In Obninsk, on July 19, the police took Kaluga activist Ilya Yermakov, who was attacked by an unknown person during a solo picket, to the police station. This is written by "7 × 7" with reference to Ermakov himself. He told the publication that during the action two men approached him and began to provoke a conflict, as well as to threaten and insult him. According to Yermakov, one of them attacked him.

In Rostov-on-Don, Kirill Skripin, a defendant in the case of an “extremist group”, has been extended his term in a pre-trial detention center for one month. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the press service of the Voroshilov court, which issued the decision. Skripin is charged under the article on vandalism motivated by political hatred (part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code).

In Tyumen, 67-year-old local resident Bairam Huseynov came out with a solo picket against corruption in police department No. 5. After the end of the action, he was summoned to this department and held there for about five hours. Huseynov himself told OVD-Info about this. Tyumenets said that he had previously written statements to the police about problems in the horticultural non-profit partnership "Field of Miracles".

The Moscow Regional Court upheld the verdict in the case of Jehovah's Witnesses from Chekhov Vitaly Nikiforov, Konstantin Zherebtsov, Yuri and Zinaida Krutyakov. This was reported on the website, which covers the persecution of representatives of the confession in Russia.

Kotlas resident Vladimir Kotov was fined 2,000 rubles on July 1 for a post on VKontakte published in February. This is stated in the decision of the Kotlas City Court, which drew the attention of the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". Thus, Kotov was found guilty under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Due to pressure, activists are leaving the country and opposition politicians are abandoning election campaigns. We talk about the main news for July 20. The Moscow City Court commuted the sentence of Pavel Green-Romanov, a defendant in the “palace case.” Now, instead of three and a half years, he was sentenced to three years in prison under the article on the use of violence against a government official in connection with the rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31.

The defense of Ramis Chirkinov, a defendant in the case of a rally against self-isolation in Vladikavkaz, complained about the poor conditions of his detention in a pre-trial detention center. about this The "Caucasian Knot" writes with reference to lawyer Sergei Denisenko. Now Chirkinov and two other defendants in the case - opera singer Vadim Cheldiev and the administrator of his telegram channel Arsen Besolov - are in SIZO-1 in the Rostov region.

The head of the Perm branch of the independent trade union "Alliance of Doctors" Artem Boriskin left Russia. this He announced on his Facebook page. In the publication, Boriskin explained that he left Russia for fear of persecution. According to him, due to the fact that the authorities are increasing pressure on opposition organizations, persecution may also affect him.

Opposition deputy Maxim Reznik. Photo: Telegram channel politics The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Maxim Reznik, said he was stopping the election campaign. This was reported in his telegram channel. Such a decision, according to the opposition, he had to make because of pressure from the authorities.

The European Court of Human Rights awarded seven and a half thousand euros in compensation for moral damages to LGBT activist Dmitry Yartsev. The press service of the LGBT group “Stimul” reported this to OVD-Info. Yartsev was awarded compensation in connection with his arrest at the agreed May Day march, which took place in 2016 in Moscow.

In the city of Kineshma, Ivanovo region, a defendant in the "palace case", former policeman Sergei Rimsky, was charged. He is accused of insulting a representative of the authorities (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) due to the fact that he allegedly spoke obscenely towards the police during his detention at a rally on April 21 in support of Alexei Navalny. Rimsky himself reported this to OVD-Info.

The inscription millet made on shares on June 26. Photo: Telegram chat "Free people of Voronezh" At the Voronezh activist Nikita Golovizin, a protocol was drawn up under the article on participation in an inconsistent action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to the inscriptions “Putin, Leave” and “PNC PNX” made by corn millet on the asphalt.

On July 19, the Solombalsky District Court of Arkhangelsk imposed a fine of 880 thousand rubles on Jehovah's Witness Evgeniy Yakku. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. Despite the absence of victims, the prosecutor requested a sentence of seven and a half years in prison and two and a half years of restriction of freedom for Yakku. The believer insists on his innocence.

Daniil Simachev with a poster in support of Alexei Navalny. Photos of the OWD-info was provided by the activist himself In Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square, police detained the picketman Daniil Simachev. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. The activist went with the poster of Freedom to Alexei Navalny. He was delivered to the police department in the Tver district. 15:13 Daniil Simachev was released from the police department. In the ATS, the activist wrote an explanatory.

The Moscow City Court commuted the sentence of Pavel Green-Romanov, a defendant in the “palace case,” by six months. Now, instead of three years and six months, he was sentenced to three years in prison. This was reported by lawyer Artem Nemov, who is defending Green-Romanov with the support of OVD-Info.