In Moscow, at a people's gathering against dishonest elections, arrests began. Ex-candidate to the State Duma Mikhail Lobanov talks about this. writes The action is taking place in Ramenki near the monument to Indira Gandhi. Among those detained are Danila Ryabtsev and Arseny Kuzmin. They are taken to the Ramenki police station. The detainees were photographed and released from the police department 20 minutes after being delivered.

The prosecutor requested four years in prison and eight months of restriction of freedom for Jehovah's Witnesses from Lipetsk Alexander Kostrov, Viktor Bachurin and Artur Netrebe. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. Arthur Netreba, Viktor Bachurin and Alexander Kostrov are accused of participating in the activities of a religious association recognized as extremist (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Commutation of punishment for the defendant in the “sanitary case”, sentence in the “palace case” and detention of protesters against election fraud. We talk about the main news for September 23. Oppositionist Nikolai Lyaskin had his sentence commuted in a “sanitary case”: a year of restriction of freedom was replaced by 10 months. He was found guilty of inciting violations of anti-Covid legislation at the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny.

In Moscow, near the building of the State Duma, a participant in a picket against fraud in the elections, Anton Chipsov, was detained. He was released with a warning about the inadmissibility of violating the “rally” legislation. The activist himself told OVD-Info about this. Chipsov stood up with a poster "The elections were stolen from us" at the State Duma building at 11:40.

Larisa Krivonosova in the image of Marina Wulf / Screenshot of the video “Vitaly Nalivkin prevented a terrorist attack” In Ussuriysk, the court arrested for 10 days the actress Larisa Krivonosova, who parodyed the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk in the video about the fictional deputy Vitaliy Kalivkin. This is reported by Newsbox24.tv .

“Friends, hello! If you are watching this video now, it means I was arrested,” this is how the videos on the channel “What to do!” begin. calling for protests on September 18. They were recorded by 44-year-old channel administrator Dmitry Chebanov. Under the nickname Chednotdead, he has accounts on YouTube and Instagram. Judging by social networks, Chebanov used to travel around India, work in advertising, and play sports.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court dismissed the case and canceled the decision to impose a fine of 40,000 rubles on the Oblastnaya Gazeta publication under the article on non-compliance with the law on “foreign agents” by the media (part 2.1 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported on the website of the newspaper.

In Moscow, the municipal deputy of the Pechatniki district, Sergei Vlasov, was detained. He himself informed OVD-Info about this. According to Vlasov, employees of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to him and said that they were detaining the deputy because of what he "did on Monday evening." At this time, Vlasov was on Pushkin Square, where the Communist Party of the Russian Federation held a rally for fair elections.

The FSB opened a criminal case under the article on incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code) against a resident of the city of Shadrinsk (Kurgan region) because of publications on VKontakte. This is reported by Znak with reference to the press service of the regional FSB.

The Moscow City Court commuted the sentence of the defendant in the “sanitary case” Nikolai Lyaskin. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Sergei Telnov. The sentence - a year of restriction of freedom - was reduced to 10 months. The court also refused to satisfy the prosecutor’s request to ban Lyaskin from leaving Moscow.

The coordinator of the human rights project “Legal Siberia” Dmitry Kamynin, accused of drug possession, spoke about the conditions of detention in pre-trial detention center-3 in the city of Mariinsk. Taiga.Info writes about this.

The Vladimir Regional Court rejected the complaint of Alexei Navalny - the politician asked to cancel his registration as prone to escape. Interfax reports this with reference to lawyer Vadim Kobzev. Previously, the administration of colony No. 2 in the Vladimir region placed Navalny on occupational safety. The politician appealed this decision, but the Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region upheld the decision.

In pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the Krasnodar Territory, blogger Stanislav Andreev, who was arrested on charges of theft (Part 2 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code) and insulting a bailiff (Article 319 of the Criminal Code), is not provided with medical assistance. This was reported to OVD-Info by Sergey Zhilin.

Convicted in the case of participation in the "Right Sector" Vladimir Domnin, who went on a hunger strike in a pre-trial detention center, continues to be denied medical assistance. It is reported by SOTA with reference to the wife of the prisoner Natalya Afanasyeva.

Jehovah's Witness from Apatity (Murmansk region) Denis Merkulov had his preventive measure changed to prohibit certain actions - previously the man was under house arrest. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers in Russia. The decision was made by the Apatity City Court; the preventive measure will be in effect until October 18. Merkulov is charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).