In Moscow, journalists are not allowed into the city election commission for a meeting on the registration of candidates for mayor of Moscow. This was announced to OVD-Info by Kirill Grigoriev, a member of the commission with the right to consultative vote, who was also not allowed to attend the meeting.

In Omsk on July 6, followers of Jehovah's Witnesses Sergei and Anastasia Polyakov were arrested. This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center. It is assumed that the couple is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). “Sova” notes that this is the first known case of a woman being arrested for involvement in Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The Central District Court of Tver fined Tatyana Jinchveladze, a participant in a single picket for the resignation of local authorities, 500 rubles. She talks about this on her Facebook page. wrote Dzhinchveladze was found guilty of disobeying a lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). In addition, the woman is accused of violating the rules of the rally (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

Why is this law needed? Conditions of detention should not be more severe than the punishment that the court can impose - this is the position of the European Court of Human Rights. Back in 2008, this was indicated in the explanatory note to the bill. The conditions in a pre-trial detention center are more stringent than in a general regime colony or a colony-settlement . In a colony, a person spends a lot of time in the fresh air, he can work and study.

Vladimir Putin signed a law that equates one day in a pre-trial detention center to one and a half in a general regime colony. It took 10 years from the introduction of the bill to its adoption. According to one version, the TFR resisted the innovations. A day in a pre-trial detention center for one and a half days in a colony is just one of the innovations in the area of ​​calculating the time that people spend behind bars before being sentenced.