The Vologda City Court arrested for 15 days the organizer of the rally against the pension reform on September 9, Evgeny Domozhirov. He wrote about this on Twitter. Judge Kondrashikhin found Domozhirov guilty of repeated violation of the public event (part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Saratov, the Investigative Committee opened a new case against Natalya Kovaleva, who was previously accused of extremism because of ditties about judges. Kovaleva herself told OVD-Info about this. A new case against Kovaleva was opened at the end of September. The woman is charged under Part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code (contempt of court) and Part 1 of Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code (defamation of a judge), the cases are combined into a single proceeding.

In St. Petersburg, the Smolninsky District Court returned to the police the cases of the Indefinite Protest activists who were detained on October 7 at the Palace Bridge. This is reported by the Detainee Assistance Group (GPZ). On October 7, the police detained ten participants of the Indefinite Protest. Three minors were later released with their parents, the rest of the detainees were left in the department for the night.

The Supreme Court of Crimea extended until December 9 the arrest of the defendants in the Bakhchisaray Hizb ut-Tahrir case - Timur Ibragimov, Marlen Asanov, Ernes Ametov, Server Zekiryaev, Seyran Saliev and Memet Belyalov. This is stated in the Facebook of the public association "Crimean Solidarity". The meetings were held behind closed doors. for a similar period .

In Omsk, the Investigative Committee began an investigation after the publication of a single picket participant, Galina Kamyshnikova, whose sternum was broken during detention. Information about this is posted on the website of the Omsk Department of the UK.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested the detainees in connection with the “Long Years of Prison” action. The detainees Vladislav Ivancho and the supporter of the “Spring” Ivan Rubtsov were sentenced to 10 days of arrest each. Viasna press secretary Andrei Graf was arrested for 15 days, activists of the movement tweeted .

In Abakan, the FSB has completed the investigation of a criminal case against Lidiya Bainova, who is accused of inciting extremist activities because of her post on VKontakte. This is reported by the lawyer of the International Human Rights Group Agora Vladimir Vasin, who defends Bainova. The investigator sent Bainova's case to the Deputy Prosecutor of Khakassia for approval of the indictment and subsequent transfer to court.

On October 7, four activists were detained in the center of Pskov, who stood in single pickets with “congratulations” on the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin. about this writes Radio Liberty . The same information was confirmed by OVD-Info and one of the detainees, the coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Pskov, Valentin Boldyshev.

The Moscow District Court of Cheboksary imposed a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure for blogger Konstantin Ishutov. This is reported by lawyer Yuri Ivanov, who cooperates with the Agora International Human Rights Group. Ishutov is suspected of rehabilitating Nazism (part 2 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he published a leaflet on the social network addressed to Soviet soldiers.

For this material, it was not easy to find heroes: few of Jehovah's witnesses living in Russia are ready to talk with reporters. The tactics of silence makes a person inconspicuous, and any word he said draws attention to him and can be used to the detriment of him. Believers know how many of them were followed by surveillance before arrests, almost everyone has acquaintances who were affected by searches.

Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko was transferred to a Russian penal colony to serve his sentence on charges of espionage. about this with reference to the lawyer of the journalist Mark Feigin. writes Interfax Feigin did not specify where Sushchenko was transferred and where he will serve his sentence. A Ukrainian journalist was detained on September 30, 2016 in Moscow on suspicion of espionage. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, he came to Moscow to visit close relatives.

In Saransk, police officers came to the founding conference of the local branch of Open Russia to take explanations from the participants of the event about "the motives for participating in an undesirable organization." It is reported by Kasparov. Ru” with reference to the coordinator of the Mordovian branch of the movement Evgeny Pashutkin.

The Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma arrested the former coordinator of the regional headquarters of Navalny Alexander Zykov for 15 days. Such a sentence was given to him because of the organization and holding of a campaign against raising the retirement age, which took place on September 9, writes "7 × 7". The court found Zykov guilty of repeated violation of the procedure for organizing a rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Illustrations: OTD-Info “It is difficult to get rid of the feeling that this is not real,” Jehovah's witnesses about their life in Russia after the ban. For a year and a half, more than 50 believers were arrested in the country and several thousand went abroad, leaving work, relatives, and often property. There is much more left - we talked with them about how it was to live, fearing persecution.