On September 22, the Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region reconsidered the appeal against the sentence of Jehovah's Witness Natalya Krieger, overturned the sentence and sent the case to the district court for a new trial. The press service of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses reported this to OVD-Info.

The Ministry of Justice added four people to the register of individuals performing the functions of “foreign agents.” The corresponding entry is on the website of the Ministry of Justice. appeared Among the people on the register: Dmitry Ivanov is allegedly a YouTube blogger known under the nickname Kamikaze Di. Alexander Kushnari is the editor-in-chief of the news site Newsader and a former journalist for Radio Liberty. Daniil Ken is the coordinator of the Teachers' Alliance movement.

Telegram channel From Karelia with Freedom that security forces conducted a search in the apartment of a pensioner from Petrozavodsk, Tatyana Savinkina, in connection with the case brought against her under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian Army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). After the search, Savinkina was interrogated.

In the village of Russko-Vysotskoye, Leningrad Region, the businessman and activist Dmitry Skurikhin is being searched. this He himself announced in his telegram channel. Skurikhin wrote that the security forces were breaking the door to his house. The reasons for the visit are not yet known. The man owns a grocery store, which he painted with anti-war slogans and the names of Ukrainian cities affected by Russian shelling.

The state prosecution requested two years in a maximum security colony for the defendant in the “anti-war case” Alexander Tarapon from Alushta. This is what the “Network Freedoms” project is about.

Baza correspondent Ksenia Khabibulina was detained in Moscow, who was interviewing young people standing in line in front of the military registration and enlistment office. this . reports Baza itself The journalist conducted a survey of men who came on summons to the military enlistment office in the Kuntsevo district. She was soon approached by police officers to "confirm her identity".

Security forces in Moscow detained the municipal deputy of the Basmanny district of the capital, Pavel Ivanov, at the entrance to the metro. this The politician announced on his page on VKontakte. The exact reason for the detention is not yet known. Now the man is in the police room at the Chistye Prudy station. Ivanov has previously opposed the introduction of coronavirus restrictions and participated in various protests.

In Velsk (Arkhangelsk region) on September 16, security forces detained two Jehovah's Witnesses - a 60-year-old woman and her 28-year-old son. The believers were taken for questioning, and then taken to their house, where they were searched. The portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports During the search, security forces seized electronic devices, storage media, the Bible and other religious literature.

The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow extended the preventive measure of detention in a pre-trial detention center for the president of the Udmurtia Bar Association, Dmitry Talantov, until November 23. This was reported by the human rights project “First Department”. In total, Talantov will spend almost five months in custody. The court decided to extend the preventive measure late in the evening of September 22.

On September 22, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Murmansk sentenced Jehovah's Witness Vitaly Omelchenko, who held meetings of believers, to a fine of 580 thousand rubles. Information and Analytical Center "Sova" about this. reports The man was found guilty in the case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). At the same time, the prosecution demanded that he be sentenced to a real term of six years in prison.

On September 19, the Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Kaliningrad Region decided to discontinue the criminal case against local activist Evgenia Fedulova, accused under the “Dada” article. Maria Bontzler, a lawyer from OVD-Info, who represents the interests of the oppositionist, spoke about this. Fedulova was charged with repeated violation of the rules of participation in public events (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code).

Rustem Ismailov, convicted in the first Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, spent 36 days in a correctional colony in Salavat. “Crimean Solidarity” talks about this with reference to Ismailov’s wife Fatma. The punishment cell reports The woman said that she could not contact her husband for more than a month. On September 22, Rustem was able to tell her that on August 15, the inspector sent him to a punishment cell for seven days for far-fetched reasons.

The court approved the decision to refuse to replace the sentence with a more lenient one for the defendant in the “palace case” Ilya Pershin. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Anton Yupanov, who cooperates with the project and protects the rights of the convicted person. At the beginning of September 2021, the court sentenced Pershin to three years in a penal colony.

On September 8, the Domodedovo City Court of the Moscow Region chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions of local resident Andrei Adarin, who is charged with spreading “fake stories” about the Russian army. Adarin’s acquaintances reported this to OVD-Info.

On September 21, the Ninth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Vladivostok upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witness from Birobidzhan Anna Lokhvitskaya: two and a half years probation. This was reported on the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia". reported In July 2021, the girl was given a suspended sentence of two and a half years under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).