The authorities of Astrakhan, Kandalaksha and Orel did not agree on the actions of the medical trade union "Action", dedicated to problems with payments to doctors in connection with the coronavirus. The refusal to agree was motivated by the epidemiological situation. This is reported by Open Media. The union has filed a notice to hold the "Pay for COVID" action in 15 cities. In three regions, activists have already received refusals, motivated by the epidemiological situation.

Kemerovo blogger Mikhail Alferov told the OVD-Info that on September 17 he was attacked by an unknown in the tram. Alferov considers this a provocation that the police arranged. According to the blogger, on September 17, he filed an application with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Kemerovo region to dismiss police officers in connection with his detention on September 4.

In Moscow, near the Belarusian embassy, ​​after a provocation by titushki from the pro-Kremlin movements SERB and NOD, a participant in the action, Ksenia Sergeeva, was detained. She herself informed OVD-Info about this. The detainee was taken to the Basmanny police station. Employees tell the activist that they will issue her a fine for swearing in a public place and let her go. Sergeeva does not deny the use of swear words, noting that the titushki rudely provoked her.

The host of the Opposition YouTube channel "Persus-Kuzbass" Alexei Fedorov was detained on the way to Kemerovo. This was reported in the video of the YouTube channel "Audio Article". The video provides fragments of the video of Fedorov himself. He was detained on the track by traffic police officers. In the video, the police captain explains to Fedorov that there are no problems with his car, but the activist needs to be detained “until the circumstances”.

Political scientist Valery Solovyov was detained in Moscow after the “Day of #Change” rally. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The political scientist was taken to the Tverskoy police department. A protocol is drawn up against him on violation of the rules for holding a public event (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Nightingale was the organizer of the action, indicated on the Facebook page of the event.

Rinat Nurlygayanov, sentenced to 24 years in prison in the case of the Ufa twenty “Hizb ut-Tahrir”, spoke about the use of electric shock torture and beatings against him.

Truck driver Mikhail Vedrov, who spoke out against the Platon system, was charged under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities that is not dangerous to life and health (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Sergei Telnov, who represents Vedrov’s interests. According to the resolution, the trucker, “being dissatisfied with the legal actions” of traffic police inspector S.A. Nikishin, had criminal intent.

In Moscow, participants in a rally in memory of neo-Nazi Maxim "Tesak" Martsinkevich were detained near the FSB building. One of the detainees told OVD-Info about this. Activist Ilya Lagut and another girl were detained for checking "for involvement in extremist crimes." They were taken to the Meshchansky police station and after a while they were released without any protocol being drawn up. 14:00 The police detained two more protesters. They were taken to the Meshchansky police station.

In Khabarovsk, police detained Roman Igonin, a participant in a rally in support of ex-governor of the region Sergei Furgal. The detainee himself told OVD-Info about this. Igonin was detained in a shopping center. The police took him to police department No. 4, where they drew up a report on the article on participation in an action that interfered with traffic and infrastructure (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).