At 12:30 on September 22, at least 68 observers, commission members and candidates were known to have been detained at polling stations in 14 Russian cities. St.

Criminal and administrative cases due to the elections, refusal to approve a protest for communists and fines for observers. We talk about the main things for September 20th. The Moscow City Hall did not approve the protest actions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which were planned for September 20, 21 and 25. The communists were going to rally against the results of electronic voting in the State Duma elections.

The Supreme Court of Crimea upheld the decision to arrest Abdulla Ibragimov due to the publication of Hizb ut-Tahrir symbols on VKontakte. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". On July 22, Ibragimov was sentenced to three days of arrest under the article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On the same day, his relatives were searched. The reason for the administrative punishment was a post published in 2013.

Crimean Tatar Asan Akhtemov, who was detained in early September, was strengthened in the case of sabotage on a gas pipeline, replacing the first part of the imputed article with the second (Part 2 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code - sabotage committed by a group of persons). The Crimean Solidarity portal is about this.

Rustem Murasov, accused in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, does not receive proper medical care in a pre-trial detention center in Simferopol, Crimean Solidarity writes , citing lawyer Emil Kurbedinov. Murasov, 49, has a serious chronic illness. The medicines he needs are not in the medical unit, and he is not given any parcels, despite the fact that he has repeatedly applied for help in the pre-trial detention center.

Judge of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow Alexander Merkulov imposed a fine of 20 thousand rubles on RusNews correspondent Evgeny Evsyukov under the article on violating the procedure for holding a rally (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by lawyer Ekaterina Selezneva, who collaborates with OVD-Info. On September 15, Evsyukov was detained when, on instructions from the editors, he was filming an action on Red Square.

Emil Dzhemadenov, a defendant in the Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, who was sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison, was registered in colony No. 16, located in the city of Salavat (Bashkortostan). It is reported by "Crimean solidarity".

The Moscow Mayor's Office did not agree on the protest actions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation against election violations. The events were scheduled for 20, 21 and 25 September. It is reported by RIA Novosti. The reason for the refusal to agree on the city authorities called the epidemiological situation in the city.

The Khostinsky District Court of Sochi extended the period of detention of Jehovah's Witness Tatyana Velizhanina. She is accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia reported this. The believer clarified that in August, while in custody, she contracted Covid.

On September 19, the magistrate of the court district No. 22 of Moscow fined Eduard Abbasov five thousand rubles under the article on violation of campaigning during elections (part 1 of article 5.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported in the telegram channel "Moscow Courts of General Jurisdiction".

RusNews journalist Igor Kuznetsov was placed in a pre-trial detention center in Tomsk until November 18 on charges of inciting mass riots (Part 1.1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code), reports the telegram channel of the RusNews publication. Kuznetsov’s detention became known on September 19; an acquaintance of the journalist found him in a temporary detention center. RusNews writes that Kuznetsov was detained at work and his home was searched.

Picket with a poster on Red Square / Photo: Timur Aksentsov On September 19, Timur Aksentsov, who came out in a single picket with the poster “Katya, I love you”, was detained on Red Square. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. Aksentsov was detained without explanation and delivered to the China-Gorod police department. After giving explanations, the man was released.

The investigation softened the preventive measure to Mikhail Iosilevich, a Nizhny Novgorod public figure and rector of the Temple of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, accused of collaborating with an “undesirable organization” (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported in the telegram channel “Iosilevich’s Case”. The entrepreneur was allowed to use the Internet and telephone again.

The editor-in-chief of the Rostov publication “Golos” Igor Khoroshilov was detained after leaving a special detention center, where he was serving 10 days of arrest because of a post about “Smart Voting,” lawyer Evgeniy Berkovich told OVD-Info. 11:13 Khoroshilov was taken to police department No. 7.

In Novy Urengoy, the picketman Mikhail Kataev was detained, who came out with the poster “Grace, if against Putin”. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. Kataeva was delivered to the city police department. There, under pressure, fingerprints were removed, photographed and drew up the inspection protocol. The police seized a poster from Kataev to check for violations.