On the way out of Irkutsk, the police detained the former coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters, Anton Zhukovets. He himself told OVD-Info about this. The activist was taken to police department No. 6. According to law enforcement officers, the detention was related to a case under the article on abuse of official powers (Article 286 of the Criminal Code). 23:40 Anton Zhukovets was released from the police department. He himself told OVD-Info about this.

The Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan sentenced Jehovah's Witnesses Rustam Diarov, Evgeniy Ivanov and Sergei Klikunov to eight years each in a general regime colony. Olga Ivanova was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. The Caucasian Knot reports this; information about the case is available on the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia website.

Extremist organizations, detentions and fines. Here's the news for October 25th. The prosecutor's office recognized neo-Nazi organizations "Nevograd" and their followers as extremist. Law enforcement officials said that the activists were involved in the attack on migrants, the homeless, LGBT and anti-fascists. The defendants in the Red Guard case “Hizb ut-Tahrir” were confiscated personal belongings from the cells while the prisoners were at the meeting.

During the trial, personal belongings were confiscated from the defendants in the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir from their cells. to Crimean Solidarity This was told by the lawyer of the convicted Edem Semedlyaev. On October 25, the Crimean Garrison Military Court in Simferopol was supposed to broadcast a meeting of the Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikha near Moscow - the defense is appealing the verdict.

The city court of St. Petersburg recognized the neo-Nazi organization Nevograd and its followers as extremist - Nevograd-2, BTO-Nevograd, FirstLineNevograd - and banned their activities. This was reported by the press service of the city courts. The associations were banned at the suit of the prosecutor's office. Group members are involved in attacks on migrants, the homeless, LGBT people and anti-fascists. Some of the neo-Nazis are still serving their sentences in colonies.

Khovansky was charged under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), he faces up to seven years in prison.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined picketer Ruslan Kunakbayev three thousand rubles for advocating fair elections. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov, who represented the interests of the activist.

In Simferopol, several Crimean Tatars were detained near the building of the Crimean garrison military court. It is reported by "Crimean solidarity". The detainees are being taken to the Central Police Department on Footballistov Street. Among them are journalists and activists. Their number, as well as the reasons for the detention, are not yet known. The garrison court is broadcasting a meeting on an appeal against the sentence of defendants in the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir.

In Moscow, police detained Ekaterina Kuznetsova, coordinator of the Save Sretenka group, while she was filming the construction of an apart-hotel. Kuznetsova herself informed OVD-Info about this. The woman was on the sidewalk at Sretenka 13 and was filming construction work on camera when the police grabbed her and dragged her. She was taken to the police department in the Meshchansky district, where she was checked at the bases, after which she was released.

In June, security forces broke into the apartment of YouTube blogger Yuri Khovansky. He was searched, literally turning everything upside down, along the way asking if there were drugs at home. Investigative actions took place in the case of justifying terrorism. Khovansky was detained and taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation. Then the blogger was placed in a pre-trial detention center, where he is still. We tell you what we know about the criminal case.