In St. Petersburg, the Nevskie Novosti publication stopped cooperating with freelance correspondent Oleg Dilimbetov because of a publication in support of journalist Ivan Golunov. Interfax writes about this. Dilimbetov and other journalists spoke out in defense of Golunov in an article published by Open Media.

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow fined human rights activist Lev Ponomarev 300 thousand rubles for the gathering “In Defense of the New Generation” near the FSB building. This was reported in the telegram channel of the movement “For Human Rights”. Ponomarev was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of holding the event (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). According to the case materials, the protesters interfered with the movement of pedestrians.

In the Primorsky Territory, Sergei Melnikov was arrested for two months on suspicion of belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The man was detained on June 5, after which his house was searched and equipment was seized. Over the past year, three of Melnikov’s acquaintances have tried to talk to him about faith. During one of these conversations, the man was detained.

In Pskov, Liya Milushkina, ex-coordinator of Open Russia, was summoned for questioning. Now she is under house arrest in the case of drug trafficking (part 4 of article 228.1), writes MBKh Media. The interrogation was related to the case against Anastasia Shevchenko, accused of “carrying out the activities of an organization recognized as undesirable on the territory of Russia” (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code).

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested until August 5 Ruslan Nagaev, Eldar Kantimirov, Ruslan Mesutov, Lenur Khalilov, who were detained on June 10 after mass searches in the homes of Crimean Tatars. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". The hearings on the cases of Khalilov and Kantimirov were held behind closed doors, despite the motions of the defense. The cases of Nagaev and Mesutov were heard in open mode. Lawyers for all four defendants intend to appeal the decisions.

On the administrative border with Crimea, the daughter of one of the accused in the Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, Gulsum Aliyeva, was detained. about this Writes "Crimean Solidarity". Aliyeva was taken to the police station in Armyansk. Together with lawyer Aleksey Ladin, she is waiting for the FSB officers. According to the police, Aliyeva is allegedly wanted by the FSB.

The Khoroshevsky District Court fined truck drivers Pavel Lisichkin and Vadim Boytsov 10,000 rubles. The interests of the activists were represented in court by OVD-Info lawyer Ekaterina Selezneva. The men were found guilty of violating the rules of the event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On March 27, activists were driving cars with the symbols of the Association of Carriers of Russia.

The Petrogradsky District Court returned to the police the administrative case of activists of the Vesna movement Pyotr Trofimov and Alexandra Lomovikova, the reported . movement’s telegram channel The protesters were detained on June 10 because of the banner “Putin is fabulous or real?”. Protocols were drawn up against the activists under the article on violation of the procedure for holding a public event (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In the Likino-Dulevsky district near Moscow, police officers detained Valery Koval and Yevgeny Petukhov, who were protesting against deforestation for the construction of a waste processing plant. This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to a resident of the village of Ilyinsky churchyard Ilya Tsarev. The detainees were taken to the Kurovskoye police station. According to Tsarev, in the morning workers arrived in the area who were going to cut down the square.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the case of Ivan Golunov was closed, and they intend to release the journalist from house arrest. About this in the Russia Today agency. from under . the telegram channel, the information was confirmed by the lawyer of “Human Rights Postcard” Sergei Badamshin, who represents the interests of the journalist, as reported by “Mediazona” writes The decision was made due to the lack of proof of his participation in the commission of the crime.

The Department of Regional Security of Moscow appealed to the prosecutor's office in connection with the march for the release of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov. This is reported in the Telegram channel dedicated to the case against the journalist. The statement notes that since June 12, when the march is scheduled, is a holiday, the action may interfere with planned events, including the Times and Epochs festival.

The city court of Naberezhnye Chelny recognized as lawful the refusal of the police to initiate an administrative case against an official who illegally refused to approve the rally. It is reported by "Idel. Realii” with reference to the organizer of the event, Raushan Valiullin. On July 1, 2018, Valiullin wanted to hold a rally in the city center against raising the retirement age. Local authorities refused to agree and offered to hold the event on the outskirts.

The Tushinsky District Court of Moscow released YouTube blogger Ilya Maddison (Davydov) from a suspended sentence on charges of incitement and hostility (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and cleared his criminal record. about this with reference to the press secretary of the court. writes Novaya Gazeta Article 282 of the Criminal Code was partially decriminalized, in connection with which Davydov's lawyer filed a corresponding petition.

On June 10, the Nakhimovsky District Court of Sevastopol sentenced the head of the Sevastopol Workers' Union, Valery Bolshakov, to two and a half years of suspended imprisonment with a ban on holding public office. Journalist Anton Naumlyuk spoke about this on Facebook. wrote Bolshakov was found guilty of public calls for extremism via the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and without the help of the Internet (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code).

A policeman and chop at a gathering in defense of the square in Yekaterinburg/ Photo: Konstantin Tishe for OTD-Info In Yekaterinburg, after protests around the construction of the temple in the square, the police began to start criminal cases. On June 10, it became known that the case of riots was initiated (Article 212 of the Criminal Code).