The Zavodsky District Court of Kemerovo did not satisfy the complaint against the Investigative Committee’s refusal to initiate a criminal case against the police officers who beat human rights activist Dmitry Kamynin. This was reported by the Public Verdict. The project reports that in December 2020, the coordinator of the human rights project “Siberia is Legal” Kamynin was severely beaten during his arrest.

In the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the prosecutor requested sentences of 15 to 17 years for five Crimean Tatars who are involved in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case. The Crimean Solidarity portal is about this. reports All five are accused of operating a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparing for a violent seizure of power (Article 278 of the Criminal Code with the use of Part 1 of Article 30).

In St. Petersburg, police detained activists of the Other Russia E. V. Limonov Polina Duganov and Alexander Pautov. This was reported to OVD-Info by a party member of the detainees. The activists were taken to police department No. 52. The security forces charge Duganova with an article about organizing an uncoordinated event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the action “Fuck the renovation, rebuild Mariupol!” on the Malookhtinsky bridge in St.

Former member of the Open Russia organization Pyotr Trofimov, who now lives in the Finnish city of Turku, was charged with violating the established procedure for holding a rally (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the Free Russians reported movement . The administrative case has already been received by the Primorsky District Court on 4 August. Prior to his departure for Finland, Trofimov participated in protests in Russia.

In Moscow, Lev Speransky, an investigative journalist for the Moskovsky Komsomolets publication, was searched. This is what The Village is about. reports Law enforcement officers confiscated smartphones, computers and flash drives from the journalist. His pregnant wife and two minor children were in the apartment with him. According to Speransky, law enforcement officers refused to call an ambulance for his wife and applied psychological pressure.

On August 11, in the cities of Trubchevsk and Uneche, Bryansk region, searches were carried out at the homes of at least four Jehovah’s Witnesses. Information about this on August 16 on the website “Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia”. appeared The searches took place with the participation of employees of Center “E” and the Investigative Committee. Electronic devices, personal notes and letters were confiscated from believers.

Petersburg city defender Oleg Mukhin said that unknown persons attacked and beat him near Saltykova's mansion, where the activists came to hold pickets against the demolition of the building. Information about this appeared in the telegram channel "SOS SPb SNOS".

On August 11, the Omsk District Court ordered archaeologist Evgeny Kruglov, accused in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army, to undergo a comprehensive in-patient examination. Today, August 16, he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Andrei Ognev, who represents Kruglov’s interests. Kruglov is in the hospital “KPB named after. N. N.

The magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined Telegram four million rubles under the article on failure to delete information (part 2 of article 13.41 of the Administrative Code). Interfax is about this. reports We are talking about information about the war in Ukraine, including the losses of the Russian army.

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court refused to replace the remainder of the sentence with a non-custodial sentence for the ex-head of Navalny's local headquarters, Andrei Borovikov - he was previously convicted for reposting a Rammstein video. Telegram channel “Support for environmental defenders” is about this.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk recognized as legal the refusal to approve a rally against articles about discrediting the Russian army and “fakes” about it. An activist of the protest movement “New Russia is a Free Country” told OVD-Info 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 anti-Covid restrictions.

The defendants in the DOXA case Natasha Tyshkevich and Alla Gutnikova reported that they were in Germany. Tyshkevich about this on his Twitter. told Gutnikova Poston with a geomete on Instagram. Published Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow on April 12 Tyshkevich, Gutnikova, as well as other defendants in the case - Armen Araman and Vladimir Metelkin - the verdict in the DOXA case.

A search is underway at the home of activist Alexei Onoshkin in Nizhny Novgorod. OVD-Info was told about this in . "NPPKK_info" Presumably, the investigative measures are related to the case of "fakes" about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), brought against Onoshkin. On the criminal prosecution on August 12. According to the channel "Beware, News", the reason was a publication on the activist's page on VKontakte, in which he wrote about .

searches began at the home of Helga Pirogova, an independent city council deputy and participant. Later it became known that the security forces went to several more addresses. She tweeted about this. At about 6 a.m. in Novosibirsk, the Novosibirsk 2020 coalition reported . It is unclear in connection with what case the searches are being carried out. Pirogova considers this pressure on her family. “My house is being searched. Why at all?