The Third Court of Appeal in Sochi dismissed an appeal against the arrest of journalist and Crimean Solidarity activist Remzi Bekirov, reports . the movement Bekirov is one of the defendants in the second Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir. The court of first instance extended his arrest until December 15. The defense unsuccessfully appealed this decision.

Yuri Krutyakov, a Jehovah's Witness from Chekhov near Moscow, was transferred to Moscow pre-trial detention center No. 2 “Butyrka” on October 17. This was reported by a website covering the persecution of believers. Along with Krutyakov, there are 20 other people in the cell. During the arrest, the believer’s vision deteriorated greatly and continues to deteriorate. Before being transferred to Butyrka, he was kept in pre-trial detention center No.

The Leninsky District Court of Perm once again dismissed the case of Anton Samoshin due to "insignificance", who asked the regional governor a question about the case of " Putin's dolls ". This was reported by the Public Verdict Foundation. Samoshin was charged with an article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Police officers came to the parents of Ivan Astashin, a freed person involved in the “ABTO case”. He told OVD-Info about this. Ivan Astashin is registered and lives at a different address, but the police told his family that he lives with them. In response to an indication that this was not the case, the security forces demanded that they write explanatory notes, provide Astashin's phone number, and threatened that they would visit his parents every day.

Promotion on the Kazan Bridge / Photo: Telegram channel of the Puatnits The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg appointed Alexander Shashka a fine of 10 thousand rubles for participating in the joints of solidarity with protesters in Belarus. This was reported by the defender from the ATS-Info Vladimir Vasilenko.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg published judgments on cases of detainees in Moscow and St. Petersburg at rallies in 2011 and 2014 . about this . writes The Human Rights Center “Memorial” On December 5, 2011, a rally was held in Moscow against violations in the elections to the State Duma, and on February 24, 2014, actions were held in Moscow and St. Petersburg against the verdicts in the Bolotnaya case.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg terminated the administrative proceedings in the case against the St. Petersburg defender from OVD-Info, Vladimir Vasilenko. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The court made a decision: the decision - to cancel, the proceedings under the article on petty hooliganism - to stop. Vasilenko was detained on July 14, 2020 at about half past five in the morning. He knocked on the door of the 28th police department to be let through to his client.

The Ministry of Justice has resumed the activities of the Civil Initiative party, Kommersant reports, citing its chairman Andrei Nechaev. “The party fought the Ministry of Justice for nine months, held two congresses and finally won,” Nechaev said. On October 20, the name of the party should appear in the list of active parties on the website of the Ministry of Justice.

Conflict of interest warning: the monologue with Diana Burkot was recorded by her friend, OVD-Info participant Ksenia Sonnaya. The guys had been planning the event for quite a long time, but they called me at the last moment. I agreed without a doubt, this is a topic close to me. I have many friends and acquaintances around me, communicating with whom I understand that life is not very easy for LGBTQ people. Last year I did my own campaign about LGBTQ people.

Alina Didkovskaya with lawyer Mansur Gilmanov / Photo: "Apology of protest" The Khamovnican District Court of Moscow was fined the chief editor of the news department of the Rain television channel Alina Didkovskaya for 15 thousand rubles due to a single picket in support of Ivan Safronov on July 7.

On October 16, the Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg imposed a fine of 20,000 rubles on civil activist Asan Mumdzhi because of the “Strategy-18” action in support of the Crimean Tatars. This was reported by the press service of the courts of the city. The court found Mumji guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of his participation in the picket on April 18.

The Supreme Court of Chuvashia found the ex-candidate for the Cheboksary City Duma Semyon Kochkin guilty of using agitcubes as part of his own election campaign. He was given a fine. This is reported by the "Apology of Protest".

The Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok dismissed the case against civil activist Maxim Khozyaykin due to the lack of corpus delicti. They wanted to bring him to justice because of participation in a single picket in a clown mask and boxing gloves. this The activist reported on the Vladivostok Active telegram channel. Maxim Khozyaykin was charged with violating the rules for holding a public event by its organizer (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Residents of the village of Chernovskoye, which is part of the Miass urban district in the Chelyabinsk region, were prevented from holding a people's gathering on October 19 to discuss a number of local problems. This is reported by the publication Znak.Com with reference to the activist Alena Pudova. As Pudova said, a district police officer came to the meeting place of the villagers: he checked the documents, looked at the invitations, but did nothing more.

The Mtsensky District Court of the Oryol Region granted the request for parole release of the defendant in the “Moscow case” Danil Beglets. This was reported by the head of the international human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov in his Telegram channel with reference to lawyer Leonid Solovyov. The prosecutor's office and the administration of the colony settlement where Danil Beglets is serving his sentence were against parole.