In Moscow, at about 16:00, the police detained the picketer of Roman Parkhomenko, advocating the liberation of Alexei Navalny. A few hours later the activist was released. He himself told the OVD-info about what happened. Photo: Roman Parkhomenko / provided by the detainees Parkhomenko stood at the monument to Marshal Zhukov with a poster of Putin, free Navalny. " The reason for the detention, according to the police, was the lack of temporary registration activist.

Artur Salimov, convicted in the case of the Ufa Twenty “Hizb ut-Tahrir”, was sent to a cell-type room (PKT) because of prayers. His wife reported this to OVD-Info. Salimov is serving his sentence in IK-8 of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. According to his wife, who refers to a lawyer, the prisoner regularly receives reprimands for performing prayers.

Interrogations of Navalny’s ex-chief of staff, change of sentence for a defendant in the “New Greatness” case, and mass searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow. Read the main news for August 26. In St. Petersburg, the former head of Navalny’s local headquarters, Irina Fatyanova, was searched. She was detained and interrogated in the case of blocking roads during protests, after which she was released as a witness.

On August 24, the Primorsky Regional Court sent for a new trial the case of Kirill Chistyakov, who was detained for posting leaflets about an action in support of Khabarovsk. This was reported by lawyer Polina Sidelnikova, who collaborates with OVD-Info. Chistyakov was detained on July 24, 2020; a report was drawn up against him under the article on organizing an unapproved event (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

In Rostov-on-Don, Ksenia Seredkina, the ex-coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters, was taken for questioning by the Investigative Committee. She announced this on her Twitter. It is unknown in what case the interrogation will take place and what status Seredkina is in. 23:03 Ksenia Seredkina was released after interrogation, she writes on Twitter. She was never informed about what case the investigative actions were taking place.

The first secretary of the city committee of the Komsomol in Smolensk, Vladislav Trifonenko, was subjected to a protocol under the article on the distribution of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". According to the police, Trifonenko posted on VKontakte a Polandball comic containing Nazi symbols.

On August 25, security forces came to search at least five Moscow apartments of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. During the searches, security forces seized computers, storage media, bank cards, international passports and children's drawings. Three believers were detained after interrogation: 57-year-old Eduard Sviridov, 49-year-old Sean Pike, 44-year-old Alexander Rumyantsev.

In Moscow, on Manezhnaya Square, the mother of a miner, Vera Shikhova, was detained. She was picketing to demand social benefits for her son due to an injury he received at the mine in 2010. Shikhova herself reported about the detention to OVD-Info. The woman was taken to the Kitai-Gorod police department. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Nikita Spivak, is coming to see her. 16:20 Shikhova was released from the department.

A supporter of Alexei Navalny and a former employee of his headquarters in Magnitogorsk, Sergei Metlev, left Russia. He himself told OVD-Info about this. On July 8, the activist announced on his Instagram that he was officially put on the federal wanted list and arrested in absentia. According to Metlev, he is charged with organizing protests on January 23 and 31 in Magnitogorsk. “Now I am wanted in Putin’s Russian Federation. No article, no reason, for what reason, what I suspect...

The Samara human rights activist Alexander Kruglov was searched by FSB officers. The reason for the investigative measures was publications on VKontakte, allegedly containing “statements that have linguistic and psychological signs of calls for a violent change in the foundations of the current political system.” The search is reported by the Idel.Realii publication.

The Moscow City Court made a decision to appeal to the verdict to the defendant of the “New Greatness” case to Pavel Rebrovsky. This was reported by a lawyer from the OTD-info, Maria Aismont, who represents the interests of the prisoner. Information is confirmed in the telegram channel of the press service of the capital's courts.

The military appeal court in Vlasikha upheld the sentence of Voronezh resident Nadezhda Belova, who was convicted under the article of justifying terrorism because of her comment about the explosion in the building of the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate. This was reported by SOTA.

Ex-head of the St. Petersburg headquarters of Navalny Irina Fatyanova / Photo from the telegram channel of the activist In St. Petersburg, to the former head of the local headquarters of Navalny Irina Fatyanova, they came with a search. She reported this in her telegram channel. There are no details, in connection with which security officials carry out investigative actions. 12:58 Lawyer Fatyanova is not allowed into the apartment where the search takes place.

The case of Sergey Kamensky, Maxim Lavrentiev and Anatoly Sadovin, participants of the project “Don't be inert”, was submitted to the Central District Court of Kemerovo. Information about this is published in the case card on the website of the court. The project participants filmed videos for their YouTube channel about violations of officials and security forces.

On August 20, the Primorsky Regional Court found Roman Kostishin, a resident of Vladivostok, guilty under the article on the dissemination of information expressing disrespect for veterans of the Great Patriotic War (part 3 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles. This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova".