Borts, received a call from the district police officer and said that he would come to his house to take an explanation. Borts himself told about this OVD-Info.

Elena Pariy, an activist of the ArtPreparation movement in Yekaterinburg, was assigned 50 hours of compulsory work. Elena Shukaeva reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The court found Pariy guilty of organizing an uncoordinated public event under Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses in connection with the "Walk of Free People" in support of political prisoners on July 2.

The coordinator of the campaign headquarters of Alexei Navalny in Volgograd, Alexei Volkov, was officially charged with the rehabilitation of Nazism. This was reported on the website of the regional investigative department of the Investigative Committee. Volkov is charged under Part 3 of Art. 354.1 (“public desecration of the symbol of Russian military glory”).

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Moscow City Court, recognizing the legitimate need for deputies to notify the authorities about meetings with voters. about it .

The prosecutor's office of the Pravoberezhny district of Magnitogorsk threatened a local resident, Sergei Litvinov, with a criminal case on incitement to extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code). He was issued a warning because of "esoteric tricks," according to the website of the prosecutor's office. The department notes that Litvinov positions himself as a psychic.

A report was drawn up against the deputy of the People's Khural of Buryatia, Bair Tsyrenov, accusing him of holding a single picket. Rosbalt reported this from the words of Tsyrenov himself on July 26. On July 21, Tsyrenov stood at the entrance to the People’s Khural building and greeted his colleagues, holding in his hands a piece of paper on which was written “No to ‘filtered elections’.” Thus, the deputy opposed the municipal filter in the Khural elections.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision to fine Ildar Dadin for a solitary picket near the FSB building. It is reported by RAPSI. Dadin went on a solo picket on July 5, demanding the release of one of the leaders of the nationalists, Yury Gorsky, who was detained that day on charges of incitement to extremism. (Gorsky was later placed under house arrest , and then it became known that he managed to leave Russia .) On July 7, the Meshchansky District Court fined Dadin 20,000 rubles.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Rostislav Chebotarev 15 thousand rubles, who at the May Day march held a banner “There is no need for any exploitation - become a vegan.” Open Russia writes about this with reference to lawyer Olga Dimitroglo. The activist was found guilty under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation of the established procedure of a public event by a participant).

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded 53,000 euros in compensation to eight businessmen from Voronezh who were detained and beaten in 2009 during protests over government plans to demolish Southwestern Market. The decision, taken on July 25, is reported on the website of the court.

On July 26, Dmitry Ishevsky, sentenced to three years and two months in the “swamp case”, was released from correctional colony No. 1 in the Yaroslavl region, correspondents of the OVD-info from the scene. Photo: Alexey Polikhovich, OTD-info Like most of the accused, Ishevsky was charged with participation in the riots, allegedly taking place on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and the use of violence to police officers.