The police are breaking into the home of Alla Salakhova, the assistant of the arrested Moscow City Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Oleg Sheremetyev. Salakhova reported this to OVD-Info. The police do not have a search warrant, but they have already tried to enter Salakhova’s apartment three times that evening and cut off her lights. The visit of the security forces is likely related to the criminal case of Oleg Sheremetyev.

The lawyer of Rosderzhava journalist Alexander Dorogov, accused of extortion, Konstantin Barkovsky, filed an appeal to the Moscow Region POC to check the illegal actions of employees of the pre-trial detention center-7 of the Moscow Region in relation to his client. Barkovsky reported this to OVD-Info. The lawyer filed a petition with the PMC; the document is at the disposal of OVD-Info. On August 25, he visited his client in the pre-trial detention center.

A criminal case was opened against Jehovah's Witnesses from Karpinsk, Svetlana Zalyaeva, and her husband Ruslan, who does not profess this teaching, for involving their own children in a criminal group (Part 4 of Article 150 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

In Buryatia, a vocal teacher at a music college and civil activist Svetlana Ostapchuk were fired from their jobs. Defender Ostapchuk Nadezhda Nizovkina told about this “Siberia. Realities". Svetlana Ostapchuk suggested that the dismissal was due to participation in actions, since the college management had already called her to talks because of this. Nadezhda Nizovkina clarified that before that the teacher was fired because of participation in the rallies of the Communist Party.

In Krasnoyarsk, nine schoolchildren were sent to a psychiatric dispensary due to participation in a closed group on social networks. This was reported on the website of the TV company "TVK 6". Only one schoolgirl is described in detail in the message, with reference to her mother. As of August 26, the girl has been in the mental hospital for three days.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan fined the deputy chairman of the All-Tatar Public Center (VTOC) Galishan Nuriakhmet for five thousand rubles. It is reported by "Kommersant". The court found Nuriakhmet guilty under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of his speech at an agreed rally in memory of the defenders of Kazan in the battle with the troops of Ivan the Terrible. The promotion took place on October 12, 2019.

The Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk issued a warning to the chef of the local Khmeli-Kartveli restaurant, Sergei Pavlov, in connection with a solitary picket in front of the regional government building. This was reported in the telegram channel "Apology of Protest". Pavlov went on a solo picket on July 23, writes Kommersant.

The administration of Kislovodsk refused to approve the procession under the slogans “United Russia are robbers”, “Putin is a war criminal”, “Russia without Putin”. This was announced to OVD-Info by the organizer of the event, an activist of the regional branch of the Yabloko party, Ronald Hayrapetyan.

One of the oldest defenders of the Kushtau Shikhan in Bashkortostan, Abdrakhman Validov, was summoned to the Center for Countering Extremism. This was reported by the ProUfu portal from the words of Validov himself. Validov is the head of the organization “Save the shikhans of Toratau, Yuraktau and Kushtau!” The portal indicates that he is also known under the name Toratau-babai.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Anastasia Lotareva, editor-in-chief of Takie Dela, 200,000 rubles for a solitary picket in support of journalist and municipal deputy Ilya Azar. Mikhail Biryukov, a lawyer from OVD-Info, reports this. The court found Lotareva guilty under the article on repeated violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Promotion on the Kazan Bridge / Photo: Telegram channel of the Puatnits In St. Petersburg, Marina-Victoria of the Nagorny was detained, according to the public defender from the OTS-Info Vladimir Vasilenko. The defender connects the detention with the action on the Kazan bridge: unknown people stretched the banner "Life Belarus". Where they will deliver Nagorny is still unknown. 20:12 Marina-Victoria of the Nagorny was brought to the police department No.

In Cherepovets, a case was brought to court against a resident of Cherepovets, the head of the Vologda branch of the movement "For Human Rights" Grigory Winter on the dissemination of knowingly false information about circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens (Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code) and on insulting government officials (Article 319 UK). This was reported in the telegram channel of the Joint Press Service of the Courts of the Vologda Region.

The Central Court of Novosibirsk dismissed the case on organizing a public event without filing a notice (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) against the candidate for the city council, Kirill Levchenko. This is reported by the publication "Taiga.info". Levchenko is a candidate for deputy from the coalition "Novosibirsk 2020". He was charged with violating the law for street agitation.

Polina Guzeeva, an artist from Yekaterinburg, was charged with an administrative protocol under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) in connection with the publication of a clip with the refrain “Why did you lie down under black?” on VKontakte 10 years ago. This is reported by the publication "Znak.com".

In Vologda, at about 2 p.m., police officers detained two defenders of a public garden on Yaroslavskaya Street. This was reported to OVD-Info by the wife of one of the detainees. Oleg Malinovsky and Sergei Pakholkov were detained at the construction site in the courtyard of house No. 36 on Yaroslavskaya Street, this can be seen on the recording from the scene.