In 2022, a criminal case was opened against a resident of the Voronezh region, Alexander Dimitrenko, under articles of preparation for sabotage (Article 281 of the Criminal Code with the application of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) and illegal storage of explosives (Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code), he has been in a pre-trial detention center for more than a year. This was reported by the Free People of Voronezh channel. Dimitrenko was detained on May 28, 2022 after a search.

On August 22, the Central District Court of Voronezh ordered candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Grigory Severin to serve another 84 days in a penal colony - the court changed the way time spent under house arrest is counted towards the term of imprisonment. Severin himself told OVD-Info about this. Initially, he was credited with one day of house arrest for one day in a penal colony. According to the new decision, only two days of house arrest are counted as one day in prison.

The 71-year-old former head of the Arkhangelsk branch of PARNAS, Yuri Shcherbachev, was put on the federal wanted list. Information about this appeared on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and SOTA drew attention to it. It is still unknown for what criminal case Shcherbachev was put on the wanted list. SOTA suggests that the prosecution may be related to the politician's anti-war statements. Previously, Shcherbachev was prosecuted under criminal and administrative charges.

Crimean activist and nurse Irina Danilovich had her medicine taken away from her in colony No. 7 in the Stavropol Territory. When she complained of pain in her ears, the medical worker told her that the pain would go away when Danilovic became completely deaf. The ZMINA Human Rights Center talks about this with reference to the father of the convicted woman. reports The woman is also being extorted money for a robe that other prisoners used to wear, “Suspilne”.

69-year-old Jehovah's Witness from Moscow Anatoly Marunov, sentenced to a real term in a general regime colony, was transferred to the Samara region. He is in pre-trial detention center No. 2 in Syzran, writes the portal “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia”. On July 12, the Savyolovsky District Court of Moscow handed down sentences to three Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Oleg Vazhdaev to six years of strict regime in the case of arson of the Krasnodar military registration and enlistment office. He must spend two of them in prison. OVD-Info was told about this in court. On August 22, the prosecutor sentenced the defendant to seven years in prison. requested Vazhdaev was found guilty of committing a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

The prosecutor requested seven years in prison for Oleg Vazhdaev, accused of setting fire to the Krasnodar military registration and enlistment office. This is what the “Solidarity Zone” is about. reports The verdict will be handed down on August 23. Vazhdaev is charged with committing a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

The Chelyabinsk administration refused to approve a picket for Yabloko party activists to return to direct mayoral elections. This was reported by the chairman of the Yabloko party in Chelyabinsk, Yaroslav Shcherbakov , and the publication 7×7 . Activists planned to hold pickets in Chelyabinsk using propaganda cubes from August 25 to September 4.

The criminal case of the second Dzhankoy group of Hizb ut-Tahrir was transferred for consideration to the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don. This is what the Crimean Solidarity project is about. reports Six people will appear in court: Ekrem Krosh, Aider Asanov, Refat Seydametov, Osman Abdurazakov, Khalil Mambetov and Leman Zekeryaev.

Activist from Ivanovo Olga Nazarenko was detained in the courtroom after a hearing in a criminal case on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and repeated violations of “rally” legislation (Article 212.2 of the Criminal Code). She herself reported this to OVD-Info. Nazarenko was taken to the Soviet police department, and a lawyer from OVD-Info, Oscar Cherdzhiev, is with her.

The Shuya City Court sentenced local blogger Sergei Veselov to 300 hours of compulsory labor because he called a district court judge a “patented cretin.” He himself told OVD-Info about this. Previously, the representative of the prosecutor's office for Veselov was given exactly 300 hours of compulsory work. requested the Case of insulting a judge (Part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code) against Veselov in December 2022.

During the debate in the Abakan City Court, a representative of the prosecutor's office demanded that the editor-in-chief of the New Focus publication, Mikhail Afanasyev, be sentenced to six years in prison. This was reported by the Network Freedoms project. In addition to the actual sentence, Afanasyeva is asked to be prohibited from posting materials on the Internet and in the media for three years.