The investigative department of the ICR for the Omsk region refused to initiate a case against local human rights activist Valentin Kuznetsov for insulting a judge (Article 297 of the Criminal Code). This is reported on the Open Omsk website. The application to initiate a criminal case was filed by the judge of the Central District Court of Omsk, Mikhail Safronov.

In Moscow, the Paper Mill club refused to provide a space for the opening of an exhibition about police violence and censorship, “Godfather’s Autumn,” due to threats from the security forces. about this They write in the exhibition community on Vkontakte.

The Stavropol Regional Court rejected an appeal to extend the arrest of Zarifa Sautiyeva, a participant in protests against changing the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Bilan Dzugaev. According to Dzugaev's lawyer, neither the prosecutor nor the judge set forth significant arguments against the satisfaction of Sautiyeva's appeal.

The commission on juvenile affairs in the urban district of Kotelniki terminated the case of Kirill Popov, who was detained during the action on August 3. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info Tatyana Solomina. According to the lawyer, there were many gross violations in the case file.

The Moscow City Court left unchanged the verdict to the defendant of “Moscow Case” Kirill Zhukov, 3 years of colony, on charges of applying violence to Rosgvardeitsa (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the publication "Mediazon". The prosecutor asked to leave the sentence unchanged. Defender Zhukov Svetlana Baiturina pointed out that the sentence is too cruel. Zhukov was present on the video broadcast from the pre -trial detention center: ...

Andrey Sorochkin, a participant in a one-man picket, was detained in Nizhny Novgorod. This was announced to OVD-Info by the Chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Yabloko party, Oleg Rodin.

On October 3, in the city of Chekhov (Moscow region) and Yoshkar-Ola, searches were carried out in the homes of followers of the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported on the website of the religious organization. It was previously reported that the searches took place not in Chekhov, but in Moscow. The Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow placed Zinaida Krutyakova, Konstantin Zherebtsov, Vitaly Nikiforov and Nikolai Yakovlev under house arrest.

The Ministry of Justice included the Anti-Corruption Foundation in the register of “foreign agents.” This is reported on the department's website. “The fact that the organization complies with the characteristics of a non-profit organization performing the functions of a foreign agent was established during the ongoing monitoring of its activities carried out by the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Justice in Moscow,” the Ministry of Justice writes.

The Moscow City Court changed the sentence of the person involved in the "Moscow case" Ivan Podkopaev from 3 years to 2 years in prison. Alla Frolova, coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, reports this. The court recognized monetary compensation for damage to the victims as a mitigating circumstance. Podkopaev stated in court that he was retracting his earlier testimony, insisting on his innocence and asking for a full acquittal.

After summer shares, several criminal cases were instituted in Moscow about the violence of participants in relation to the security forces. At the same time, complaints about the use of force by law enforcement officers remain unanswered. OVD-Info says that they are charged with detainees on charges of violence against representatives of the authorities and what is happening with the statements of the victims during the summer rallies.