On July 28, the Ramensky City Court of the Moscow Region decided to block the reprinted translation of The Economist's material on bribes. Roskomsvoboda should pay attention to this. appealed The court complied with the request of the Ramenskaya city prosecutor's office. In 2006, The Economist published an article in English on How to grease a palm (Russian: How to give bribes), dedicated to corruption.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow extended the term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for politician Vladimir Kara-Murza until October 12, 2022 in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army. The telegram channel of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction is about this.

On Pushkin Square in Moscow, police detained picketer Nikolai Bannikov, who spoke out in support of political prisoner Ilya Yashin. His wife told OVD-Info about this. Bannikov stood with a poster “Freedom for Yashin” at the monument to Alexander Pushkin. 19:20 Bannikov was released from the Tverskoy police station after a preventive conversation. This is not the first arrest of Nikolai Bannikov. In May and June , the man was detained during anti-war pickets.

In St. Petersburg, artist Sasha Skochilenko, accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), was transferred from the temporary detention center back to the pre-trial detention center. This was reported in the telegram channel of the girl’s support group. On August 1, Skochilenko was transferred to a temporary detention center to familiarize himself with the materials of the criminal case.

Picketer Alexander Esin was detained on Red Square because of a poster "Freedom to Navalny and political prisoners." Yesin himself told OVD-Info about this. The detainee was taken to the OP "Kitai-gorod". 19:20 Alexander Yesin was released from the police department. He was charged with an article on violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

In the Ryazan region, judicial district No. 27 of the Kasimovsky District Court dropped the criminal case against journalist Sergei Erzhenkov and blogger Sergei Skorcherov, who were accused of vandalism (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code). TASS reported this with reference to the press service of the court. reports At the same time, they were given court fines of 15 thousand rubles.

A court in Saratov sentenced a local resident to two years in prison, having found him guilty of two days of participation in the Islamist association Tablighi Jamaat. About the verdict, the local department of the Investigative Committee, attention to this Information and Analytical Center "Sova". reports addressed The man 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).

Lawyer Katerina Tertukhina, who represents the interests of activist Olga Kuzmina, spoke about violations in the Grandmother's District Court of Moscow during the consideration of the case. The court registered the case of Kuzmina today, and on the same day the judge appointed the consideration of the case at 10:00, although by law the court must notify the participants in the process for at least five days.

The authorities of Irkutsk refused to approve a rally against articles about “fake news” about the Russian army and discrediting the army. The publication “7×7” writes about this. The action was planned for August 20; according to the organizers, at least 200 people were supposed to take part in it. Officials refused to hold the event, citing coronavirus restrictions.

An LGBT youth from Chechnya, Ismail Isaev, was placed in the punishment cell at IK-11 in the Krasnodar Territory for the second time in a row; in total, he has been in the punishment cell for 19 days. Miron Rozanov, press secretary of the SK SOS Crisis Group, reported this to OVD-Info. On July 21, Isaev was placed in a punishment cell for 15 days without explaining the reasons. On August 6 he was released, but then again placed in isolation.

The Moscow City Court canceled the fine to Communist Party member Pavel Andreev, which was imposed on him for an action near the Moscow State University building in 2021. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Yulia Kuznetsova, who represents Andreev’s interests. The judge made this decision due to the lack of proof of the communist's guilt.

The Investigative Committee for the Altai Republic has completed an investigation into the 45-year-old Jehovah's Witness. About this on the department's website. reported Presumably, we are talking about Alexander Kalistratov from Gorno-Altaisk. In January, his home and four other believers were searched. against Kalistratov At the same time, a criminal case was opened under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

In Cheboksary, the investigation into the case of local activist Elena Blinova, accused of participating in the Artpodgotovka movement in Russia, has been completed. She herself told OVD-Info about this. banned Blinova is charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). In July, she was charged, adding two more episodes.

During the debate in the Rostov Region Court, the prosecutor requested eight years of imprisonment for Jehovah's Witnesses Nikita Moiseyev, Oleg Shidlovsky, Vladimir Popov, Alexey Dyadkin and Yevgeny Razumov. The prosecution asked for seven and a half years in prison for their fellow believer Alexey Gorely. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia".

English version "Russian, but not Soviet" Dmitry Kurmoyarov was born in 1968 in the Perm region into the family of a career Soviet military man, who was often transferred from one region of the USSR to another. Later the family moved to Belarus, then to Ukraine. In Vinnitsa, where their father was serving at that time, they were given an apartment. However, he was soon transferred again - this time to Transbaikalia, where they lived for three years.