In Chelyabinsk, an investigator of the Investigative Committee interrogated environmental activist Galina Gorina as a suspect in the case of justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Pavel Chikov, head of the human rights group Agora, reported this on his Telegram channel. Gorina is suspected of publishing a comment on her VKontakte page justifying a terrorist attack at the FSB headquarters in Arkhangelsk.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk dismissed the case under the article on disrespect for authority (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against local resident Alexander Pushkin due to the lack of corpus delicti. this on his Telegram channel .

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow did not find any offense in the actions of retired missile forces major Vladimir Skubak, who on May 11 held a picket near the presidential administration and was detained for this by police officers. This was reported by MBKH Media with reference to the lawyer of the Public Verdict Foundation, Ernest Mezak. “The court considered that there was no corpus delicti. This gives reason to believe that his detention on that day was unlawful.

In Yekaterinburg, activist Vladislav Postnikov was detained during a one-man picket. This happened on the day of the visit to the city of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported by the telegram channel “Ural. MBKh Media" and the activist himself on his Facebook .

In the Republic of Adygeya, the restriction on single pickets, which contradicts the federal law, was removed from the regional law on public events. This happened after a joint appeal by lawyers from OVD-Info and HRC "Memorial" to the prosecutor's office. The text of the law adopted by the State Council - Khase of the Republic of Adygea is posted on the website of the regional parliament.

The Leninsky District Court of the city of Penza fined the Civil Union Foundation 300,000 rubles on an administrative lawsuit filed by the Penza Ministry of Justice. This was reported on the fund's Facebook page. The administrative case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation of the procedure for the activities of a non-profit organization performing the functions of a foreign agent).

Deputy of the Duma of the city of Asbest, Sverdlovsk region, Natalia Krylova, was detained at the Koltsovo airport in Yekaterinburg with a poster on which there was an appeal to Putin. This is reported by URAL. MBH-media. Krylova stood with a poster, the inscription on which invited the President of Russia to come to the Lesozavod village to see how people live without gas and with a toilet on the street.

In St. Petersburg, near the Electoral Commission of the Municipal Formation (IKMO) Sergievskoye, journalist Aleksey Radkov was attacked by participants in a fake queue. This was reported to OVD-Info by Dinar Idrisov. Radkov began filming people standing in line to submit documents to the IKMO, after which one of them hit Radkov. The journalist hit back, but then he was attacked by all those who stood in line, only about 15 people.

The Moscow Regional Court softened the preventive measure for Roman Udot, a member of the board of the Golos movement. He has been released from house arrest. This was reported by the news agency "Law" in a text broadcast from the courtroom. The appeal of Roman Udot was partially satisfied.

An administrative case under Part 1 of Art. 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on the abuse of freedom of information. This part of the article - about materials containing hidden inserts that affect the subconscious of people and (or) have a harmful effect on their health - is used for the first time. It is reported by "Kommersant".

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg arrested the protesters for the resignation of the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Sergei Tiunov and Viktor Baldin, for 5 and 15 days, respectively. This was reported on the MBKh-Media website with reference to human rights activist Nikita Tomilov. Protocols were drawn up against Tiunov and Baldin under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the law on rallies).

The Babushkinsky District Court for the second time recognized the legality of the initiation of a criminal case against Kolomna activist Vyacheslav Egorov. Lawyer Maria Eismont, who is defending Egorov, told OVD-Info about this. For the second time, Egorov’s defense appealed the decision to initiate a criminal case under Article 212.1 (repeated violations of the legislation on rallies), issued by the acting head of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Moscow Region.

Is it so difficult to become a member of the PMC that a whole project to help candidates is needed? Our idea is precisely that becoming a member of the PMC is easier than being a member of the POC ( grins ). Anti-advertising. From the outside it seems that the PMCs are such special guys, members of something departmental, the Public Chamber (PC), the Human Rights Council.

Ekaterina Kosarevskaya at a press conference on torture in the “Network” / Photo: Anatrrra In July, a set of public observation commissions (PMCs) in 42 regions of Russia starts. Human rights activists and activists from several cities decided to help people who want to become members of the PMC. OVD-Info talked with the coordinator of the project “Form the PMC 2019” Ekaterina Kosarevskaya about the prison, cats in cloaks and how to be a cool member of the PMC.