In Ufa, on August 16, Almaz Usmanov, another suspect in the Hizb case, was arrested, an organization designated as terrorist in Russia. This was reported by the administrator of the group on Facebook. ut-TahrirOVD-Info “Political prisoners in the “Hizb cases”” ut-TahrirAccording to him, Usmanov was demanded to testify against all the defendants in the case of the Ufa cell - at that time there were 13 of them, with him there were 14.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has arrested Alexei Navalny for 30 days for the "Voters' Strike" action that took place on January 28. This was reported on his Twitter account by Kira Yarmysh. Navalny's press secretary wrote on August 25 at the entrance to his home, from where he was taken to the Danilovsky District Police Department.

On August 23, the Kaliningrad Regional Court extended for three months the arrest of Alexander Orshulevich, Igor Ivanov and Nikolai Mamaev, defendants in the case of the Baltic Vanguard of Russian Resistance. This was reported to OVD-Info by Orshulevich's wife Wanda. Mamaev and Ivanov are accused of participating in an extremist community (part 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), Orshulevich of creating it (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code).

The head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, who was arrested on suspicion of abuse of power, was charged with a new criminal case under articles on illegal entrepreneurial activity, complicity in fraud on an especially large scale and the legalization of stolen funds. about this Writes "Kommersant". Yulia, the wife of the head of the district, confirmed this information to Interfax.

In Klin, environmental activists Alexander Bakhmetyev, Andrey Vasilevsky and Artem Davydovich, who were detained near the Aleksinsky Quarry landfill, were released. This was reported to OVD-Info by local activist Olga Belyakova. She said that today the cases of the detainees were to be considered by the Klin City Court. Later it became known that the judge postponed the hearings to August 28 and 29, after which the men were released.

In Moscow, Yuri Korny, accused in connection with the “revolution” of Vyacheslav Maltsev, ended the hunger strike he had been on since July 4. This is stated in his letter, the text of which was published on Facebook by activist Maria Ryabikova on August 26. On August 15, it became known that Korny was transferred from the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center to the hospital at the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center.

In Volgograd, Alexei Volkov, the coordinator of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny, was summoned to the prosecutor's office because of a protest against pension reform on September 9th. about this He wrote on his Twitter.

The Achinsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory sentenced Roman Maryan, a member of the Artpodgotovka movement, to three years and two months in a penal colony. This was reported to OVD-Info by his lawyer Natalia Mons. Maryan was found guilty of preparing to participate in mass riots (part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code). He did not admit his guilt. The defense intends to appeal the verdict.

In Kemerovo, police detained the deputy coordinator of “Protest Kuzbass” Mila Zemtsova. This was announced by Lev Gyammer, coordinator of the movement. OVD-InfoAccording to him, Zemtsova was detained while she was sitting in a cafe. The activist is taken to the Central police department. The reasons for the arrest are currently unknown. Gämmer claims that Zemtsova is being threatened and is being put under psychological pressure.

In Barnaul, employees of the Center for Combating Extremism detained a local left-wing activist. This was reported to OVD-Info by his friend Alexander. According to Alexander, the first time Yasha - this is how he introduced the detainee - was taken away by the Center "E" because of the concert that the activists held in the forest. The man was interrogated for four hours, asked about local movements, threatened. “You can all go to jail,” Alexander quotes the words of the employees.

In Novokuznetsk, police detained Fyodor Reguzov, a participant in “Protest Kuzbass.” Movement coordinator Lev Ghammer reported this to the hotline. OVD-InfoGammer said that the police stopped Reguzov on the street and tried to serve a summons in the case of defacing the election banner of one of the candidates for mayor of the city. Law enforcement officials said that if Reguzov resists during arrest, force will be used against him, the movement coordinator reports.

Poster from the demonstration on August 25, 1968 / Source: Archive of the International Memorial On August 25, Moscow was detained by participants in the meeting dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the “Demonstration of Seven” - shares on the Red Square of 1968 against the commissioning of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia. OVD-info publishes a letter from Soviet dissident Peter Grigorenko, seized during the search on November 21, 1968.