On the highway between the Novosibirsk and Omsk regions, Alexander Gabyshev’s ally, Andrei, “Wolk” Lukyanov, who continued the shaman towards Moscow, was detained. The video of the detention was published by the blogger Timur Khanov on his YouTube channel. An employee of the traffic police, who took part in the detention, said that Lukyanov was suspected of committing a crime. According to the inspector, there is a guidance on the activist, but he refused to show it.

Pressure on opposition candidates, blocking of the “Team 29” website and the release of a defendant in the “Ingush case.” We talk about the main news for July 16th. Zaurbek Dzaurov, sentenced to two years in prison in the “Ingush case,” was released . Previously, he was found guilty of using violence against a National Guard member at a rally on March 27, 2019 in Magas. Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the human rights project “Team 29”.

Read about how they persecute the participants in the protest: “Ingush business”: who is judged for protests against changing the border with Chechnya. Hood OVD-Info . Between the Russian Guard and the Elders Human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina, the head of “Civil Assistance”, has been engaged in human rights in the Caucasus for many years. She told the OVD-Info that she visited Ingushetia with several colleagues immediately after clashes in the spring of 2019.

The editor of the student magazine DOXA, Ilya Krapivin, was summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee in the case of Navalny’s ally Leonid Volkov. This is reported on the publication's website. Leonid Volkov, like the four editors of DOXA, is accused of involving minors in illegal activities (Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code) in connection with publications on social networks dedicated to rallies in support of Navalny.

The Bryansk Regional Court upheld the sentence of the defendant in the “palace case”, Ivan Kholod, without changes. At the meeting, the prosecutor asked to tighten the punishment. This was reported by Open Media with reference to the press service of the court. On May 13, the Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk fined Kholod 160 thousand rubles under the article on the use of violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

Businessman Anatoly Bykov, who is in jail on charges of murder and fraud, was transferred to a punishment cell. It is reported by NGS24.RU with reference to the entrepreneur's defender. According to Bykov's lawyer, he was transferred to a punishment cell for five days due to a conflict with an employee of the detention center. Bykov returned to his cell to find that they were being searched without gloves or hygiene products. When he came in, the security officer searched the refrigerator.

The Territorial Electoral Commission of Lipetsk refused to register public activist Dmitry Krasichkov for the elections to the City Council. Officials referred to an error in the documents - the date of the conviction was allegedly incorrectly indicated. This is reported by "7 × 7". According to Krasichkov, the date of 6 January 2004 is in the documents on the expiration of the conviction.

The Ministry of Justice refused to register the party of the National Bolsheviks "The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov." this The unregistered party announced on its Telegram channel. “We are not surprised. Parties led by Eduard Limonov were denied registration by the Ministry of Justice 12 times. This tradition continues for the Limonov Party," the National Bolsheviks said.

Law enforcement officers searched the house of a resident of the village of Razvilka in the Moscow region, an Azerbaijani citizen Gunduz Babayev. This was reported to OVD-Info by his wife Alexandra. After the search, Babaev was detained for interrogation at the Investigative Committee, but now his whereabouts are unknown. The search began at about six in the morning. Two cell phones were confiscated from Babayev, and the security forces were also looking for documentation and literature.

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the human rights project "Team 29", whose employees were recently searched. Team 29 announced this on its Telegram channel. Human rights activists specify that the site was blocked on the basis of the request of the Prosecutor General's Office dated July 15, according to which the "Team 29" allegedly distributed materials of undesirable organizations.

In Novosibirsk, the police drew up a protocol against Dmitry Konoplev under the article on the dissemination of fake information (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). He himself informed OVD-Info about this. Konoplev, according to him, published a post on the Telegram channel with arguments against vaccination against coronavirus.

The investigation twice did not allow a notary to see the St. Petersburg independent deputy Maxim Reznik, who is under house arrest in the case of buying marijuana. Without the services of a notary, a politician will not be able to run for the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. This was reported in Reznik's telegram channel.

Zaurbek Dzaurov, convicted in the "Ingush case" for two years in prison, was released from the pre-trial detention center in Pyatigorsk. reports . Fortanga Dzaurov was released on 15 July. The verdict was handed down to a resident of Ingushetia on June 21. The protester has been in jail since February 5, 2020. Dzaurov was released as a result of recalculation of the total period of detention.

The Ministry of Justice published on its website information on the reasons for recognizing the Institute of Law and Public Policy (ILPP) as an organization that performs the functions of a "foreign agent". This drew the attention of the publication "MBH Media". Officials believe that the STI was involved in organizing various public events and holding debates, discussions and speeches.

On July 15, the Karpinsky City Court of the Sverdlovsk Region sentenced three Jehovah's Witnesses. Alexander Pryanikov and Venera Dulova were each given a two-year suspended sentence, and Daria Dulova was given a suspended one-year sentence. This was reported by the publication Globus and the website Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia . The believers were found guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).