On August 13, the Vologda Regional Court softened the preventive measure for Jehovah's Witness Nikolai Stepanov, a defendant in the case of an extremist organization. This was reported by a website covering the persecution of believers. The court considered the appeal against the next extension of the preventive measure until September 18 and decided to transfer Stepanov from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest.

Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism (Center "E") came with a search to the office of the "Executive Committee of the Dagestan ASSR" in Makhachkala. about this The head of the organization, Larisa Bachieva, told to Kavkaz. Realities". According to Bachieva, the security forces wanted to search the office for documents. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan refused to give the "Caucasus.

Ramis Chirkinov, a supporter of Ossetian COVID-dissident Vadim Cheldiev, was transferred from house arrest to a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don at the end of July. This was reported by Caucasus. Realities" with reference to lawyer Sergei Denisenko. “The electronic bracelet went off and it was considered a violation of house arrest. But we have evidence that the device gave a false signal,” the publication quotes the lawyer as saying.

The administration of Yoshkar-Ola refused to agree on a rally in support of the Khabarovsk residents and the arrested ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal, which the Mari branch of the LDPR planned to hold on August 22. This was reported on August 14 on the department's website. Officials referred to the high alert in connection with the epidemic of the coronavirus.

The Central District Court of Tver fined Igor Polev and Gavit Mukanaliev, who were detained on August 15 in connection with solitary pickets. Andrey Komarov, a lawyer from OVD-Info, informs Polev about the fine, writes about the fine to Mukanaliev. “7×7” The court found both guilty under the article on failure to comply with the lawful request of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed fines of 800 rubles.

Natalya Makarova at the picket / photo was provided by Makarova herself In the Tula region, two participants in single pickets were detained in support of the defendants in the case of the stuffed Putin in Perm. This is one of the detainees, Natalya Makarova, said in the legal bot OVD-Info. Makarova and her friend took turns taking single pickets near the building of the Novomoskovsk administration.

The Basmanny District Court fined Open Russia coordinator Tatyana Usmanova for a tweet about a meeting at the Belarusian embassy in Moscow. This was reported by the participant of OVD-Info Alexander Menyukov. The court found Usmanova guilty of organizing an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed a fine of 30 thousand rubles.

Viktor Petrunin, an agitator for independent candidates for municipal deputies of the Babushkinsky district, was detained in Moscow. This was reported to OVD-Info by Ivan Klimov, a representative of the headquarters of independent candidates Maria Nemtsova and Mikhail Pletnev. Petrunin was taken to the Babushkinsky police station, but the police did not give the reason for his detention. They take explanations from the agitator. He was advised by Nadezhda Kuzina, senior lawyer at OVD-Info.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, the home of Nikita Antonov, an activist of the Stavropol branch of the Other Russia, was searched. This was reported to OVD-Info by the press service of the unregistered party. The operatives explained to Antonov that they were conducting a search in connection with “graffiti with protest slogans.” The press service clarified that the slogans were against changing the Constitution.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk dismissed the case against the deputy of the Trinity settlement, Irina Drozdova, on participation in the action against the "ecological genocide" of rural residents. This is reported by Novaya Gazeta. The case was dismissed due to lack of corpus delicti.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Sakha upheld the decision of the lower court on the forced hospitalization of the Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev and refused to satisfy the complaint of his defense. This was reported by MBKh-media with reference to the coordinator of the Human Rights Postcard Alexei Pryanishnikov.

A justice of the peace in Moscow fined Novaya Gazeta 200,000 rubles and the editor-in-chief of the publication, Dmitry Muratov, 60,000 rubles under the fake news article (part 9, article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for material about quarantine on the Voronezh nuclear submarines and Smolensk. this The publication itself reports .

The Ishimbay City Court of Bashkortostan ordered the arrests of 34 defenders of the Kushtau Shikhan, who were detained on August 15 during the dispersal of the camp. This is reported by “Apology of Protest”. Those arrested will serve their sentences in the temporary detention center in the Aurgazinsky district, the temporary detention center in the Ishimbaysky district, and in the special detention center of Sterlitamak and Salavat. They were given from one day to 15 days of arrest.

The Moscow City Court dismissed the case of Dmitry Ivanov, the author of the Protest MSU telegram channel, who was sentenced to 10 days in connection with his solitary picket against detentions at solitary pickets. Ivanov was released in the courtroom. This was reported by the defender from OVD-Info Irina Yatsenko.

The central district of Komsomolsk-on-Amur sentenced Evgeniy Dilman, who was detained at a rally in support of Khabarovsk, to 50 hours of compulsory labor. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The court found him guilty of violating the rules for holding a public event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).