In Bashkortostan, a mosque was temporarily closed due to the fact that it kept two collections of legends about the Prophet Muhammad "Sahih al-Bukhari". This was written by the Information and Analytical Center "Sova". On July 21, the Dyurtyulinsky District Court found the Muslim religious organization "Mahalla No.

The military court of appeal changed the sentence of Kaliningrad resident Vyacheslav Popov in the case of preparing a terrorist attack before Victory Day. About this on the court's website. reported In March, Popov was found guilty of preparing for a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205 using Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code), as well as illegal manufacturing (Part 1 of Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code) and storage of explosives (Part 1 of Art.

In Voronezh, the Central District Court fined local resident Vasily Nesterenko a thousand rubles because of a photo wearing a T-shirt with the inscription #FreeNavalny. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Daniil Polyakov, who represented his interests. The man was found guilty under the article on public display of prohibited symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

Vladimir Putin signed laws that will introduce unscheduled inspections and fines for persons interacting with “foreign agents.” on the official legal information portal. Documents published The bills were submitted for consideration in April of this year. On July 13, the State Duma held their third reading, and on July 19, the Federation Council.

An employee of The Insider, Marfa Smirnova, said that she receives threatening messages from anonymous people monitoring her family members. A screenshot of one of these correspondences from Smirnov on his personal Instagram. published The journalist lives outside of Russia; in May 2023, she reported from the liberated Ukrainian Armed Forces of Kherson.

Mikhail Balabanov / Photo: Human Rights Project "Zone of Solidarity" In the case of Mikhail Balabanov, accused of preparing for the arson of the military commissariat in Nevinnomi, there was a provocateur who gave him tasks in return for a promise to help leave Russia and avoid mobilization. This was reported by the publication "So", whose journalists got acquainted with the materials of the criminal case of a young man.

Vera Shikhova was detained near the FSB building in Moscow, who was holding a single picket demanding reimbursement for the treatment of her son. She herself reported this to OVD-Info. According to the woman, her son was injured at work in the Ziminka mine (Prokopyevsk), and he is not being reimbursed for medical treatment. Now she goes out on pickets every day to get help for him.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow fined the General Director of Transparency International Russia Ilya Shumanov 100 thousand rubles due to the lack of the “foreign agent” marking. Mediazona reports this with reference to the press service of the court. Shumanov was recognized as a foreign agent in October 2022, and the organization he headed was recognized as a foreign agent in 2015.

The prosecutor, during the debate in the Kovrov City Court, asked to sentence 68-year-old Jehovah's Witness Boris Simonenko to six years in a general regime colony. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers of this denomination in Russia. Simonenko is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

Jehovah's Witnesses from Birobidzhan, Alam Aliyev, Valery Kriger, Sergei Shulyarenko and Dmitry Zagulin, who were sentenced to real terms, were transferred to IK-8 in Blagoveshchensk. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers. The men were sentenced in December 2022. Then Krieger, Shulyarenko and Aliyev were found guilty of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

The prosecutor's office of the Volgograd region announced the initiation of a criminal case under the article on desecration of burial places (Part 1 of Article 244 of the Criminal Code) because of a video filmed at the memorial complex “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad”. The corresponding news is on the department's website. published The person involved in the case was a 23-year-old resident of Samara.

The Central District Court of Barnaul sentenced Vadim Ostanin, the former coordinator of Navalny's local headquarters, to nine years in a general regime penal colony. FBK director Ivan Zhdanov reported this on his Telegram channel.

In Ulan-Ude, an agitator from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was detained, who was distributing the newspaper "Communist of Buryatia", the copies of the newspaper that he had were confiscated. This is reported by the regional branch of the party. The detainee is currently at the police station. His comrades-in-arms note that the newspaper has not been banned from distribution by any body authorized to do so.

English version Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for more than 500 days. Seventeen months ago, immediately after the anti-war protests of the first days of the invasion, an unprecedented wave of repression began inside Russia. OVD-Info continues to collect and analyze data on persecution for anti-war positions in Russia and on the territory of the annexed Republic of Crimea .