The European Court of Human Rights published a decision in the case of Glukhin v. Russia, in which it found that the facial recognition system in force in Russia violates the right to privacy (Article 8). The decision is on the ECHR website. ECHR available The applicant in the case, Muscovite Nikolai Glukhin, rode in the metro in August 2019 with a cardboard figure of political prisoner Konstantin Kotov. The figure was holding a poster with the text “Aren’t you crazy?

The Khabarovsk Regional Court toughened the sentences of Jehovah's Witnesses Tatyana Svoboda, Tatyana Bondarenko and Elena Nesterova: in addition to suspended sentences, they were given restrictions of freedom. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers.

The OVD-Info page on the Zen platform was blocked at the request of Roskomnadzor. The project learned about this from a notification from the service; now the page is truly unavailable. The Ministry of Justice addressed the supervisory agency with a request for blocking. The agencies considered that OVD-Info did not provide certain information required by “foreign agency” legislation. Blocking another of our services does not mean that the work of OVD-Info is prohibited in Russia.

The Investigative Committee for the Saratov Region opened a criminal case under the article on “fake news” about the army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against a resident of Saratov. The press service of the department for the region reported this.

In the Pskov region, security forces opened a criminal case for repeated discrediting of the army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against Vladimir Sukhorukov, a marathon runner from the Pechora district. This was reported by the publication and the Pskov municipal deputy. “Pskov Province” Nikolai Kuzmin What became the reason for the criminal case is not yet known.

On June 23, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced local resident Igor Bayandin to two years in a penal colony and a fine of 500 thousand rubles due to a hacker attack related to an anti-war position. Information about this is on the court’s website; attention to her SOTA.

On May 17, the magistrate of court district No. 16 of the Mogochinsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory sentenced local resident Alexander Korus to a year of restriction of freedom due to anti-war graffiti. Information about this is on the court’s website; attention to it "Mediazona". appeared and turned Corus was found guilty under the article of vandalism motivated by political enmity (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code).

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan canceled the order to search the apartment of activist Zulfiya Sitdikova and returned it for consideration to the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan. This was reported by the Respublikasy telegram channel. Searches in the case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against Pavel Chumakov took place in May at several Kazan activists and journalists.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan canceled the order to search the apartment of activist Zulfiya Sitdikova and returned it for consideration to the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan. The telegram channel “Respublikasy” is about this. reports Searches in the case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against Pavel Chumakov in May at several Kazan activists and journalists.

On July 3, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg sentenced Vasily Gavrilishen to 13 years in prison in the case of arson of a military registration and enlistment office in Nizhnevartovsk. TASS reported this with reference to a correspondent in the courtroom. reports Gavrilishen was found guilty under the article on committing a terrorist attack by prior conspiracy (clause “a”, part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code).

Mother Zarema Musaeva was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony in the case of fraud and violence against a police officer. This is what Team Against Torture is about. Chechen activists are informed of this exact punishment by the prosecutor. were asked by On the morning of the verdict, Musaeva's lawyer Alexander Nemov and journalist Elena Milashina unknown persons. Due to his injuries, including a stab wound to his leg, Nemov was forced to attend the meeting.

Zarema Musaeva's lawyer, Alexander Nemov, and Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina were taken to a hospital in Grozny with multiple bruises, fractures and a suspected stab wound. They flew to the announcement of Musaeva’s verdict, and were attacked on the way from the airport. This is what Team Against Torture is about. Nemov reports that their car was blocked by three cars.