Jehovah's Witness Vasily Meleshko, sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony, has been released. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". Before his release, 63-year-old Meleshko was in correctional colony No. 11 in Krasnodar Krai. He served his sentence in full. He spent a small part of his time in a pretrial detention center. Spouses Vasily and Zoya Meleshko after the release of the believer / Photo: website "Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Ministry of Justice has added MitOst eV (Germany) and The John Smith Trust (JST, “John Smith Foundation”) (UK) to the register of “undesirable” organizations. The non-profit organization MitOst, as stated on its website, helps to conduct events on intercultural exchange, unites civil society actors in Europe and beyond, and supports project initiatives. Part of the NGO's activities are aimed at finding solutions for the restoration of Ukraine and helping Ukrainian refugees in Germany.

The Ministry of Justice has added to the register of “foreign agents”; the updated list has been published on the department’s website. The new “foreign agents” are: The Russian Crime project and the VChK-OGPU project telegram channel publish news and information about crime in government, security and military structures, including using sources in law enforcement agencies; Anna Karulicheva, a former municipal deputy of St.

On July 5, the Kineshemsky City Court of the Ivanovo Region fined Vadim Kalashov, the screenwriter of the detective series "Kupchino," 230 thousand rubles in a case of repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the information on the court's website. Kalashov was also banned from administering internet pages for two and a half years.

During the debate in the Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk, the prosecutor requested in absentia nine years in a general regime penal colony for independent city council deputy Dmitry Petrenko. This was reported by the Omsk Civil Association. The prosecution also demanded that Petrenko be banned from publishing on the Internet for four years.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued rulings on several complaints related to freedom of assembly. Among them are 22 complaints from applicants from OVD-Info and the Memorial Human Rights Center. The court awarded the applicants compensation from three and a half to eight thousand euros.

During the debate in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow, the prosecutor requested eight years and six months of imprisonment in absentia for the former head of the capital's Krasnoselsky District, Elena Kotenochkina. This was reported by her lawyer, Tatyana Solomina. At the end of April 2022, security forces conducted a search in the building of the Council of Deputies of the Krasnoselsky District.

In Sochi, a criminal case was opened against engineer Alexey Shchus under the article on dissemination of "fakes" about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) due to reposts on VKontakte. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Maria Spasibukhova. The case against the man was opened on May 23 due to reposts on VKontakte made more than two years ago. Shchus is currently under a written undertaking not to leave the country.

The Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Vladimir Mironov, a postgraduate student at Alferov University, to four years in a general regime penal colony in the case of broken windows and anti-war graffiti on the facade of the district military registration and enlistment office. This was reported by the press service of the city courts.

The Prosecutor General's Office has demanded that Ivan Filippov's novel "Mouse" about a zombie apocalypse in Moscow be withdrawn from sale. This was reported by the founder of the Freedom Letters publishing house Georgy Urushadze and the Ekho Knigi store.