Officials in Bashkortostan did not agree on a rally against the increase in prices for housing and communal services with the activists of the StopBashRTS movement, Idel.Realii reports with reference to the organizer Ivan Apaev. The action was planned to be held on July 11, on the eve of the tightening of covid restrictions. However, officials still referred to the epidemiological situation. At the same time, the authorities hold various entertainment mass events.

Eight members of the second special police regiment detained Pussy Riot member Veronika Nikulshina when she was near Solnechnogorsk (a city in the Moscow region), Open Media reports , citing the Apology of Protest lawyer Mansur Gilmanov. “They say that something is wrong with the documents,” a friend of Nikulshina, who saw the detention, told the publication. Nikulshina was released for the second day after 15 days of arrest .

A support group for Andrei Lomov, a defendant in the “palace case,” published an open letter from another defendant in this case, Evgeniy Tugankov. He appealed to the Russian authorities in connection with the conditions of detention in penal colony No. 8 in St. Petersburg. Tugankov notes in his letter that those sentenced to the “lightest” type of imprisonment are in prison conditions.

The person involved in the case of the rally in Magas on March 26, 2019, Magomed-Bashir Ozdoev, who was found guilty under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code), was released. This is reported by Fortanga with reference to the lawyer Kazim Atabiev. “At the moment, my client is already at home. Overall, he remained in detention for only two weeks after the court's verdict.

Threats from FSB officers, pressure on the media and interrogations of minors - the political pressure machine works non-stop. We talk about the main news for July 2 in the OVD-Info digest. In Bashkortostan, FSB officers used threats to force Ruslan Ishmitov, a father with many children, to agree that he allegedly participated in the activities of the extremist organization At-Takfir wal-Hijra.

Kaluga’s manager did not agree with the civilian activist Sergei Rednikov, the mass picket of the “Make on the Constitution”, he himself informed the OVD-Info. Rednikov is sought by the FSB officers, and his comrade Ilya Ermakov was expelled from the college and are going to be drafted into the army. On June 29, Rednikov filed a notification on the mass picket dedicated to the anniversary of the adoption of amendments to the Constitution.

The Human Rights Center “Memorial” published an appeal from a resident of Bashkortostan, Ruslan Ishmitov, who asked President Vladimir Putin for protection in connection with the persecution of participation in the activities of the radical Islamic organization At-Takfir wal-Hijra, recognized as extremist in Russia.

In Irkutsk, the Investigative Committee interrogated 17-year-old college student Roman Malozyomov as a witness in the case of involving minors in rallies, Open Media reported . Malozyomov took part in a winter rally in support of Alexei Navalny. The investigator asked him about 30 questions about his attitude to politics, Navalny and protests, most of which the young man refused to answer, guided by Article 51 of the Constitution.

On July 1, the St. Petersburg City Court dismissed an appeal to extend the detention period for Eldar Garipov, a person involved in the “palace case”. This is reported by lawyer Igor Skachko, who cooperates with OVD-Info. The defense demanded that the decision of the Leninsky District Court to extend the preventive measure until July 2 be cancelled.

A bailiff came to the Readovka editorial office with a decision to block the entire website of the publication. This is reported in the telegram channel Readovka. “The day before, we had a trial with United Russia deputy Sablin, where he demanded to remove the publication about his yacht, which he “forgot” to indicate in the income statement. But no demands were made by the judge to block the site, ”they write in the telegram channel.

The Borovichi District Court dismissed the administrative case against the activist and ex-head of the city Alexander Kostyukhin due to the lack of corpus delicti. A protocol was drawn up against him because of a single picket on April 21 in support of political prisoners and residents of Khabarovsk who oppose the arrest of former governor Sergei Furgal. This is written by "7 × 7", and also reported in the case card on the court's website.

The Central District Court of Sochi sentenced 64-year-old architect Mikhail Kalyamin to two years probation under the article on calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) due to statements on the Internet. The Caucasian Knot writes about this. In addition, Kalyamin is deprived of the right to engage in activities related to the creation and maintenance of pages on social networks, including on the Internet, for two years.

Yuli Boyarshinov, a defendant in the “Network” case, sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony, was transferred to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Petrozavodsk. The RUPRESSION telegram channel reported this on June 1. Yulia Boyarshinova is being transported to Karelia. Boyarshinov’s wife, Yana Sakhipova, told OVD-Info that he would be sent to IK-7. It is known about this colony that the local administration oppresses prisoners. Convicted under Art.

Arthur Nigmatullin was detained when he just got out of the metro at the Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad station and walked towards his office, located on Krasnobogatyrskaya Street. “They told me: ‘The reason for the detention will be explained there,’ and they pointed to the paddy wagon. In the paddy wagon they said that everything would be explained at the police department,” says Nigmatullin. He learned from other detainees that the trial of Alexei Navalny took place on February 2.

Police detained priest Andrei Vinarsky near the Central District Court of Khabarovsk. He held a one-man picket in support of the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters, Alexei Vorsin. Activists of the local mutual aid group help_khv20.2 reported this to OVD-Info. The police threatened Vinarsky with criminal charges for repeated violations of the procedure for holding the rally (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code - “Dadinskaya”). He is being taken to police department No. 4.