A bill on deprivation of citizenship by birth due to a conviction for crimes that pose a “threat to national security” was submitted to the State Duma for consideration on the website of the lower house of parliament. reported In April, the State Duma recognized a “threat to national security” as a reason to deprive citizenship of all persons except those who acquired it by birth.

The Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents”. About this on the department's website.

At the Meshchansky District Court in Moscow, were detained an associate of Igor Girkin and a member of the Angry Patriots Club Pavel Gubarev , who stood with a poster “Freedom to Strelkov. Glory to Russia!". The security forces also detained a girl with a poster "Strength in Truth." The arrests are reported by the telegram channel “Caution, news”.

Igor Girkin, a participant in military clashes in eastern Ukraine as part of pro-Russian groups, was sent to a Moscow pre-trial detention center until September 18 in the case of publications in the Telegram channel. It is reported by Mediazona. Girkin is charged with an article on incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code) because of the publication on May 25, 2022, critical of the authorities of the self-proclaimed “DPR” in his personal Telegram channel.

In Nizhny Novgorod, local residents Lyudmila Kalinicheva and Vera Vorobyova were detained when they came to lay flowers and install a photograph at the people's memorial in memory of journalist Irina Slavina. An acquaintance of the detainees reported this to OVD-Info. In June, Kalinicheva and Vorobyova were also detained at this memorial. Then they were released from the police without a protocol. 18:55 The detainees were released without reports of an offense.

The Perovsky District Court of Moscow sent former military psychologist Timofey Rudenko to a pre-trial detention center on a criminal case for justifying terrorism (Part 2, p. 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This is SOTA from the courtroom. reports the initiation of a criminal case against Rudenko on July 20. The reason for the persecution turned out to be comments about Chechen separatists.

On July 20, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Perm fined ex-deputy of the local Legislative Assembly Konstantin Okunev 250,000 rubles because of statements with a negative assessment of Putin's personality. This was reported by the press service of the court. The case went to court at the end of June, the reason for the persecution was a post on VKontakte published in May.

Employees of IK-6 of the Vladimir region once again sent Alexei Navalny to a punishment cell (punishment cell) - this time for 13 days. The politician will stay there until the verdict, which will be announced on August 4, his lawyer Vadim Kobzev tweeted. reported The reason for placing Navalny in a punishment cell was that he “incorrectly introduced himself” when communicating with the colony administration.

Activist of the Yaroslavl LGBTQ group “Callisto” Yaroslav Sirotkin said that he was given a fine of 40 thousand rubles due to the lack of “foreign agent” markings (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). He talks about this in his telegram channel “LGBT Eshnik”. wrote Sirotkin stated that he was not going to pay the fine, which he learned about through Gosulsugi: “After receiving the status, I made a decision for myself that I would not pay any fines to the RKN and sue them.

In the city of Berdsk, Novosibirsk region, a local resident was detained in the case of setting fire to the door of the military registration and enlistment office. This is reported by the NGS publication, citing a law enforcement source. A criminal case was opened against the man under the article on attempted destruction of another's property (Article 167 of the Criminal Code with the application of Article 30 of the Criminal Code). According to NGS, he is in the status of a suspect.

The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow arrested in absentia former MP and candidate for elections to the State Duma Anastasia Bryukhanova. Information about this appeared in the Moscow City Court file, and Avtozak LIVE paid attention to it. Bryukhanova received an electronic certificate of no criminal record on April 1, who lives outside Russia.

The Magdagachinsky District Court of the Amur Region sentenced turner Roman Popov to a year and eight months in a colony-settlement on charges of attempting to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office (part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code, part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by the joint press service of the courts of the region.

English version Publication date: 07/21/2023 On July 4, 2023, the European Court of Human Rights issued a ruling expressly condemning Russian police's use of facial recognition against dissent. However, Russian authorities are increasing the pace of repressive use of technology, and Russian courts, unlike the ECHR, do not see any violations in this. We tell you how Russia justifies surveillance of activists and why the ECHR considers such a practice unacceptable.