In Khanty-Mansiysk, Nizhnevartovsk and Nefteyugansk, members of the LDPR party were denied approval for a rally on the day of the Russian flag on August 22. It is reported by Znak. Officials argued the refusal to approve coronavirus restrictions. In Khanty-Mansiysk, according to the administration, the rally is also hindered by the reconstruction of cable lines in the square where the rally was planned to be held. The party said that this was a traditional congratulatory, not a protest rally.

On August 3, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court on appeal canceled a fine for Kotlas resident Vladimir Kotov because of a post on VKontakte. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". The reason for dismissal of the case was the failure to prove the circumstances of the offense. Thus, the place of the offense was not indicated in the documents.

The emigration of the head of the Chelyabinsk "Vesna", pressure on the father of the ex-director of FBK and the next 15 days of Pussy Riot. Read the main news for August 13. The coordinator of the “Spring” movement in Chelyabinsk, Alexander Kashevarov, left Russia due to criminal prosecution. In May, a case was opened against the activist under the “Dada” article. In the Krasnodar region, an elderly Jehovah's Witness Vasily Meleshko was sentenced to three years in prison.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended house arrest to the opposition deputy of the city Legislative Assembly Maxim Reznik. This was reported in the telegram channel named after him. The politician is accused of buying drugs without the purpose of sale (part 1 of article 228 of the Criminal Code). The court fully granted the petition of the investigation: the measure of restraint was extended for three months.

The Moscow City Court recognized the legal refusal of lawyer Maria Eismont to visit her clients at the police department in 2019. Lawyer Alexander Maltsev reported this on his Facebook. The police did not allow Eismont to see the detainees under the pretext of introducing the “Fortress” plan.

The coordinator of the Chelyabinsk "Spring" Alexander Kashevarov left Russia due to criminal prosecution. The activist reported this on his Twitter. 18-year-old Kashevarov was detained on May 1, and two days later his apartment was searched.

The prosecutor's office appealed the verdict of ex-FBK lawyer Lyubov Sobol in the case of incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules due to winter rallies in support of Alexei Navalny. Her lawyer Vladimir Voronin drew attention to the appeal presentation in the case file.

The Southern District Military Court in the Rostov Region extended until November 17 the detention period for 64-year-old Crimean Tatar Zekirya Muratov, accused of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. Previously, the accused was diagnosed with coronavirus. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity".

Painkillers were confiscated from Yuri Zhdanov, the father of former director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) Ivan Zhdanov, who is in a pre-trial detention center. An ally of Alexei Navalny reported this on his Telegram channel. “I can’t sit, I can’t lie, I can’t write, I can’t think, I can’t live. There is a dull, endless pain all over my body.

The Electoral Committee of the Khabarovsk Territory refused to register Anton Furgal, the son of the arrested ex-governor of the region Sergei Furgal, in the elections. This was reported on the website of the election commission. Members of the commission rejected 2,609 signatures out of 15,789 collected in support of a self-nominated candidate in single-mandate constituency No. 70.

In Moscow, Pussy Riot member Rita Flores was arrested for 15 days because of Instagram stories, writes . Mediazona The Tverskoy District Court found the activist guilty under the article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). An administrative case was opened because of the picture that Flores posted on Instagram stories on June 8.

The mayor's office of Vladikavkaz refused to agree on a rally in support of the participants of last year's gathering against the self-isolation regime, who are now in custody. about this with reference to activist Natalya Khitrikova, who filed a notice of the action. writes Kavkaz.Realii In their response, the authorities referred to the difficult epidemiological situation.

Unknown people hold Mikhail Kondrukov / screenshot from Viktor Sorokin’s video in VKontakte The Novosibirsk Regional Organization of the Communist Party said that on August 11, at a meeting of the initiative group for the resignation of the communist mayor Anatoly Lokta, unknown people applied the strength to two social activists-Mikhail Kondryukov and Viktor Sorokin in front of the police.

In the Krasnodar region, 60-year-old Jehovah's Witness Vasily Meleshko was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. On August 11, the Abinsky District Court found Meleshko guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Judge Mikhail Ostashevsky considered the believer’s case in two days.

The Prosecutor General's Office recognized the Belgian human rights organization International Partnership for Human Rights as "undesirable". This was reported on the website of the department.