In Kaluga, police detained independent journalist Denis Starostin because another journalist, Timofey Radzikhovsky, commented under Dmitry Medvedev's VKontakte post in the group of blogger Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin) about blocking his YouTube channel. reports SOTA . After the arrest, the administrators of the "Civil Society of the Kaluga Region" group lost access to it.

On July 26, the Eastern District Military Court sentenced two residents of the Kemerovo region, Sanatjon Khaldarov and Mukhamajon Niyazov, to real terms in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. The Information and Analytical Center drew attention to the vessels. decision Sova Both men were charged with participation in a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).

The Volzhsky City Court of the Volgograd Region forcibly placed activist Vyacheslav Koshelev in a psychiatric hospital on an anti-war case. Lawyer Pavel Chikov talks about this in his Telegram channel. reports on April 17, Koshelev came to a competition in high-speed climbing to the floors of high-rise buildings.

The Central District Court of Novosibirsk ordered a ban on certain actions of civil activist Elena Tardasova-Yun in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). About this on the department's website. Tardasova-Yun is reported to be prohibited from attending public events, entertainment venues, and using the Internet and telephone.

Judicial precinct No. 7 of the Leninsky District Court of Cheboksary released from punishment two local residents accused of damaging a light installation with the letter Z. The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Chuvashia announced this. reports Young people were assigned 20 thousand rubles. Their case was considered in a special manner. court fines On the initiation of a criminal case on June 18.

The Ministry of Justice declared incompetent specialist Danila Mikheev, who conducted linguistic examinations in many politically motivated criminal and administrative cases. This is reported by Mediazona with reference to human rights activist Pavel Chikov . Officials expressed their opinion in response to lawyers' requests, twice noting Mikheev's lack of competencies necessary to conduct a linguistic examination.

The Zelenogorsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory sentenced Jehovah's Witness Alexander Kabanov to two and a half years probation. This was reported by the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. The believer was found guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The Moscow City Court overturned the decision on a fine of 10 thousand rubles, which was imposed on the journalist of "Green Moscow", city defender Alexei Sobolev because of the action on February 12. The proceedings on his administrative case were terminated due to the failure to prove the circumstances of the offense. Sobolev himself reported this to OVD-Info. The decision to cancel the fine and dismiss the case was made on June 29, it is published on the website of the court.

The investigator for the Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg stopped the criminal prosecution under the article on telephone terrorism (Article 207 of the Criminal Code) against femactivist Lelya Nordik due to the lack of evidence of her guilt. “Paper” talks about this with reference to Nordik’s lawyer Mikhail Shiolashvili.

In Novosibirsk, the Investigative Committee completed a criminal investigation against a 32-year-old local resident, accused under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). About this on the department's website. reported Presumably, we are talking about the criminal case of teacher and member of the Alliance of Teachers trade union Irina Tolmacheva.

A court in Yoshkar-Ola sentenced three Turkish citizens to a year in a penal colony under the article on desecration of symbols of Russian military glory (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The press service of the regional IC reported this. reports According to investigators, three foreigners aged 35, 40 and 44 years old desecrated the Eternal Flame monument in the Central Park of Culture and Leisure in Yoshkar-Ola on February 21.

The Botlikh District Court of Dagestan sentenced M. Shakhbanov, a resident of the village of Tindi, to one year of suspended imprisonment under an article on incitement to extremism (Article 280 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by RIA "Dagestan". The man was also assigned a year of probation and was banned from administering resources on the Internet for a year. The case against Shakhbanov was initiated due to posts on the social network posted in 2021.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, policeman Kirill Belousov was fired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who did not open cases of denunciations due to anti-war publications. Telegram channels Astra and Baza report this. The 24-year-old policeman worked at the Nizhny Novgorod Center “E,” writes Astra.

The “Anti-Russian Activity Investigation Group” (GRAD), created on the initiative of the A Just Russia – For Truth (SRZP) party, published on August 3 a “List of agents of foreign influence” and a “List of officials and top managers supporting agents of foreign influence.” attention to this .

Anti-war protest participant Valery Dubenyuk, convicted of assaulting a police officer, was taken to penal colony No. 8 in St. Petersburg. His lawyer Ksenia Mikhailova reported this to OVD-Info. On April 25, Dubenyuk was guilty of assaulting a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at an anti-war rally on March 6. He was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. The verdict was in mid-July.