In Moscow, during a walk in the park, the well-known opposition politician Ilya Yashin was detained. this Irina Babloyan reports on her telegram channel. According to Babloyan, police officers approached them in the park and took Yashin somewhere. 00:32 June 28 Yashin said that he was taken to the Luzhniki department. This was reported to OVD-Info by his friend.

In Krasnoyarsk, the Oktyabrsky District Court sentenced Jehovah's Witness Evgeny Zinich to six years in a general regime colony under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the SOVA Information and Analytical Center.

The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow received the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Roman Mareev, Anatoly Marunov and Sergei Tolokonnikov, who are accused of involvement in the activities of a banned organization. The SOVA Information and Analytical Center writes about this. The case against believers was opened in October 2021. Then searches took place in at least eight apartments of believers in Moscow and one house in the Moscow region.

The court suspended the consideration of the case on the deprivation of eco-activist from the Moscow region Arshak Makichyan of Russian citizenship. This is reported by the "First Department". The lawyers of the project appealed the claims of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the documents on the basis of which the young man received Russian citizenship. The court agreed to return to the case after considering the administrative claim.

Former Dozhd presenter Maria Borzunova said in her Telegram channel that she was included in the list of media “foreign agents” due to transfers from her colleagues and journalist friends. According to Borzunova, the Ministry of Justice considered 3 transfers totaling 1,290 rubles from ex-Moscow Times journalist Evan Gershkovich and 18 transactions totaling 10,270 rubles from former Dozhd producer Nadine Lahbabi as foreign financing.

Journalist Sonya Groysman was fined 10,000 rubles for a one-man picket she held in August 2021.

The author of the telegram channel “Protest MGU”, Dmitry Ivanov, accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, was transferred to Moscow pre-trial detention center-1 “Matrosskaya Tishina” from the Kapotnya pre-trial detention center. Maria Eismont, a lawyer from OVD-Info, who represents his interests, spoke about this.

Nina Belyaeva, a deputy of the village council of the Semiluksky district of the Voronezh region, was arrested in absentia as part of criminal cases on charges of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army and calling for terrorism. Information about this is on the SK website. appeared “A preventive measure was chosen in absentia against the accused in the form of detention for a period of two months from the moment of her possible detention,” the message says.

On June 23, the Fourth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Krasnodar upheld the verdict of Jehovah's Witnesses Vilen Avanesov and Alexander Parkov. The case against Arsen Avanesov was returned to the appeal stage at the request of the prosecutor. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. On July 29, 2021, the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vilen and Arsen Avanesov and Alexander Parkov.

The State Duma amended the draft law on the introduction of criminal liability for "public calls for action against the security of Russia", as well as for "confidential cooperation with special services of foreign states." The corresponding document is posted on the website of the lower house of parliament. The State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation approved the amendments.

On June 24, the Nalchik City Court sentenced local resident Zaurbek Zhambekov, whose daughter, at his request, tore off the letter Z from a car. The man was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment with a suspended sentence of two years and a fine of 30 thousand rubles with the possibility of repayment in installments under articles on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and on involving a minor in committing a crime (Part.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the case of Jehovah's Witness Yuri Yakovlev came to court three months after the start of the investigation: the case was opened on March 28, and on June 20 the Sosnovoborsky City Court began to consider it. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The 55-year-old believer is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist community (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

In Novosibirsk, the independent bookstore Peremen is being kicked out of the Yunost State House of Culture. This is reported by "Taiga.Info" with reference to the director of "Changes" Anna Yakovleva. Yakovleva told the publication that the reason was called "a change in the concept of the building, which does not fit retail." At the same time, a coffee shop and a shawarma stall will remain in the House of Culture, and the store has not been given an official order to change the concept.