The court in Zlatoust (Chelyabinsk region) dismissed the case of fakes against local ambulance paramedic Andrei Korolev, who complained about the lack of additional payments during the fight against coronavirus. This was reported by MBKh Media with reference to Olga Islamitdinova, a lawyer from Pravozashchita Otkrytka.

The Tverskoy District Court fined Yan Rachinsky, chairman of the International Memorial, 100,000 rubles under the article about the absence of a “foreign agent” marking (part 2 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This time, the absence of marking was seen on the website “Personnel of the USSR State Security Bodies. 1935-1939,” the press service of the Human Rights Center “Memorial” reported.

In the Moscow region, Alexander Dorogov, a journalist for the publication Rosderzhava, accused of extortion, was transported from a temporary detention center to pre-trial detention center No. 7 of the Moscow region, which is located in Yegoryevsk. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Vladislav Lunkov, who is defending Dorogov.

In Bashkortostan, detained defenders of the Kushtau Shikhan went on a hunger strike, reports the Readovka publication and the Kushtau on-line telegram channel. The activists went on a hunger strike after a prosecutor came to them while they were serving administrative arrest, offered to sign papers “for Khabirov” and promised to release them after that, Kushtau on-line reports. Radiy Khabirov, the head of Bashkiria, at the end of 2018 decided to develop Kushtau.

The Moscow City Court sent for a new consideration to the district court the cases of two minors detained during protests due to the non-admission of independent candidates for deputies of the Moscow City Duma. This is reported by lawyers from OVD-Info Tatyana Solomina and Anastasia Samorukova. The first young man was detained on August 10, 2019, when he was returning from work, where he helped his father.

Vladislav Barabanov in a single picket on June 5 / Photo: Telegram channel Avtozak Live The judge of the Presnensky district court of Moscow Irina Zubova was fined Vladislav Barabanova and Alexander Kalistratov, participants in single pickets in support of other detainees on pickets. This was reported by lawyers from the OVD-info, Vasily Kushnir, who represented Babanova’s interests in court, and Maria Eismont, who defended Kalistratov and Barabova.

The City Court of St. Petersburg canceled a fine of 10,000 rubles to Anastasia Burakova, chairperson of Open Russia, for laying flowers near the building of the Constitutional Court. This was reported to OVD-Info by Alexander Peredruk, a lawyer from the Apology of Protest.

On August 14, the Leninsky Court of Rostov-on-Don sent Jehovah's Witness Vladimir Popov into custody until October. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. Popov, at the request of the investigator, is sent to a pre-trial detention center for 1 month 25 days - until October 7, 2020. Two days earlier, FSB officers detained him in the city of Zverevo, Rostov Region, because he was on the federal wanted list.

The judge of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow, Irina Zubova, fined Vladimir Mitrofanov, a participant in a series of solo pickets against police violence, 20,000 rubles. This was reported by the lawyer from OVD-Info Vasily Kushnir, who defended Mitrofanov in court. Zubova found Mitrofanov guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The St. Petersburg City Court canceled the fines of five detainees who came to the court building to announce the verdicts of those involved in the Network case. “Apology of Protest” reports this on its telegram channel.

In the 1950s, development began on one of the four shihans - hills located along the Belaya River. Each of them has a name: Kushtau, Shakhtau, Yuraktau and Toratau. They are considered one of the main attractions of the region; the last two have protected status. Shikhany contains limestone, necessary for the production of soda, which is why a soda-cement plant was built in the 1930s in the city of Sterlitamak, located near the hills. Later, the Bashkir Soda Company (BSK) arose on its basis.

The judge of the St. Petersburg City Court, Irina Kalinina, declared illegal the decision under the article on organizing an action without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against Svetlana Sitnikova. This was reported by the lawyer from OVD-Info Anton Yupanov, who represented the interests of Sitnikova in court. Kalinina returned the case for a new trial to the Oktyabrsky District Court.

The prosecutor, during the debate in the Berezovsky City Court of the Kemerovo Region, requested 2 years in prison for 37-year-old Jehovah's Witness Hassan Kogut. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” reports this. Khasan Kogut is accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, a supporter of Jehovah's Witnesses "participated in religious services." Kogut does not admit guilt.

The Moscow City Court recognized the extension of the preventive measure for seven defendants in the New Greatness case as legal. This was reported by the telegram channel of the support group for the defendants. The defense appealed the decision of the Lyublinsky District Court, which on July 14 extended the preventive measures against the accused until August 17. The court then extended the detention of Ruslan Kostylenkov, Dmitry Poletaev, Pyotr Karamzin and Vyacheslav Kryukov.

The judge of the Leninsky District Court of Perm Sergei Syrov found guilty under the article on hooliganism, committed by a group (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code), two accused of a mannequin case with Putin's face. This was reported in his telegram channel headquarters of Navalny in Perm. The court sentenced Alexander Shabarkin to two years in prison in a general regime colony, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.