In Moscow, at a rally in support of journalists who were recognized as “foreign agents,” two picketers were detained: The Bell journalist Yulia Starostina and the creator of the “Norm” podcast Daria Cherkudinova. Dozhd reports this. According to the police, the girls “violated the rules for conducting a single picket” and did not maintain a distance of 50 meters. The journalists were taken to a paddy wagon near Lubyanka.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Mikhail Ivanitsky, a deputy of the Taimyr Dolgano-Nenetsky District Council, announced a police visit. Information about this was published on the politician's Instagram. The security forces were interested in the reasons for Ivanitsky recording a video about the lack of food in local stores. On August 18, the deputy posted a video on Instagram in which he showed empty shelves in district stores.

In Elista, Sanal Molotkov, a public figure and candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, was assigned 20 hours of compulsory work due to participation in the congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people. about this . writes Kavkaz.Realii The Elista city court found the activist guilty of participating in an unauthorized rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). “It turns out that the trial took place on June 24, although I did not receive a call for it.

In Moscow, unknown people robbed the headquarters of Nikolai Kavkazsky, a candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko. He himself informed OVD-Info about this. According to him, 15,000 campaign leaflets, 250 business cards, 15 T-shirts and bags with the Yabloko logo, a webcam, flags of the party and its youth branch were stolen from the headquarters. “The unknown took mainly what is important for the campaign: T-shirts, leaflets and flags of Yabloko.

On August 21, the Central District Court of Novosibirsk sent journalist Nikolai Salnikov, accused under an article on fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code), to a pre-trial detention center. This is reported by "Precedent" with reference to the press service of the court.

The Ministry of Justice has recognized the association of freelance journalists Fourth Sector as a "foreign agent", according to the ministry's website.