VKontakte, by decision of the Prosecutor General's Office, blocked the page of the Belarusian publication Zerkalo. The publication itself is about this. Radio.Svoboda reported that in August 2021, a court in Minsk recognized all materials of the Zerkalo and Tut.by publications, including posts on social networks and the logo, as extremist. Some of the former employees of Tut.by are related to the work of Mirror.

In Kerch, a criminal case was opened against local resident Ilya Gantsevsky under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The young man was detained. A relative of Gantsevsky reported this to OVD-Info. The case was opened because of an April post on Instagram, in which Gantsevsky condemns the Russian army because of the station in Kramatorsk.

The author of the telegram channel “Protest MGU”, Dmitry Ivanov, accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, had his arrest extended until February 3. This was reported by Ivanov’s lawyer from OVD-Info, Maria Eismont. The decision was made by the Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow at a preliminary hearing in the case.

The Investigative Committee of the Murmansk Region has completed an investigation into the case of two Jehovah's Witnesses accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). About this regional IC. reports The case has been sent to court. According to investigators, two residents of Snezhnogorsk from August 2017 to July 2021 continued the activities of the banned community of Jehovah’s Witnesses and recruited new members into it.

At the end of July, the Investigative Committee of the Stavropol Territory opened a criminal case under the article on insulting the memory of defenders of the fatherland (Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) against a resident of the village of Temizhbeksky in the Novoaleksandrovsky urban district. The reason for the persecution was posts on social networks. Kommersant reported this with reference to the press service of the Russian Federal Security Service for the region.

A supporter of Tablighi Jamaat, serving time in one of the colonies in Rubtsovsk, Altai Territory, received a new sentence - he was accused of continuing to preach the teachings of this organization in the colony, Interfax. writes After adding a new punishment to the previous sentence - four years and seven months of general regime - the man was sentenced to five years and twenty days in a maximum security colony.

Politician Alexei Navalny was placed in a punishment cell in IK-6, Vladimir region. About this on his Instagram. The politician was reportedly sentenced to three days in a punishment cell. At the commission they explained to him that video recordings from the barracks showed him walking around with the top button of his robe undone. On August 11, Navalny announced that he founded the Industrial Zone trade union for prisoners working in penitentiary institutions and colony employees.

On August 10, the Eighth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction upheld the sentence of Novosibirsk Jehovah's Witness Yuri Savelyev, who was sentenced to six years in prison. About this on the website “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”. reported In December 2020, the Leninsky District Court of Novosibirsk found a believer guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to six years of general regime. .

The Elista City Court fined Elvira Kulmanova and her children Galina and Sanal under the article on violation of the rules for holding a rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to single pickets on freedom of speech in Russia. This is reported by Kavkaz.Realii.

In Sevastopol, security forces inspected the apartment of a Jehovah's Witness who had previously been interrogated in a criminal case involving other believers. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia". writes The man, whose name has not been disclosed, is suspected of financing an extremist organization (Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) and “carrying out extremist and missionary activity.” The inspection of his apartment lasted more than four hours.

In the Penza region, a case was opened against a prisoner in one of the colonies for “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Penza Media is about this.

Young people who came to support the author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU” Dmitry Ivanov to the building of the Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow are being pressured. Olga Mazurova, who is now at the court, reported this to OVD-Info. Ivanov has been in a pre-trial detention center in the case of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian Army based on political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) since June.

The Samara Regional Court increased the amount of compensation for illegal detention of journalist Sergei Leibgrad from 20,000 to 50,000 rubles, according to human rights activist Pavel Chikov. Leibgrad was detained at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31, 2021. On that day, he covered the action for the Gagarin Park publication and had an editorial assignment.

In the Voronezh region, two teenagers are suspected of rehabilitating Nazism (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) because of the Nazi salute at the memorial to the heroes of World War II. The press service of the regional IC reported this. reports Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin ordered the case to be initiated, Interfax.

In the Bryansk region, a criminal case was opened under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) against a 44-year-old Jehovah's Witness from the city of Unecha. Relevant information on the website of the regional IC.