The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow approved the decision to tighten the sentence in the “sanitary case” of Oleg Navalny, Interfax reports . On February 18, the court commuted Navalny’s sentence: instead of a suspended sentence, he was given actual imprisonment in a maximum security colony. The Federal Penitentiary Service filed a request to tighten the punishment in court. Oleg Navalny himself is now abroad and has been put on the wanted list.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court canceled the fine to lawyer Roman Kachanov under the article on non-compliance with the rules of conduct during high alert mode (Article 20.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by "Vecherniye Vedomosti". Earlier, the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg fined Kachanov 3,000 rubles because the lawyer lowered his mask at the police station, where he assisted detainees at an anti-war rally on March 2.

Researcher Darwin Reserve Dmitry Sadokov / Photo: Public "Against the capture of lakes" On July 18, by the building of the Syktyvkar administration, the police detained a researcher at the Darwin Reserve of the Vologda Oblast Dmitry Sadokov due to a picket in defense of his convicted colleagues from the Kronotsky Reserve in Kamchatka. This was reported in the group "Against the capture of lakes" on VKontakte. Sadokov was released without a protocol.

On July 12, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court upheld the decision that the case of Jehovah's Witnesses Alexander Polozov and Stepan Shevelev was returned to the prosecutor due to the lack of corpus delicti in the actions of the believers. They write about this on the website “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”. The state prosecutor, who appealed the decision of the Norilsk City Court of April 18, asked for the cancellation of this decision.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow refused to recognize the blocking of the Taiga.Info publication as illegal - the media was blocked because the online Chronicle of Current Events contained information “about an alleged attack by Russia on the territory of Ukraine” and created “panic sentiments.” This was reported by the Network Freedoms project. Roskomnadzor blocked the publication’s website on March 1 because of an online article about the war in Ukraine dated February 28.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk fined ex-State Duma deputy Irina Chirkova 30,000 rubles under the article on the spread of fakes (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the post that United Russia was to blame for the shortage of sugar in the region. This is reported by the publication 29.RU. Chirkova said that the case against her was opened because of a statement by Ivan Vorontsov, a member of the United Russia party.

Pavel Knizhnikov on a single picket / photo of Mikhail Kopachev In Moscow on Red Square, the police detained Pavel Kniznikov and Mikhail Kopachev because of the picket in support of the political prisoners. The OTD-Info was reported by the detainees themselves. Pavel Knizhnikov came out with the poster “Freedom to political prisoners!”, And Mikhail Kopachev lifted the action on the phone. The detainees were delivered to the China-Gorod police department.

On July 14, the Central District Court of Novokuznetsk fined local resident Vladislav Keller 10,000 rubles for inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova" with reference to the court decision . The reason for the protocol was a comment that the man left in April 2021 in the community on VKontakte. It was discovered by the forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In Moscow, the Federal Penitentiary Service warned politician Yulia Galyamina about the possible cancellation of her probation. Previously, the activist received a two-year suspended sentence in the case of repeated violations of the rules of holding the rally (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Mikhail Biryukov, who represents Galyamina’s interests; Copies of documents are at the disposal of the editorial office.

Police detained at least one person during a protest in the village of Reduktornoe (Makhachkala). This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Several hundred people blocked one of the avenues in the village due to frequent blackouts. “There is light for two hours, then it is turned off for a day, for two or three days. This has been going on for a week already,” one of the participants of the gathering told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. Police officers arrived at the scene.

A resident of Ufa during a picket / photo was sent by a friend of the detainee In Ufa, at the Gostiny Dvor, the police detained the picket Ilmir Rakhmatullina, who came out with the poster “Freedom Ilya Yashin! For freedom of speech in Russia. ” This was announced by ATD-Info by lawyer Aidar Khzyrov, who will help the girl in the police department. Rachmatullin is taken to the police department No. 9. 18:25 Ilmir Rakhmatullin was released from the police department without a protocol.

Journalist Andrei Novashov, accused under an article about “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), told an activist of the Black February project that the prosecution witnesses in his case were familiar with an employee of the Center for Combating Extremism (CPE), who initiated the persecution of Novashov.

In Moscow, because of anti-war signs on the street, a criminal case was opened under the article on vandalism (Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code). Security forces interrogated local resident Nikita Kamensky as a suspect. His lawyer Alan Kachmazov told OVD-Info about this.

The Moscow Regional Court approved the extension of the arrest of the journalist of "Rosderzhava" Yan Katelevsky. This was reported in the telegram channel "Katelevskiy and Dorogov Info". Katelevsky will remain in the pre-trial detention center for at least another five months. He challenged the judge and made a remark to the court, after which he was removed from the court hearing.

Activists Lyudmila Annenkova and Natalya Perova, who conducted the performance “We can’t wash off from blood”, emigrated from Russia. Now they are in Mexico. It is reported by Sota.