Eduard Malyshevsky, a defendant in the Moscow case, was transferred from a general regime colony to the EPKT at a strict regime colony. This was reported by the telegram channel "Arrested 212". There is no single cell-type room in IK-3 of Udmurtia, where the prisoner was previously located. Therefore, the FSIN officers transferred him to IK-8, which meets the strict conditions of detention. The formal reason for the transfer was allegedly repeated violations of the regime.

Real term due to photography, pressure on believers and violation of the right to freedom of assembly. We tell the main news for October 29. In Rostov-on-Don, a court sentenced Rustem Seitmemetov, Amet Suleymanov, Osman Seytumerov and Seytumer Seytumerov, defendants in the third Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir, to terms of 12 to 17 years in a strict regime colony.

In St. Petersburg, the police detained participants in the laying of flowers at the monument to the Heroic Komsomol in honor of Komsomol Day. This was reported to OVD-Info by Alexander Rogozhkin, assistant to the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the city. The event was held in Komsomolsky Square. Among the detainees, mostly activists of the youth movement "Leninsky Komsomol".

On October 28, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Dmitry Vinogradov - two years probation. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers in Russia.

The Kirovsky District Court of Kemerovo again extended the house arrest of blogger Mikhail Alferov until December 1. The young man’s mother reported this to OVD-Info. A copy of the resolution is available to the editors. Alferov is accused of inciting hatred or enmity (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) because of a video in support of Alexei Navalny.

The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow extended the detention of three Jehovah's Witnesses by three months. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. 57-year-old Eduard Sviridov, 49-year-old Sean Pike and 44-year-old Alexander Rumyantsev will remain in pretrial detention until January 24, 2022. The defense filed an appeal. The judge refused to read out the case materials and did not allow the defense to read evidence - transcripts of a hidden audio recording.

In the Amur Region, the case of five Jehovah's Witnesses was transferred to the Blagoveshchensk City Court. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The prosecutor's office approved charges against Sergei Afanasyev, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky, Adam Svarichevsky and Sergei Ermilov.

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined National Bolsheviks Nikita Chelyshev and Igor Yakovlev 20,000 rubles each. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Alexei Kalugin, who defended the detainees in court. The court found the activists guilty under the article on violation of the rules for organizing a public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The reason for drawing up the protocol was the action that took place on April 5.

The Supreme Court of Kalmykia refused to consider a lawsuit against the administration of Elista on limiting places for holding pickets and referred the case to the Elista City Court. This is reported by the publication "Kavkaz.Realii". Earlier, the city court also refused to consider the claim on the grounds that the issue falls within the competence of the Supreme Court of the Republic.

On October 20, searches were carried out at the homes of three followers of Jehovah's Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This was reported on the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. Searches of 54-year-old Elena Nesterova, 61-year-old Tatyana Svoboda and Tatyana Bondarenko were carried out on suspicion of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The justice of the peace of court district No. 370 of the Tver judicial district of Moscow sentenced blogger Ruslan Bobiev and Anastasia Chistova to 10 months in prison. reports Mash . Bobiev and Chistova were found guilty of insulting the feelings of believers (part 1 of article 148 of the Criminal Code) because of a photograph in front of the church.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined five picketers 10,000 rubles. This was reported by the coordinator of legal assistance OVD-Info Daniil Pospelov. Viktor Ryabov, Sergey Zubarev, Alexander Katkov, Vadim Shchukin and Ruslan Karpov were found guilty of violating the rules for participating in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). All five were detained on October 16 at Pushkinskaya Square during solitary pickets on various topics.

The defendants of the case “Hizb Ut-Tahrir”, October 29, 2021 / “Crimean Solidarity” The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced four defendants in the third Bakhchisarai case “Hizb Ut-Taurir” to the terms of 12 to 17 years in a maximum security colony. It is reported by Crimean Solidarity.

On October 28, the Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov declared illegal the city administration's refusal to approve a rally in memory of the victims of Stalin's terror. The next day, the Kirov Regional Court overturned this decision. This was announced to OVD-Info by Vadim Ananyin, a member of the PARNAS party.

In Simferopol, 30 people (mostly Crimean Tatars) were detained near the Crimean garrison military court, most of them were listeners of the meeting who came to support the accused, and two more were journalists. This was reported on the Facebook page of the Crimean Solidarity community. Crimean Tatars came to the broadcast of the announcement of the verdict of the participants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case from the third Bakhchisaray group.