In Novosibirsk, a criminal case was opened against the creator of the anti-war telegram channel, transgender girl Mira Lushchaeva, under the article on public calls for extremist activities on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). This is what SOTA is about. reports Lushchaeva is under recognizance not to leave. On August 12, she was presented with a resolution to initiate a criminal case, and on August 14, a resolution to charge her as an accused.

A court in Moscow once again fined the Wikimedia foundation, which supports Wikipedia, under the article on failure to remove prohibited information (Part 2 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code). Interfax is about this. reports The magistrate of court district No. 422 of the Tagansky district imposed a fine of two million rubles on the foundation due to its refusal to remove materials about the war with Ukraine from Wikipedia.

Elena Kostyuchenko in the Chanitian clinic: Photo: Instagram @mirrorsbreath

A criminal case was opened against a videographer from the Krasnoyarsk Territory for repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). About this "Caution, news." They reported that on June 28, 52-year-old Andrei Anikiev from Yeniseisk was searched because of three anti-war comments on VKontakte. The security forces confiscated his phone, laptop and passport, and also forced him to apologize on camera.

In Azov (Rostov region), a 20-year-old native of the Lipetsk region, Evgeny Ivanov, was detained on suspicion of trying to set fire to the Azov district administration building. The telegram channel “Che in Rostov”, associated with the security forces, reported on this news, the attention of “Kavkaz.Realii” to the news. reports turned According to the channel, Ivanov was detained at about four in the morning near the administration building with four bottles of gasoline.

The magistrate of Moscow court district No. 422 fined the social network with forums Reddit two million rubles due to its refusal to delete publications dedicated to the war in Ukraine and AUE. Mediazona reported this with reference to the press service of the court district. reports Thus, the judge found Reddit Inc guilty under the article on failure to delete prohibited information (Part 2 of Article 13.41 of the Administrative Code).

The Zolsky District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria fined accountant Islam Mambetov 100 thousand rubles under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). OVD-Info was told about this in court.

On the territory of Russia, the websites of the “League of Free Nations” and the “Forum of Free Peoples of Post-Russia”—movements advocating, among other things, the division of Russia into national republics—were blocked again. This is what the Roskomsvoboda project is about. reports For the first time, the websites of both movements were blocked in 2022 at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.

The criminal case of Vasily Melnikov about military “fakes” based on political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) was received by the Kotelnikovsky District Court of the Volgograd Region. This is what SOTA is about. reports The case was initiated due to comments on social networks.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan arrested nationalist and chairman of the Society of Russian Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Mikhail Shcheglov for 12 days because of a video with a survey of residents of the island city of Sviyazhsk. Realnoe Vremya is about this. reports The man was found guilty under the administrative article of inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code).

In Dagestan, on August 14, law enforcement officers conducted a search in the house of feminist and founder of the human rights group “Marem” Svetlana Anokhina. She talks about this on her Facebook page. wrote Investigative actions probably took place within the framework of a criminal case about “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), which was against Anokhina in April.