In Belgorod, two participants in single pickets drew up an administrative protocol for a mass event without submitting a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This OVD-Info was reported by one of the activists.

In St. Petersburg, municipal deputy Daniil Ken and a candidate for municipal deputies Yevgeny Demyanov were detained. This is reported by Navalny's Headquarters in St. Petersburg. Ken and Demyanov were about to campaign in the constituency when they were stopped by a police squad. Leaflets were confiscated from them and they are being taken to the 36th police station. In mid-August, the Vyborgsky District Court of St.

Samizdat “My friend, yes you are a transformer” received a third notification from Roskomnadzor demanding to remove the publication about the suicide for the third time in a month. About it writes "MBH Media". “The text was about suicide notes. We talked about this phenomenon from the point of view of sociology: what people wanted to say in them, what were the motives, and so on, ”Grigory Tumanov, editor-in-chief of samizdat, told MBKh Media.

From the lawyers in the case of a journalist-investigator Ivan Golunov, the investigator twice tried to take a sign of non-disclosure. Both times they refused. Now that the matter has been stopped, it is safe to say that the persecution was related to the professional activities of the journalist. In many criminal cases that human rights activists call politically motivated, the courts make decisions on subscriptions and closed processes without sufficient grounds.

In the Tagansky District Court, after the meeting, bailiffs detained a lawyer from the Public Verdict Foundation. This was reported in the telegram channel of the fund. On August 20, in the Tagansky court, Ernest Mezak represented the interests of Maxim Grishenkov, who was detained at a rally on August 3. Judge Yulia Smolina denied almost all defense motions and ordered Grishenkov to do 30 hours of compulsory work for participating in an uncoordinated rally.

On August 19, the Vilegodsky District Court of the Arkhangelsk Region fined environmental activists Eduard Luzhkov and Andrey Khristoforov (Drevarkh the Enlightened). about it Mediazona writes . The court found both activists guilty under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Luzhkov was fined 700 rubles, Khristoforov - 900 rubles.

In Yekaterinburg, the police detained the lawyer-defender Sergei Tiunov. This was announced on his Facebook by lawyer Roman Kachanov. As Tiunov himself said on his Facebook page, his detention is connected with the post on the social network, in which he invited residents of other cities to support the protest in Moscow on August 3. Activist Ilya Korobkov, citing a lawyer, Irina Ruchko informed the OVD-Info that Tiunov was now being taken to the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg.

In Moscow, the Investigative Committee conducted a search of the July 27 protest participant Viktor Kirilenko. This was reported by legal assistance coordinator Alla Frolova. OVD-InfoSearch was carried out within the framework of “mass riots”. Now Kirilenko, in the status of a witness, is being taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation. criminal case Kirilenko was taken to the Investigative Committee only now. All this time, a search of his home continued.

Meetings on resonant matters often close or take from the participants in the processes a non -disclosure subscription. Because of this, relatives and journalists cannot get to the courts, and it becomes more difficult to get information about the case. Sometimes judges directly indicate that public interest can interfere with the investigation. OVD-Info figured out how legitimate this practice is and whether it is possible to fight it.