The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg arrested Denis Gowert, a participant in a single picket in support of protesters in Khabarovsk, for five days. His defender Sergei Zykov reported this to OVD-Info on his Facebook. The court found Gowert guilty of disobeying the demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). Gowert was detained in the park near the academic theater.

On August 1, the Central District Court of Khabarovsk ordered five days of arrest for those detained after the July 31 action against the persecution of Sergei Furgal. This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info, Alla Frolova. The court found Dmitry Tymoshenko and Alexander Nuikin guilty of participating in an action that resulted in disruptions in the functioning of the infrastructure (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

On Manezhnaya Square, the police detained defrauded shareholders Zoya and Alexander Bakatov. This was reported by the telegram channel “Real View”. Zoya Bakatova stood in a single picket with a poster “I/We are Sergei Furgal.” The police detained her and took her to a paddy wagon. When Alexander tried to take her poster on the way there, the security forces detained him too. The detainees will presumably be taken to the Kitay-Gorod police station.

Near the police department in the Khamovniki district, the author of the Moscow State University protest telegram channel Dmitry Ivanov and the “perpetual protest” activist Nadezhda Shchetinina were detained. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov. Ivanov and Shchetinina stood near the police department and waited for those detained at a Moscow rally in support of protesters in Khabarovsk.

The most numerous event was the procession in Khabarovsk itself. Despite the pouring rain, several thousand people took part in it, according to the mayor's office - 3.5 thousand. A week ago, when the authorities announced that there were six thousand people on the streets, the actual number of demonstrators was close to several tens of thousands. People chanted “Putin resign!” and “Furgal is our choice.” No one was detained. In St.

Another rally was held in Russia in support of the arrested former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal. The protests have been going on for weeks. On August 1, demonstrations took place in dozens of cities, including Khabarovsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and many cities in Siberia and the Far East. Several dozen people were detained. The most numerous action was the procession in Khabarovsk itself.