The case of Jehovah's Witnesses Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Andrei Lyakhov and Oleg Sergeev was transferred for consideration to the Pozharsky District Court of the Primorsky Territory on June 30. Information about this appeared on the website “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”. A search in the case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) of 62-year-old Yuri Ponomarenko took place in July 2021.

The mayor's office of Kostroma refused to agree on a rally for the preservation of trolleybuses. This is reported by the local branch of the Communist Party. The communists wanted to hold an action on 8 July. At first, the officials suggested appointing it for seven in the morning, but the activists did not agree and asked to be allowed to hold a rally in the evening.

Against the defendant in the case of the telegram channel “What-to-Delat!” A criminal case was opened against Igor Nagibin under the article on illegal possession of firearms or ammunition (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code). This was told by lawyer Yulia Kuznetsova, who collaborates with OVD-Info and defends Nagibin.

The State Duma, in the third reading, adopted a law providing for punishment for “threats to the security” of Russia. Information about this is on the official website of the lower house of parliament. published Article 282.4 is introduced into the Criminal Code, providing for criminal punishment in the event of repeated prosecution under administrative article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“Public display of prohibited symbols”).

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow fined Novaya Gazeta 300 thousand rubles under the article on disseminating “fake news” (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code) because of a video about the war in Ukraine. TASS reports this. The publication protocol was drawn up because of a video by Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov. A video dedicated to the war in Ukraine was published on the publication’s website. It was later removed at the request of Roskomnadzor.

Accused in the case of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code), environmental activist Olga Kuzmina was returned home after forced hospitalization in a mental hospital, where she was placed for a medical examination. This was reported by lawyer Katerina Tertukhina, who collaborates with OVD-Info and represents Kuzmina’s interests. The Babushkinsky District Court extended the activist’s house arrest until August 9.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia to pay 25 thousand euros to Nizhny Novgorod resident Ekaterina Zaitseva, who suffered from the actions of a riot police officer during the “March of Millions”, which took place in September 2012. “Team Against Torture” writes about this. During the protest, Zaitseva removed the helmet from a riot police officer, after which he hit her on the head with a baton.

On July 5, the Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd rejected five complaints against searches in cases of false mining. OVD-Info lawyer Eduard Yapparov, who represented the interests of activists, spoke about this. The court did not satisfy the complaints of Polina Bardakova, Evgeny Tymchik, Vladislav Lygin, Alexey Klokov and another girl who wished to remain anonymous.

Ilya Shakursky, a defendant in the Network case, sentenced to 16 years in prison, is in a hospital in the village of Barashevo (Mordovia). RUPRESSION reports this. Shakursky was diagnosed with varicocele and was scheduled to consult a surgeon. On February 10, 2020, the Volga District Military Court sentenced Ilya Shakursky to 16 years in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty of organizing the activities of a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).

In Yevpatoria, a criminal case was opened against a 36-year-old local resident due to messages containing “threats of violence” against the Russian military. He is charged with an article on public calls for extremist activity (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). RIA Novosti reported this with reference to the press service of the FSB Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol.

The defendant in the “palace case,” Konstantin Lakeev, was transported to an unknown direction for the second time in a month. This was reported in the “Prisoners 212” telegram channel. Lakeev was taken from pre-trial detention center No. 5 of Moscow “Vodnik”, where he was “temporarily” transferred at the end of June from pre-trial detention center “Butyrka”. 20-year-old Lakeev was sentenced in December 2021 to imprisonment in a colony for a period of two years and eight months.

Retired Major Oleg Kashintsev was arrested by bank accounts in the case of Fakes about the army of the Russian Federation. He himself informed the OVD-Info about this. The Basmann District Court of Moscow at the request of the Investigative Committee imposed an arrest in the accounts. The case against Kashintsev was opened in March.

On June 29, the Khabarovsk District Court of the Khabarovsk Territory softened the preventive measure against 60-year-old Jehovah's Witness Valery Rabota. This is reported by a website covering the persecution of believers. The judge refused the investigator's request to extend the period of detention and decided to choose a preventive measure against Rabota in the form of house arrest for a month, that is, until July 28 inclusive.

On July 5, the State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments prohibiting holding public events near government buildings, universities, schools, religious sites, railway stations, hospitals and playgrounds. This is stated on the website of the lower house of parliament. The amendments were introduced by a group of senators and deputies on June 9. They also proposed to give the subjects of the federation the opportunity to supplement the list of places where actions cannot be held.

On July 5, the prosecutor of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, Sergei Aydinov, asked Crimean Tatar activist Azamat Eyupov to serve 17 years in a maximum security colony in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Crimean Solidarity reports this. The prosecution also asked to place Eyupov in prison for the first three years of his sentence and assign him another year and a half of restricted freedom after his release.