The Investigative Committee for the Kaluga Region has opened a criminal case against two local residents for insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland by a group of people (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the official website of the regional Investigative Committee.

The Penza Regional Court sentenced a resident of the Penza District to five years in a general regime penal colony in a case of confidential cooperation with a representative of a foreign state (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the court's press service. In addition, the convicted man was sentenced to one year of restricted freedom and stripped of his rank of reserve lieutenant.

The 1st Western District Military Court sentenced a married couple from Gatchina, Aleksandr Dotsenko and Anastasia Dyudyaeva, to imprisonment in a penal colony in the case of pro-Ukrainian leaflets. This was reported by the Telegram channel of the defendants' support group. Jeweler Alexander Dotsenko was sentenced to three years in a penal colony, artist Anastasia Dyudyaeva to three years and six months in a penal colony.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has completed the trial in two sessions against Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by RIA Novosti and Mediazona . The court hearings took place on June 26 and July 18. The investigation, which was conducted by the FSB Directorate, lasted more than a year. The parties will debate the case on July 19, the next stage is the final statement and the verdict.

The Ministry of Justice has added the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and The Moscow Times to the register of “undesirable organizations,” according to updates on the department’s website. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is an American think tank that conducts research and projects in the field of international relations. In April 2023, the Ministry of Justice added the organization to the register of "foreign agents".

On July 17, Komsomol members who were holding a protest against public transport reform were detained and released the same day in Omsk, the Pravda newspaper reported . The activists walked through the city with a model of a bus falling apart on the move, which they themselves called a "tarantass breathing its last". In this way, they criticized the increase in the cost of travel on public transport to 40 rubles and wanted to draw attention to the problems of the city bus fleet.

On July 16, the Leninsky District Court of Orsk sentenced Ilshat Ulyabaev, a defendant in the case of the January protests in Baimak, to five years in prison. This was reported by the court's press service. The 50-year-old farmer became the first defendant in the "Baimak case" to be sentenced.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Pskov journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva on the wanted list. Mediazona drew attention to this information. It is unknown in what case Prokopyeva is being sought. “There is no need to commit any crimes here - I’m on our monster-RF’s hit list. They are lazy, why look for new victims when there are well-developed old ones. Lazy, vile cannibals, what else can you say.

On July 17, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk registered the materials of a criminal case under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against a man named Andrei Mironenko. The case file is available on the court's website. It is unknown what became the reason for the criminal prosecution of the man.

On July 17, the Yasnensky District Court of the Orenburg Region sentenced local resident Arman Burangaziyev to a fine of 250 thousand rubles in a case of disseminating "fakes" about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported to OVD-Info by the court. It is unknown what the man's persecution is connected with. The court specified that Burangaziyev fully admitted his guilt, and the case was considered in a special order.