In St. Petersburg, activist Dmitry Kuzmin was detained, who went to Nevsky Prospekt with a picket in support of political prisoners. He himself told OVD-Info about this. “The political prisoners are sitting for you. Now there are 1,398 patriots,” he stood with such a poster for two and a half hours, only then he was detained. Kuzmin is being taken to OP No. 28 in the Central District. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Olesya Vasilchenko, came to his aid.

The Odintsovo City Court of the Moscow Region canceled the preventive measure in the form of detention for 18-year-old activist Maxim Lypkan, accused in the case of military “fakes” (clause “e”, part 2 Art. 207.3 CC). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Alan Kachmazov, who represents the interests of the young man.

The court rejected all requests from the defense of seriously ill activist Igor Baryshnikov, sentenced to seven and a half years. The next meeting will take place on November 2. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Maria Bontzler, who represents his interests. In her appeal, lawyer Bonzler demanded that the activist’s sentence be overturned: numerous violations were committed during the investigative actions, and the case materials lacked proper examinations.

The Southern District Military Court fined a resident of the Astrakhan region 300 thousand rubles under the article on public calls for terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by local media with reference to the press service of the Astrakhan FSB Directorate. He was also banned from administering websites for two years and driving vehicles for three months. The case was opened due to posts on social networks.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow sentenced Muscovite Ilyas Syrtlanov to 40 hours of community service because of a picket in support of Alexei Navalny’s lawyers. The young man himself informed OVD-Info about this. Syrtlanov was found guilty under the article on violating the rules of participation in the action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The meeting took place on October 27.

Alexander Orshulevich, convicted in the case of the “Baltic Avant-Garde of Russian Resistance” (BARS), was sent to a punishment cell (punishment cell) for 5 days. His friend Maria Gurenko reported this. The formal pretext for the penalty was that Orshulevich did not go to dinner. He believes that the true reason was the receipt of the “Prison Messenger”. Orshulevich is serving his sentence in IK-4, Novgorod region (Valdai).

In Yoshkar-Ola, security forces detained a participant in an action in memory of victims of repression, Kirill Voitovich, with a poster in the Belarusian language. This was reported by Idel.Realii. Voitovich came to the memorial for victims of political repression with a poster: “Night paetau. 29-30 castrychnika . Eternal memory to the akhvyars of Balshavitskaga terror. Long live forever” (“Night of Poets or Black Night, October 29–30. Eternal memory to the victims of Bolshevik terror.

In Moscow, the court extended until February 5, 2024 the arrest of 42-year-old Rybinsk resident Sergei Streknev, who is accused in the case of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by "Caution News".

Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow fined the opposition politician and blogger Maxim Katz for 50 thousand rubles under the “foreign” legislation. About this with reference to the press service of the court writes "Mediazona". Katsu was found guilty of non -editing a report on the activities of a “foreign agent” (part 2 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Politics was introduced to the register of "foreign agents" in July 2022.

On September 20, the Simferopol District Court sentenced local resident Daniil Seregin to a year and six months in a penal colony in a criminal case for repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and illegal possession of marijuana (Part 1 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code). OVD-Info was told about the verdict in court; The case file is on the court website.

In Makhachkala, security forces are conducting a search at the home of Idris Yusupov, a journalist for the publication “Novoye Delo”. about this with reference to the man’s relative . writes Caucasian Knot The search is taking place in the house where Yusupov lives with his parents. Investigative actions began early in the morning, but what they are connected with is unknown. 14:40 Security forces completed a search of Idris Yusupov.