In Pskov, police took an explanation from 7x7 correspondent Ivan Zhuravkov because of the coverage of the solidarity rally with the Khabarovsk Territory, which took place on August 1. “Horizontal Russia” writes about this.

Teymur Abdullayev, convicted in the Simferopol case of Khiz ut-Tahrir, was transferred from the punishment cell (SHIZO) to a cell with strict conditions of detention (SUS). He spent almost five months in the ShIZO. This was reported by Crimean Solidarity with reference to the wife of the political prisoner Alima Abdullayeva. “He called the official line, for the first time in a long time. He was transferred from ShIZO, where he spent 141 days.

At the Embassy of Belarus / Photo: Avtozak Live Telegram channel In Moscow, the Embassy of Belarus was detained by Mikhail Kirtser. He participated in the rally of solidarity with the Belarusian protesters. This was reported to the hotline of the OWD-Info line by the daughter of the detainee. Police threatened Kirzer with an article on an attack on a representative of the authorities. Presumably, the detainee is being taken to the Basmann police department.

On August 9, during the arrest, a policeman tasered Fyodor Kobzev, who was standing in a single picket on Stefanovskaya Square in Syktyvkar. The video of the detention was published by human rights activist Ernest Mezak. The recording shows that Fyodor Kobzev held a picket on the square dedicated to the upcoming election of the governor of the Komi Republic.

On August 12, the Orenburg Regional Court rejected the complaint of Albert Shafiev, a defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, to tighten the conditions for serving his sentence. His mother Svetlana Shafieva reported this to OVD-Info. At the end of May, the Novotroitsk City Court decided to send Shafiev from a maximum security colony to prison for a term of two years. Representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service made a motion to tighten the conditions.

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision to fine 150,000 rubles to civil activist Alexander Kuznetsov, better known as Uncle Sasha. The punishment was imposed in the wake of the detention on March 14 in Moscow at the site of the picket line at the FSB. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info Vasily Kushnir.

The Pskov City Court found the editor-in-chief of the “Pskov Province” Denis Kamalyagin not guilty of violating the “high alert regime” (Part 1 of Article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code) during a single picket. He told MBH Media about this. “Our judge made an important, from the point of view of precedent, decision that a single picket is not a public event. The judge watched the video provided by Apology of Protest lawyer Tatyana Martynova.

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow found the editor of “Takih Dela” Artem Besedin and the portal’s correspondent Dmitry Sidorov guilty of violating the rules of participation in the action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). “Such cases” write about this with reference to lawyer Natalya Morozova. Administrative cases were opened in connection with the rally in support of journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, which took place on July 3 near the FSB building on Lubyanka.

Jehovah's Witness Artem Gerasimov was transferred to IK-12 in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region from pre-trial detention center-1 in the Krasnodar Territory. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Gerasimov was detained by FSB officers on March 20, 2019 in Yalta for holding religious services. The investigation saw this as organizing the activities of an extremist organization. A criminal case was opened on March 15, 2019.

The Vologda city court fined activist Yevgeny Domozhirov 2,000 rubles for a video in which he portrayed local officials in Nazi caps. This was announced by Domozhirov himself in the video, which drew the attention of Mediazona. The video in question is called “Destroy. Like real fascists”, Domozhirov published it in May 2020. In the video, the blogger talks about cutting down the square, which was planted by veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

The Bagaevsky District Court of the Rostov Region denied parole to Crimean Solidarity media coordinator Nariman Memedeminov. “Grati” writes about this with reference to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov. “The court rejected our petition, citing a negative report from the colony. At the same time, Nariman explained the verbal punishment: he did not go to work because he was feeling unwell, he explained this to the head of the colony, and now he is employed in the colony.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Alexander Kostyukhin, who held a solo picket on August 1. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Elena Sheremetyeva. The court found Alexander Kostyukhin guilty of violating the “high alert regime” (Article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code) and imposed a fine of 15 thousand rubles.

In Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory, security forces came to conduct searches of Jehovah's Witnesses. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. Investigative actions took place at at least two addresses. 13 August 16:03 The press service of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia clarified that a search in Nevinnomyssk took place on August 10 at the home of believer Alexander Voronov.

The Association of Administrative and Technical Inspections (OATI) in Moscow closed the case of Angelina Karpenko, who was detained at a picket line in support of Yulia Tsvetkova on June 27. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Alexander Lokhmutov. Angelina Karpenko was charged with failure to comply with the “high alert regime” (Article 3.18.1 of the Moscow Administrative Code). The case was dismissed due to the absence of an offense.

On August 10, the Voronezh Regional Court, in an appeal, decided to release Jehovah's Witness Anatoly Yagupov from the pre-trial detention center and transfer him to house arrest. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Yagupov was arrested as part of a criminal case that the Investigative Committee of the Voronezh Region opened on July 2 under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).