In Moscow, activist Mikhail Suslin was detained on Manezhnaya Square, who unfolded the poster demanding to adopt the law against domestic violence. The OVD-Info was reported to Suslin himself. The young man was detained, but to deliver to the police department, they immediately released it. It was not a protocol, the police did not even seize a poster from him.

In Novouralsk, a criminal case was opened against businessman and former military man Alexander Skryabnev under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The telegram channel “Caution, news” is about this.

In Belgorod, The Moscow Times journalist Kirill Ponomarev was detained on suspicion of espionage for Ukraine. This was reported by the Belgorod Anti-War Committee telegram channel. The journalist has been in the second police department since 17:00. A lawyer is not allowed to see him. There are no confirmations or details yet.

In Vladivostok, security forces detained local resident Dmitry Kulikov under an article on treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). His relative reported this to OVD-Info. In the report on the search that took place in the detainee’s apartment, the reason given was that he allegedly handed over a photograph of a combined heat and power plant (CHP) to Ukrainian intelligence. The report said that Kulikov spoke out against the current government and the war in Ukraine.

In Ufa, the security forces were detained and had already released the picket Laysan Sultangareev, who stood with a poster in support of the political prisoners of Ilya Yashin, Alexei Gorinov and Alexei Navalny. The OTD-Info was told about this by the associates of the Russian Liberian Party (LPR) in Bashkortostan.

Lidia Yardova was detained in Voronezh because of a single picket. This was reported to OVD-Info by her husband. A woman came out with a banner “Freedom for all political prisoners, Navalny, Yashin, Safronov. No *****” to the shopping center “Chizhov Galleries”. She was taken to OP No. 8. 18:25 Defender from OVD-Info Daniil Polyakov came to help the detainee.

Employees of Center “E” in St. Petersburg detained a resident of Pskov who came to work because of his comments on VKontakte. The Fontanka publication is about this. reports The man, whose name was not reported, was detained early in the morning of September 16 in the village of Shushary. The man's home was searched and all his electronic media were confiscated. After that, he was taken to the Investigative Committee for the Frunzensky district of St. Petersburg.

The head of the Kurier trade union, Kirill Ukraintsev, and his lawyers are not given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the materials of his criminal case. In fact, there is only one day left to familiarize themselves with the six volumes of the case. This was reported by the trade union, as well as by "", citing the lawyers.

Police in Sochi imposed a fine of 1,000 rubles on local animal rights activist Victoria Mylnikova, who participated in a spontaneous action to save dogs. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot" with reference to the duty officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central District of Sochi and Mylnikova herself.

Parents of schoolchildren in St. Petersburg said they were threatened with expulsion after they wrote a refusal to attend the patriotic Lessons on the Important. This is reported by the St. Petersburg media "Rotonda". The publication was contacted by two women who decided to stop their children from attending the newly introduced "Conversations about the Important", but school authorities began to put pressure on them. Parents are threatened with bad treatment of students or their expulsion.