The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sent HSE students Ivan Trofimov and Alina Olekhnovich under house arrest until September 24 in the case of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). “Mediazona” is about this. reported Propagandist Vladimir Solovyov on July 27 about the detention of young people.

On July 21, the Ministry of Justice excluded the human rights organization “Zone of Law” from the register of “foreign agents.” Relevant information on July 28 on the department’s website. published by Organization Helping Prisoners, “Foreign Agent” in September 2021. In January of this year her. recognized liquidated - The legislation on “foreign agents” is becoming stricter every year.

62-year-old Crimean Tatar activist Servet Gaziev developed pain in his spine after he was beaten in the Interregional Tuberculosis Hospital, where he was staying after a mini-stroke. This was reported by Crimea. Realities" with reference to the human rights organization ZMINA. Gaziev has been in custody since 2019, when his and other Muslims from Crimea were searched in connection with the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case.

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow refused to appeal the status of a “foreign agent” to femactivist and blogger Nika Vodwood (nixelpixel). This was reported by the First Department. The girl was added to the register on March 10. Then the Ministry of Justice announced that the basis for this was receiving money from foreign sources, statements in support of Ukraine, the formation of a negative attitude towards military service and the promotion of LGBTQ relationships.

On July 25, the Fourth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction upheld the verdict of six Jehovah's Witnesses from the city of Gukovo (Rostov region) - Alexey Gorely, Oleg Shidlovsky, Nikita Moiseev, Alexey Dyadkin, Vladimir Popov and Evgeny Razumov. A portal covering the persecution of believers in Russia writes about this.

Vadim Fedorov with his wife / photo: "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia" The Chelyabinsk Regional Court approved the sentence to the age of six conditionally to Jehovah's witness and the father of five children Vadim Fedorov. This was reported by the portal on the persecution of the denomination in Russia.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow refused to consider the complaint of politician Vladimir Kara-Murza about the inaction of the Investigative Committee: the agency had previously failed to investigate two attempts to poison him. This was reported in the politician’s Telegram channel. Vladimir Kara-Murza survived attempts on his life at least twice - in 2015 and 2017.

Sayan Zarikuev, who was detained the day before because of a monument to the hero of the USSR Sergei Oreshkov covered in paint, was suspected of preparing for sabotage (part 1 of article 281 with the use of part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for Buryatia. The security forces claim that they found information on the man’s phone about “active” preparations for setting fire to the relay cabinet.

During the debate in the Sovetsky District Court of Tomsk, the prosecution demanded that musician Anna Chagina be fined 200 thousand rubles in the case of anti-war statements online. Her lawyer Konstantin Mukhametkaliev reported this to OVD-Ifno. The woman is accused under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The reason for the criminal prosecution was several anti-war posts and comments on her VKontakte page.

In Uzhur (Krasnoyarsk Territory) on July 11, Jehovah's Witness Anton Virich was detained; On July 24, he ended up in pre-trial detention center No. 4 in the city of Spassk-Dalniy (Primorsky Territory). This is a portal covering the persecution of believers. writes on July 11, security forces stopped Virich’s car. The man was taken to the police department, where he was told that he was allegedly under recognizance not to leave the place. The believer himself denies that he knew about it.

The Third Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction in Sochi approved the verdict in the case of sabotage on a gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye in Crimea: Nariman Dzhelal was sentenced to 17 years in a maximum security colony, and brothers Asan and Aziz Akhtemov were sentenced to 15 and 13 years in maximum security, respectively. Crimean Solidarity reports this.

A case was opened against a 16-year-old schoolboy from the village of Sosva (Sverdlovsk region) under the article on calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to posts with calls to set fire to military registration and enlistment offices. The telegram channel “NO TO EXTREMISM!”, affiliated with the security forces, talks about this.

The court received a case against trade union activist Oleg Tyryshkin, who is charged with justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to several comments about the death of Akhmat Kadyrov. Tyryshkin himself told OVD-Info about this. The initiation of a case against the man became known in April - then he was detained in the Anzhero-Sudzhensk hospital (Kemerovo region), where Tyryshkin was treated.

The Northern District Court of Orel fined two activists protesting against the construction of a road on the site of the Prokurovsky Forest 10 thousand rubles. This is reported by Oryol Meridian. The women were detained on July 25 - they came to the forest to stop the cutting down of trees, which was carried out by workers without the necessary documents.

The Kamyshin City Court sentenced programmer Pavel Magalyas to two years and six months in a general regime colony in the case of arson of the Kamyshin city administration. The regional press service of the courts reported this on their telegram channel. From the court’s website it follows that the verdict was handed down on July 26.