During the debate in the Sovetsky District Court of Orel, the prosecutor requested that local Jehovah's Witness Dmitry Ignatov be sentenced to three years of forced labor. This was reported by the website "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". The 27-year-old believer is accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man participated in the services of Jehovah's Witnesses.

In Perm, a 32-year-old employee of the Central Housing and Utilities Department (ZhKU) of the Ministry of Defense was detained in a case of justifying terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the security forces-affiliated Telegram channel "Operativnye Sudovki" and regional media. As URA.RU writes , a man under the nickname "Lucifer Morningstar" wrote comments on VKontakte.

St. Petersburg lawyer Viktor Drozdov and Volgograd lawyer Roman Melnichenko received letters from the Ministry of Justice warning them of the need to indicate the status of "foreign agent" when reposting individuals and organizations included in the agency's register, Mediazona reports . Viktor Drozdov published such a warning on his Telegram channel on July 18.

On July 17, the 1st Western District Military Court sentenced Viktor Loginov to seven years in a general regime penal colony in the case of calls for terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the St. Petersburg courts, and Mediazona drew attention to the publication. The man was banned from administering Internet resources for five years.

The administration of the correctional center at IK-21 in Kirovo-Chepetsk is putting pressure on activist Svetlana Marina, convicted in a case of repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by her support group. According to the internal regulations, convicts go to work without an escort, can visit stores, can use the telephone and the Internet. In addition, for good behavior they can go home on weekends or on a two-week vacation.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan sentenced Radio Liberty journalist Alsa Kurmasheva to 6.5 years in a general regime penal colony for her book about anti-war Russians. This was reported by the Associated Press news agency, citing the court's press service. The court announced the verdict on July 19.

During the debate in the Kurgan City Court on July 16, the prosecutor requested a suspended sentence of six and a half years for Jehovah's Witness Anatoly Isakov. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses". In addition, the state prosecutor asked that the believer be given a three-and-a-half year probationary period and that he be deprived of the right to engage in religious activity for nine years.

In Moscow, on Red Square, picketer Yusup Khemraev was detained, who was standing with a poster reading "My Russia is in prison." He himself told OVD-Info about this. Khemraev was taken to the Kitay-Gorod police station. It is not yet known what he is charged with. 15:30 A lawyer from OVD-Info came to help the picketer. 17:15 Yusup Khemraev was released from the Kitay-Gorod district police department, a lawyer from OVD-Info reports.

On July 21, a security guard at the Porokhovskoye Cemetery in St. Petersburg detained a 36-year-old native of the Voronezh Region, suspected of desecrating the grave (Article 244 of the Criminal Code) of the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin. This is reported by Fontanka. The man allegedly pasted three posters on Prigozhin's grave. Two of them read "Intelligence Noem Stepan Zasunko" and the third read "Rooster".

On July 11, the Tomsk Regional Court returned the case materials on calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) against Leonid Rybakov for revision. OVD-Info found information about this on the court's website. In March, the Kirov District Court of Tomsk sentenced Rybakov to two years probation, TV2 reported . The case against the man was opened on June 15, 2022, due to a post on VKontakte with the words "Kill Putin's people if absolutely necessary.

The Military Court of Appeal (Moscow Region) upheld the in absentia sentence of six years in prison for Meta press secretary Andy Stone. This was reported by RBC with reference to the court's press service. On April 22, the Second Western District Military Court found Stone guilty under the article on justification of terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).

"I had no fear" Seventeen-year-old Kirill Chibisov was kept in the Bryansk children's psychiatric hospital without communication with the outside world for 13 days - from February 6 to 18, 2023. The young man was most bothered by his roommate - the young man, according to Chibisov, attacked him, the nannies and other patients. When his roommate behaved aggressively, Kirill began to read. His mother gave him Robinson Crusoe, a book the young man had loved at school.

On July 18, searches were conducted in the Sverdlovsk region at the parents of the editor-in-chief of the Novosti Rezha publication Olga Romanicheva and in the premises of its editorial office in connection with a case of slander (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code). It's my city writes about this with reference to Romanicheva herself. The case was opened because of articles about the prosecutor of the city of Rezh Nikolay Udalov.

The Supreme Court upheld the sentence of politician Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, and former technical director of Navalny LIVE, Daniel Kholodny, in cassation: 19 and 8 years of imprisonment. Rusnews writes about this. On August 4, 2023, at an off-site hearing at Correctional Colony No.

On July 17, the Gelendzhik City Court (Krasnodar Krai) sentenced 74-year-old Vasily Romanyuta to three years probation in the case of repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the publication "7x7" with reference to the court's press service; the case file is on the court's website. The man was also banned from posting on social media for three years. The case was heard in three sessions; the convicted man pleaded guilty.