The Tver District Court of Moscow arrested for 16 days a picket participant against the persecution of Crimean Tatars Anna Krechetov. This was reported by a lawyer from the OTS-Info Ekaterina Selezneva, who represented the interests of the activist. Krechetov was found guilty of repeated violation of the rally legislation (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). She was detained on September 6 during a picket at the Presidential Administration building.

The prosecutor requested seven years in prison for Jehovah's Witness from Ufa, Anatoly Vilitkevich. Kommersant reports this. The believer is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, he coordinated the activities of the Ufa community of Jehovah's Witnesses: he found premises for holding services, collected donations, and gave instructions to community members.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Jehovah's Witnesses Dmitry and Nadezhda Semenov were searched. A case was opened against believers for involvement in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. The search of the Semenovs took place on September 6. A computer, a tablet, 2 mobile phones, a router, a webcam, a New Testament and personal diaries were confiscated from the couple.

In Moscow, journalists of Important Stories Alesya Marokhovskaya, Irina Dolinina and Polina Uzhvak were detained at a protest near the Ministry of Justice against the law on “foreign agents”. It is reported by "Rain". The detainees will be taken to the Yakimanka police department. 20:50 Journalists of Important Stories are charged with participation in an uncoordinated action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). this The publication itself reports .

Persecution of the National Bolsheviks, new cases against Jehovah's Witnesses and kidnappings due to criticism of Ramzan Kadyrov. We talk about the main news for September 8. In Yekaterinburg, security forces detained National Bolshevik Maxim Kamensky and another person. The day before, Kamensky was sent a summons to Center “E” because of an action in support of Russians in Kazakhstan; the activist’s interests are defended by OVD-Info lawyer Irina Ruchko.

The Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk returned for review the case of Pavel Popovich regarding participation in the action. This was reported by a group assisting participants in peaceful marches in the Khabarovsk Territory. The activist is charged with failure to comply with police requirements (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for the protests on October 10, 2020. The protester's case will be reviewed for the fourth time.

The Vsevolozhsk City Court of the Leningrad Region dismissed, due to the absence of an offense, the case of organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) against civil activist Ilyas Eshref. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Sergei Podolsky, who represented his interests.

The Uzlovsky city court of the Tula region imposed a fine of 4,000 rubles on civil activist Alexei Petrukhin under the article on the use of narcotic substances (part 1 of article 6.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), he himself told OVD-Info about this. According to him, he was detained on September 2 in Uzlovaya at the opening of a monument to scouts.

In Maykop, the case of Jehovah's Witness Inver Siyukhov was brought to court. The Investigative Committee for Adygea reported on this; The SOVA Information and Analytical Center drew attention to this. The believer is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, 46-year-old Siyukhov has been the founder of the local organization of Jehovah's Witnesses since 2002.

Elderly Jehovah's Witness Yuri Savelyev, sentenced to six years in prison, was transferred from Altai colony No. 5 to medical correctional institution No. 1, located in Barnaul. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. In August, the head of the colony asked the believer to sign a blank consent form for treatment. The prisoner refused to do this because he had no health complaints.

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Barnaul fined Nikolai Umerenkov, an activist of the Other Russia E.V. Limonov, for 30,000 rubles because of the all-Russian action of the National Bolsheviks for fair elections. This was reported to OVD-Info by the activist himself. Umerenkov was found guilty of organizing a rally (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) on July 31. In August, the National Bolsheviks were already fined 10,000 rubles for it.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a case was opened against a married couple for involvement in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), and their apartment was searched. This is stated on the website of the Investigative Committee. According to investigators, believers invited the 58-year-old woman and other people to join their community.

The Yeisk City Court refused to consider the prosecutor's office's claim to remove Alexander Korovainy, whose candidacy was nominated by the Yabloko party, from the State Duma elections. The Caucasian Knot reports this. According to the prosecutor's office, Korovayny took part in the action on January 31 and “repeatedly distributed information materials aimed at discrediting the policies pursued by government bodies of the Russian Federation and containing statements in support of A.A.

In Moscow and Chechnya, the security forces abducted several people - relatives of Khasan Khalitov, who left for Turkey and criticized the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as relatives of Ilman Mamakaev, who lives in Europe. This is reported by Kavkaz.Realii with reference to emigrants.

In the village of Molodezhnoye, located in Simferopol, a search was carried out in the house of the ex-member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Eldar Mensitov. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". After the search, the Crimean Tatar activist was detained. According to preliminary data, investigative actions were carried out in the case of sabotage on the gas pipeline near Perevalnoye.