The Supreme Court of Kalmykia refused to change the preventive measure for ex-employee of the Elista mayor's office Altan Ochirov. Kavkaz.Realii writes about this with reference to his lawyer Igor Koldunov. On April 13, Ochirov was detained and then arrested for two months under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). On April 30, the Republican court upheld the arrest decision.

Picketer Mikhail Suslin was detained on Red Square in Moscow with posters "Freedom to Viktor Medvedchuk " and "Vladimir Zelensky is a political usurper." He himself told OVD-Info about this. The man was taken to the Kitai-Gorod OP, but was released from there without a protocol, with the posters confiscated. were also detained On July 23 , picketer Kirill Yakovlev, who came out with a “No to war” placard, and Kirill Markov, who was photographing him, on Red Square.

The defendant in the “palace case,” Vyacheslav Igumnov, was transported from pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the city of Kizel, Perm Territory, to an unknown direction, reports the “Prisoners 212” project. He was transferred to this pre-trial detention center from Moscow in March - even before the consideration of the appeal against the verdict in the criminal case. On January 12, Igumnov was sentenced to five years in prison.

On July 22, the Novo-Savinovsky Court of Tatarstan awarded Rostislav Malakhov 203,000 rubles in compensation for the costs of a lawyer in the course of illegal criminal prosecution. Malakhov himself announced this to OVD-Info. At the same time, the court refused to compensate for the damage not received by the man during his stay in the pre-trial detention center. This is the third decision on compensation for the rehabilitated. The previous two were canceled by the Supreme Court of Tatarstan.

Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, blocked the website of the German Heinrich Böll Foundation. Roskomsvoboda reports this. In May, the Prosecutor General's Office recognized the Heinrich Böll Foundation as an “undesirable organization.” According to the department, the organization “represents a threat to the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation.” The Heinrich Böll Foundation is a German non-governmental organization.

On July 22, in Moscow, the Basmanny District Court arrested Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon in absentia. Interfax is about this.

In Dagestan, a criminal case was opened on participation in an extremist organization (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) against a 32-year-old resident of Izberbash. The investigation suspects him of involvement in the activities of the banned organization "Nurcular", reports the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for Dagestan. The agency did not release the man's name.

The Ministry of Public Security of the Sverdlovsk Region refused to approve a rally informing about the presence of political prisoners in Russia. The agency indicated that such an action "contributes to the popularization of illegal behavior, the justification of offenses and the promotion of antisocial behavior." This was reported by Vecherniye Vedomosti on July 22.

The head of the Courier trade union, Kirill Ukraintsev, had his detention period extended until September 25, writes SOTA. The decision was made by the Savelovsky Court of Moscow on July 22. Listeners and the press were not allowed into the hearing because it began after the formal end of the working day in court. On April 25, security forces came to search Ukraintsev’s apartment. That day, about thirty protesters came to the Delivery Club office, protesting against lowering wages for orders.