In Ishimbay, the defender of the Kushtau Shikhan, Grigory Gorovoy, was detained. According to his friend, who contacted OVD-Info, this happened on September 17 and on the same day he was arrested for 10 days. Presumably, the detention may be connected with a flash mob for the resignation of the head of the Ishimbay district, Azamat Abdrakhmanov, planned for September 19, or with opposition to the authorities in an attempt to oust activists from the camp of Kushtau defenders.

In St. Petersburg, activist Yevgeny Poluektov was detained for distributing the workers' newspaper Molniya to the Union of Marxists. The activist himself told OVD-Info about this over the phone. The day before, on September 17, Poluektov, together with another activist, handed out newspapers at the checkpoint of the UEC-Klimov enterprise, which develops and manufactures engines for civil and military aviation.

At the tourist camp “Cross of Kappel 2020” in the Krasnoyarsk Territory was an attack. The attackers captured and hold at least seven activists of the Libertarian Party and Civil Society. Among them are Vladimir Dubovsky, Gleb Maryasov, Vladislav Tkachuk, Stepan Vostrotin and Daria Chuzhakova. This was reported by the Telegram channel "LPR | Krasnoyarsk. " “It was not the police or the FSB, but some bandits attacked activists.

In St. Petersburg, a member of the "Democratic Petersburg" Olga Smirnova was detained. She was going to take part in the action in support of the Crimean Tatars "Strategy-18", but she was detained at the exit from the house. Now she was taken to police department No. 30 of the Vasileostrovsky district. This was reported to OVD-Info by human rights activist Dinar Idrisov.

The prosecutor's office has requested sentences for four Jehovah's Witnesses from Omsk, who are accused of extremist activities. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. During the debate in the Pervomaisky District Court in Omsk, the prosecutor asked the court to assign believer Sergei Polyakov 6.5 years in prison, his wife Anastasia, as well as Dinara Dyusekeeva and Gauhar Bektemirova - 2 years of probation.

The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg imposed a fine of 10 thousand rubles on Dmitry Skurikhin, who was detained at a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov on February 29, 2020. This was reported by the joint press service of the courts of the city. The court held Skurikhin liable under the article on violation of the procedure for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Kazan, before the inauguration of the President of Tatarstan, the police came to the office of the movement “Against Crime and Lawlessness.” Movement leader Dmitry Berdnikov reported this to the OVD-Info hotline. The police wanted to meet with Berdnikov, but he did not come to them. Previously, Berdnikov was refused to be registered as a candidate for the post of President of Tatarstan; he is appealing this refusal in the Constitutional Court.

One of the accused in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Crimea, Eldar Kantimirov, was sent to a punishment cell. This is reported by the website of the Crimean Solidarity movement, according to the words of Server Mustafaev, convicted in another similar case, who is in the same cell with Kantimirov in SIZO-1 in the Rostov Region. Mustafayev told his lawyer Siyar Panich, quoted by Krymskaya Solidarity, that the reason for sending Kantimirov to the punishment cell was that he was praying.

On September 8, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Ekaterina Bazhanova 15 thousand rubles for a picket in support of Konstantin Kotov. Bazhanova reported this to the legal bot OVD-Info. The court found the picketer guilty under the article on obstructing traffic and infrastructure (Part 6.1, Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). She was defended by OVD-Info lawyer Vasily Kushnir.

The Ulyanovsk regional court sentenced a local resident to a fine of 120 thousand rubles for posting a photograph of Hitler on the website of the Immortal Regiment campaign. It is reported by TASS with reference to the website of the court. The card on the website of the court does not indicate the name of the convict, but the agency assumes that it is about Vyacheslav Kruglov, whose case was previously sent to this court.

On September 17, the Moscow City Court annulled the decision of the Cheryomushkinsky District Court on the arrest in absentia of Yulia Ilyinskaya, who is accused of voting three times on amendments to the Constitution (Part 2 of Article 142.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by "7 × 7" with reference to the lawyer Leonid Solovyov.

Andrey Pivovarov (in the center) in court / Photo: Tatyana Usmanova The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow arrested for 10 days Andrei Pivovarov, the executive director of Open Russia, due to the popular gathering against the change in the Constitution on July 1. This was reported by a member of the "Postcards" Alexander menu. The court found Pivovarov guilty under the article on the organization of an inconsistent action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In Krasnoyarsk, a criminal case was opened against a local resident under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (part 3 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), the reports . Investigative Committee The man is suspected of publicly desecrating the symbol of Russian military glory. The investigation believes that in February 2019, he posted on the social network “an image of the state flag of the Russian Federation, which depicts Nazi symbols made of the St.

On September 9, the Eighth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction overturned the decisions of the Leninsky District Court of Novosibirsk and the Novosibirsk Regional Court to extend the preventive measure until April 22, 2020 for Jehovah's Witness Yuri Savelyev. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Despite the cancellation of the decisions, the believer is in custody: in July the court extended his detention until October 22.

On September 17, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Russian Yuri Izotov in absentia due to his participation in a protest in Kyiv in 2018. This was reported by Grani.ru. Yuri Izotov was given a preventive measure for two months - until November. He is on the international wanted list. The case against Izotov in Russia was opened in 2018 due to the action in Kyiv on February 18.