Lawyer Konstantin Barkovsky spoke about the beating of his client, journalist of Rosotravy Alexander Dorogov. Information about this was published by the YouTube channel "Movement". Barkovsky arrived on August 20 in pre -trial detention center No. 7 in Yegoryevsk to his client in order to participate in investigative actions. Dorogov at the meeting told the lawyer that he was beaten by four cellmates.

In Novosibirsk, a candidate for the City Council, Kirill Levchenko, was summoned to the police. The police gave him a summons when he was holding a one-man picket. They want to draw up a protocol against him under the article on holding a public event without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), according to the Siberia. MBH Media.

In Moscow, police detained Dmitry Karasev, a participant in a solo picket near the FSB building on Lubyanka. This was reported to OVD-Info by the detainee himself. Karasev stood with a banner "Crazy autocrats, get out of my 21st century!" The police explained his detention as a violation of the rules of conduct during the high alert regime. The detainee was taken to the police department in the Meshchansky district of Moscow.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, law enforcement officers attacked a foreign journalist who was filming a report about the case of LGBT activist and feminist Yulia Tsvetkova. Tsvetkova spoke about this on her Facebook page. According to the activist, the operator of a foreign publication was attacked late at night on the way out of the city. The security forces took the footage from him and also threatened him.

Unknown people hacked the telegram accounts of the defenders of the Kushtau Shikhan. The head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov reported this in his telegram channel. According to Chikov, the attackers, using duplicate SIM cards, intercepted an SMS with an access code to the application. This could be done with the help of employees of mobile operators. Shikhan Kushtau is a small mountain in the Ishimbay region of Bashkortostan.

Vadim Bektemirov, who was arrested in the case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Crimea, was placed in the Crimean Clinical Psychiatric Hospital for a forensic psychiatric examination. Lawyer Marlen Khalikov said this after visiting his client, reports . the Crimean Solidarity movement According to the movement, Bektemirov, a master in Islamic studies, participated in solidarity actions with imprisoned Crimean Tatars and helped their families.

The Central District Court of Kemerovo fined Andrey Matyuzhov, the bishop of the local New Generation Protestant Church, under the article on organizing an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). this He reports on his Facebook page. The court imposed a fine of 20 thousand rubles. The pastor called the administrative case fabricated. He was prosecuted for a video in which he explained the meaning of the word "idiot".

Crimean Tatar Muslim Aliyev, convicted in the Yalta Hizb ut-Tahrir case, has pronounced symptoms of COVID-19. This was announced by lawyer Edem Semedlyaev from Ufa, reports . Crimean Solidarity There are five convicts in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case in pre-trial detention center No. 1 of Bashkortostan in Ufa. The lawyer managed to meet with Arsen Dzhepparov. In addition to Aliyev and Dzhepparov, Inver Bekirov, Vadim Siruk and Refat Alimov are kept in quarantine.

Teymur Abdullaev, convicted in the Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was again placed in a punishment cell (SHIZO). This was reported by Crimean Solidarity with reference to the lawyer Edem Semedlyaev, who visited him in correctional colony No. 2 in Salavat. The formal reason for the transfer to the ShIZO for 10 days was that after lights out, Abdullaev was on the bed, according to a note from Crimean Solidarity.

On August 19, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow fined Lyubov Samylova, an eco-activist, for 10,000 rubles. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest", referring to the lawyer Fyodor Sirosh. The court found Samylova guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to a single picket that the girl held on October 25, 2019 on Suvorovskaya Square.

In Kondopoga, the juvenile commission appointed a 16 thousand rubles a fine for a picket with a demand to return it to the foster family. This was reported in the local public "Reflection. Karelia". An orphan named Valery held a picket on July 27 at the building of the Kondopoga administration.

Two residents of Derbent, Yelena Barzukayeva and Shaganaz Rabadanova, who planned to hold a protest action in Makhachkala on August 21 demanding an investigation into the torture of their arrested sons, were held at the police station for several hours. This is reported by the publication "Caucasian Knot".

In Ulyanovsk at about 10:30 a single picketer was detained. He told OVD-Info about this. A young man went to a single picket in support of Alexei Navalny with a poster “One for all and all for one.” The police detained him and took him to the department. The activist was advised by OVD-Info senior lawyer Nadezhda Kuzina. At the department they tried to take away the picketer’s phone. He was told that “technically he is not detained.” The police do not explain the reason for the arrest.

Enver Seitosmanov, a defendant in the Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was taken to a strict regime colony IK-16 in Salavat. This was reported by the movement "Crimean Solidarity" with reference to the lawyer Siyar Panich, who visited him in the colony. Seitosmanov, who was sentenced to 17 years under the article on organizing the activities of a terrorist organization (part 1 of article 205.5), arrived in the colony on July 16, 2020.

The Krasnogorsk City Court in the Moscow Region on August 21 fined four deceived equity holders for holding solitary pickets. This was told to OVD-Info by one of the participants of the pickets, Elena Solovieva. All four - Elena Solovieva, Yulia Novikova, Anna Tkacheva and Maxim Lisitsin - were fined 10 thousand rubles. The deceived equity holders of the Laikovo residential complex were detained on August 19 in Krasnogorsk, they were picketing the local administration.