The Moscow City Court on appeal upheld the fine to Pussy Riot participant Veronika Nikulshina, awarded because of the action with rainbow flags. This was announced by a lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov, who represented the interests of the activist in court. On November 23, 2020, the Meshchansky District Court fined the activist 10 thousand rubles under the article on violation of the rules for participation in a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Simonovsky Court of Moscow fined the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) 50 thousand rubles due to the fact that it did not respond on time to a request from Rospotrebnadzor. This was reported by MBKH Media with reference to the press service of the court. FBK was fined under the article on failure to comply with the legal requirements of an official conducting proceedings in a case of an offense (Article 17.7 of the Administrative Code).

Roman Pichuzhin, a defendant in the “palace case” and a member of the precinct election commission, was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Dmitry Zakhvatov. The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow found Pichuzhin guilty of using violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place on January 31.

Searches of Project journalists, arrest in absentia of the ex-director of FBK, recognition of the Freedom of Information Society as an undesirable organization and victories of lawyers from OVD-Info - read the main news for June 29 in our digest. The police conducted searches of the editor-in-chief of “Project” Roman Badanin, his deputy Mikhail Rubin and correspondent Maria Zholobova. Investigative measures took place as part of a criminal libel case.

In Murmansk, the police detained two volunteers from the campaign headquarters of Violetta Grudina, Marina Ryzhova and Vasilisa Munina. This was reported to OVD-Info by the head of the headquarters, Natalya Zamorskaya. The reason for the detention was that the activists put up posters. The detainees were taken to OP No. 1. 20:20 The detainees were released from the department without drawing up a protocol.

The Prosecutor General's Office added the Czech Society for Freedom of Information to the list of "undesirable organizations". This was reported on the website of the department. The Prosecutor General's Office considered that the organization "poses a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the Russian Federation." The Společnost Svobody Informace (Freedom of Information Society) organization was registered in the Czech Republic in 2015.

The Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow granted the petition for the detention of the former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Ivan Zhdanov, who was put on the international wanted list. Mediazona reports this with reference to lawyer Vladimir Voronin. Zhdanov is accused of non-payment of 29 million rubles, which, according to the decision of the Arbitration Court in 2019, he was supposed to transfer to the Moscow Schoolchild food factory as compensation.

On June 18, the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Southern Administrative District of Moscow put ex-director of FBK Ivan Zhdanov on the international wanted list in a case of malicious failure to comply with a court decision. This was reported by Zhdanov’s lawyer Vladimir Voronin.

Ayrat Dilmukhametov. Photo: Wikipedia The Supreme Court upheld the verdict of the Bashkir oppositionist Ayrat Dilmukhametov. In 2020, he was given nine years in a maximum security colony, finding guilty of several articles about extremism and terrorism. The court decision is reported by the Urals. MBH Media ”with reference to lawyer Alexei Zakharov.

The former head of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Chelyabinsk, Artem Yaumbaev, left Russia for the United States. There he received political asylum. The activist wrote about this on his Twitter. wrote According to Yaumbaev, law enforcement officers forced him to leave the country. “I was forced to leave the territory of the Russian Federation due to pressure from the security forces. Crimes are not so scary for me personally, although they are not a pleasant thing.

The FSB department for the Perm Territory charged civil activist Ilham Veliyev under the article on justifying terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). A criminal case was opened because of a post on VKontakte. This is reported by the Periscope news agency.

A resident of Syktyvkar, Elena Rodvikova, against whom a case was initiated under articles on terrorism and extremism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code and part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), was searched. This is reported by Sever.Realii with reference to Rodvikova herself. During the search, the security forces examined the premises and the laptop of Rodvikova's six-year-old son, whom she is raising alone.

A participant in a protest against forced vaccination against coronavirus was detained in Moscow at around 11:45, MBKh Media reports . The detainee entered into a discussion with two provocateurs who tried to convince him of the benefits of vaccination, the newspaper's correspondent reports. The man was taken away to a police car. The name of the detainee and the department where he was probably taken to have the report drawn up are unknown.

Pussy Riot participant Anna Kuzminykh is not given the necessary medicines in the detention center. She's going on a hunger strike. this The activist announced on her Instagram. “I have a complex disease – fibromyalgia. The pain is relieved only by opiate painkillers. If in the near future the problem with the fact that they do not give me drugs is not resolved, I go on a hunger strike, ”Kuzminykh said.

In Moscow, police officers came to the home of correspondent Maria Zholobova at about eight in the morning, the publication wrote on its Telegram channel. “Project” reports A little later, law enforcement officers contact the editor-in-chief of “Project” Roman Badanin. The visit of the security forces is presumably related to the publications of journalists.