On October 29, the Domodedovo City Court placed blogger Anastasia Metelskaya (Klava Belova) under house arrest in a criminal case of libel (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code). The measure of restraint was chosen until November 30. This was reported to OVD-Info by Svetlana Sokova, the host of the YouTube channel "Will". On October 28, Metelskaya was searched , after which she was taken to the Domodedovo police department.

In Georgievsk (Stavropol Territory) the investigation into the criminal case of Jehovah's Witness Viktor Zimovsky was suspended. This was reported on a website covering the persecution of believers. Zimovsky was accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Recently he was under recognizance not to leave.

The Military Court of Appeal in Vlasikhe upheld the sentences against the defendants in the Red Guard case of Hizb ut-Tahrir - Rustem Emiruseinov, Arsen Abkhairov, Eskender Abdulganiev. This is reported by the publication "Krym.Realii". to the Red Guard group The verdict was handed down on November 3, 2020.

Promotion for clean water in the village of Siberian Valley / Photo from Instagram Sibirskaia_dolina In the village of Siberian Valley near Barnaul on October 31, the police detained Diana Zavarzina and a minor young man, photographed with posters about the poor quality of local drinking water. This was reported by the publication "Siberia. Realiy". The detainees kept more than six hours in the police department.

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court of the Stavropol Territory arrested Vladislav Leontiev, the founder of Otkryaya Gazeta, for 15 days under the article on disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Police detained Leontiev on October 31, when he was carrying a newspaper from a printing house in Rostov-on-Don to Stavropol.

The FSIN inspectorate informed Maria Dubovik, a defendant in the “New Greatness” case, who was sentenced to a suspended sentence, that she should not leave her area of ​​residence. Lawyer Maxim Pashkov, who represents Dubovik’s interests, announced this in his Telegram channel. Due to the ban, the girl will only be able to study at university remotely.

PENZA In February 2020, 11 days after the verdicts were announced for the Penza defendants in the Network case, Meduza published the material “Four went into the forest, but only two came out.” The text contains a story from an acquaintance of the defendants in the case, Alexei Poltavets, about the murder of two people - Artem Dorofeev and Ekaterina Levchenko.

Blocking the page of Timofei Martynenko on VKontakte / Screenshot was provided by Martynenko At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, the VKontakte social network blocked the page of the supporter Alexei Navalny from Rostov-on-Don Timofey Martynenko. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. The reason for the blocking was the reposts of Navalny's materials, Martynenko explained. He made many such reposts in 2017-2018, as he worked in the Rostov and Federal Staff of Navalny.

The Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg refused to review the decision to extend the arrest of Ivan Punegov, a defendant in the “palace case.” This was reported by lawyer Sergei Podolsky, who collaborates with OVD-Info. The Court of Cassation did not find any significant violations of criminal procedure legislation in the decisions of the first and second instances.

The FSB has completed the investigation into the criminal case of Ivan Safronov, accused of treason, TASS reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. The defense began to get acquainted with the case materials. The journalist is charged with an article about treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code).

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has awarded 2,600 euros in compensation to Denis Bakholdin, a pro-Ukrainian activist from Moscow. It is reported by Mediazona with reference to the court decision . The court found that the Russian authorities violated the right to trial within a reasonable time or to release pending trial (Part 3, Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms). Bakholdin spent more than two years in custody.

The justice of the peace in the city of Ivanovo acquitted the person involved in the "palace case", former policeman Sergei Rimsky. The defendant himself informed OVD-Info about this. The man was charged under the article on insulting a law enforcement officer (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). The magistrate of court district No.

Activist Mikhail Kargin / photo from the page of Kargin in VKontakte On October 29, the security forces searched the Cherepovets activist Mikhail Kargin. It is reported by Sota. Four laptops, monoblock and telephone were seized from Kargin. “I think that they specifically seized what you can post some records on the Internet. <...> At the same time, they really did not dig anywhere - the flash drives and documents did not take and did not study in place. The search was very fast.

Crimean Tatars detained / Photo: "Crimean solidarity" In Simferopol, 19 Crimean Tatars were detained near the Crimean garrison military court, who came to the meeting to support the accused. Among the detainees are seven women and two journalists. This was reported on the page of the Crimean Solidarity community on Facebook. Activists and journalists stood outside the court building, waiting for the results of the appeal in the case of the Krasnogvardeisky group Hizb Ut-Tairer.

On the evening of October 31, VKontakte blocked the pages of the Bashkir public environmental movements Green Shield - Kushtau and Sterlitamak, breathe! This is reported by the publication "Idel.Realii". One of the administrators of both communities, activist Dmitry Petrov, told Idel.Realii that before the blocking, he and other administrators were deprived of the status of leaders.