The Prokopyevsky District Court of the Kemerovo Region fined local resident Vasily Kuratov a thousand rubles for publishing the song “Kill the Cosmonauts” by the group “Ensemble of Christ the Savior and Mother Cheese Earth.” attention to this . drew The SOVA research center The court found the man guilty under the article on distributing extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code).

On July 26, the Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow fined foreign citizen Saidzhon Vokhidov under the article on carrying out missionary activities in violation of the law. attention to the decision . court's drew The SOVA Research Center The size of the fine is not specified. Punishment under this article may imply a fine of five to fifty thousand rubles with deportation from Russia. Vokhidov was not expelled from the country.

In April, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow placed Alexei Tikhomirov, a resident of the Moscow region, in a pre-trial detention center on a criminal case of sabotage (Part 1 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by a Mediazona correspondent who came to a meeting on August 29 to extend the preventive measure. The man is charged with setting fire to relay cabinets on the railway; he was detained on April 14. It is not clear where exactly the arson occurred.

Vladimir Vasilenko, the defender of the defendant in the “Mayakovsky case” Artem Kamardin, is not allowed to see his client in pre-trial detention center No. 2 in Moscow. The defender wrote about this in his Telegram channel. Vasilenko clarified that he has not been able to get to his client since August 23 due to the actions of the pre-trial detention center employees.

The Urupsky District Court of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic sentenced 58-year-old Jehovah's Witness Irina Perefilyeva to four and a half years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two and a half years. This is reported by a portal covering the persecution of believers. At the same time, the prosecutor requested a shorter term - four years of suspended imprisonment, taking into account the absence of aggravating circumstances.

In St. Petersburg, in four days, the investigation into the case of Elena Abramova, accused of repeatedly discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) was completed. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Igor Skachko, who is involved in the case. The initiation of the case became known on August 25, when the St. Petersburg woman was searched.

In Moscow, a criminal case was opened against local resident V. Samusev for public calls or justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). must choose The Chertanovsky District Court of the capital a preventive measure for the man, Avtozak LIVE drew attention to this. The investigation asks to send Samusev to a pre-trial detention center; the case was registered on the court’s website today, August 29.

The Second Western District Military Court fined the daughter of a native of Benin, a member of United Russia from Murmansk, Chancel Francine Kukui, 400 thousand rubles in the case of justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). this with reference to court press secretary Irina Zhirnova. reports Mediazona What exactly the girl was accused of is currently unknown. The prosecutor's office demanded that she be given a real imprisonment.

The Ministry of Justice has developed a draft document that allows unscheduled inspections of persons associated with “foreign agents” to be carried out with notification to the prosecutor’s office, but without a court decision. The document was published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded compensation to members of the punk band Pussy Riot in connection with the attack by Cossacks during the Sochi Olympics in 2014. Mediazona drew attention to the court’s decision . The ECHR found Russia guilty of violating Article 3 (freedom from torture) and Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

In St. Petersburg, police detained picketers who came out in support of Igor Girkin, convicted in the case of the downed Boeing MH-17. This was reported by ZAKS.RU. Several people were detained on Palace Square and Malaya Sadovaya Street, including the co-chairman of the unregistered party "Other Russia" Andrei Dmitriev. He said in his Telegram channel that the official reason for the detention was the violation of COVID restrictions: "Beglov, where is the COVID? Huh? Give me COVID!

Russians are regularly brought to administrative responsibility due to critical statements about security forces, the president and other government officials on social networks. Most often, in this case, they are charged with the article of inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) - it provides for a fine of up to 20 thousand rubles or arrest for up to 15 days.

In the Stavropol Territory, a case of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) was opened against a local resident suspected of a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code with the note of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) due to the arson of an administrative building (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). this .

In the Omsk region, security forces detained a 21-year-old local resident on suspicion of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code), sabotage (Article 281 of the Criminal Code) and participation in a terrorist organization (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. The young man is suspected of setting fire to a relay cabinet on a railroad crossing.

The Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the sentence of anti-war activist Igor Maltsev (also known as Yegor Skorokhodov) in the case of a burned effigy in military uniform (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). this .