On June 28, local activist and human rights defender Andrei Ivashev, held in pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the Komi Republic, was transferred to a special unit. He describes the special block as “a semi-basement room in which it is very cold; the glass in the window opening is broken to allow easy access for insects.” This was reported to OVD-Info by the “Public Meeting of the Komi Republic”.

The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended the arrest of the artist Sasha Skochilenko, accused in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army ( clause “e”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code ), until August 1. This was reported by the United Press Service of the city courts. According to investigators, Skochilenko replaced the price tags in the Perekrestok store with leaflets with information about the shelling of the Mariupol drama theater and the death of civilians.

The Sovetsky District Court of Omsk imposed a fine of 10 thousand rubles on Maxim Shkolnikov under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was written by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova".

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Barnaul fined Anastasia Selezneva, a local resident, because of the video “Let's Remind the Rogues and Thieves of their Manifesto-2002”. Data on the amount of the fine were removed from the court order. The decision drew the attention of the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". Selezneva was found guilty under the article on the distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

A court in Vladimir found it illegal to refuse permission for a local resident, Olga Khaustova, to hold a Hindu worship service in Announcer Levitan Square in Vladimir on July 2. A complaint about the refusal to agree on the same event on July 4 is also under consideration, writes Argument. Earlier, the city hall refused to approve the chanting of mantras. Officials referred to the lack of a document confirming Khaustova's belonging to a religious group, writes ProVladimir.

The Kirovsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended until July 27 the arrest of Peaceful Resistance activist Olga Smirnova, accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the city courts. The case against Smirnova became known on May 5. That day, five Peaceful Resistance activists were searched, then detained and taken for interrogation.

A court in Vladimir found Alexander Guryev, editor-in-chief of the Krasnye Novosti online publication and first secretary of the Komsomol district committee, guilty of evading military service (part 1 of article 328 of the Criminal Code). He was fined 100 thousand rubles. This is reported by "7 × 7".

In Ussuriysk, the prosecution requested a sentence for three Jehovah's Witnesses - Sergei Korolchuk and Dmitry Tishchenko - 6 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment, and Anton Chermnykh - 6 years of suspended imprisonment. The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” writes about this.

A criminal case was opened against Hieromonk Nikandr (Evgeny Pinchuk) from Verkhoturye, Sverdlovsk region under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian armed forces (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). About this Baza. ROCOR (A) reports that the Investigative Committee opened a case because of a post on VKontakte that Pinchuk published on March 30. According to investigators, in this post the priest allowed himself to call the actions of the Russian military aggressive.

Roskomnadzor has blocked the website of the publication “Vorstka”, the editors report on their Telegram channel. On June 23, the Prosecutor General’s Office decided to include the article “In Ukraine, human rights activists and volunteers documented about 10 thousand crimes of the Russian army” in the register of prohibited information. “Due to the fact that blocking is carried out via HTTPS, the entire site is inaccessible,” the editors write.

The Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg extended until August 5 the arrest of civil activist Boris Romanov in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). RusNews reports this. The case against Romanov was opened because of a video on VKontakte: in the video, a man similar to Romanov congratulates participants in a meeting of municipal deputies on Ukraine’s victory in the war.

The Severodvinsk City Court sentenced a 20-year-old local resident to 9 months of restriction of freedom on charges of incitement to mass riots and participation in them (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the region. The case became known in April. The reason for his arousal was comments posted on January 23, 2021.

Salekh Magamadov, convicted in Chechnya, was taken to Prison-2 “Vladimir Central”, where he will serve part of his sentence. His brother Ismail Isaev was taken to pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the Krasnodar Territory; it is still unknown which colony he will be sent to. Miron Rozanov, press secretary of the SK SOS Crisis Group, reported this to OVD-Info. The young men were found guilty of participating in a gang (Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code).

An administrative report was drawn up against the writer Viktor Shenderovich under the article on failure to fulfill the duties of a foreign agent (part 1 of article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The case was registered by the Preobrazhensky Court of Moscow, drew attention to this. Avtozak LIVE The Ministry of Justice added Shenderovich to the list of media outlets performing the function of a “foreign agent” on December 30, 2021.

The State Duma in the third reading adopted a law on the out-of-court closure of media outlets publishing fake news. This was reported on the body's website. “In the event of repeated dissemination of prohibited information by the media, its registration will be invalidated, and the website will be blocked,” the website of the lower house of parliament reports.