Vocal teacher Natalya Narskaya, who was charged in Russia with inciting hatred or hostility on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code), was released from Pretrial Detention Center No. 18 in Almaty. This was reported by the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law. Narskaya was released because the maximum period of arrest for the extradition request had expired.

The court released 73-year-old Jehovah's Witness Sergei Vasiliev from pretrial detention on bail at the request of the believer himself. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". Vasiliev spent 139 days in a pretrial detention center, 882 days under house arrest, and another two days in a temporary detention center. Thus, he has already served his main sentence, the portal of believers specifies.

On July 22, the Zavyalovsky District Court of Udmurtia sentenced a 48-year-old local resident to one and a half years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of one and a half years under the article on calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the court's press service. He was also banned from administering websites on the Internet for a year and a half.

Saint Petersburg State University (SPbSU) did not renew the contract with Associate Professor of the Department of History of Foreign Literatures Yuliana Kaminskaya. She herself reported this on her social networks, the publication "Bumaga" noted . "After 33 years of teaching at our university, my contract was not renewed. The management's decision did not surprise me, there is no need to ask about the reasons," she wrote on VKontakte.

Ufa journalist Olga Komleva, who is being prosecuted for her participation in the FBK (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), has had a new article of the charge added to her charge (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) — about disseminating military "fakes" (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Mediazona. It is unknown what exactly was the reason for initiating the case under the article on "fakes" about the army.

Police detained St. Petersburg resident Nikita Linnik when he went out to a solitary picket on the square near Gostiny Dvor. His acquaintance told OVD-Info about this. The security forces released the young man after they copied his passport details. According to an acquaintance, the law enforcement officers said to Linnik, "stay here, no problem." Linnik has been holding solo pickets at Gostiny Dvor for the past two months. The police showed no interest in him during the protests.

State Duma deputies have adopted a law that will allow any foreign organizations, including those whose founders or participants are state bodies of another state, to be recognized as “undesirable organizations,” according to Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the commission investigating interference in Russia’s internal affairs.

The Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow sent 20-year-old citizen of Tajikistan Askar Butaev for compulsory treatment in the case of insulting the feelings of believers at a place of worship (Part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code). RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the Moscow prosecutor's office. On June 18, Butaev came to the temple in South Butovo in Moscow and, according to eyewitnesses, extinguished all the candles that were burning there.

The State Duma has adopted a law in its second and third readings introducing criminal liability for drug propaganda. Information about this appeared on the official website of the legislative body, and Mediazona drew attention to it. The amendments to the Criminal Code introduce Article 230.3 of the Criminal Code , which provides for liability in the event of a previous court decision on a similar administrative article (Article 6.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Writer and journalist Mikhail Zygar has been asked to serve 8.5 years in a general regime penal colony in a case involving "fakes" about the Russian army. This was reported by Mediazona. Information that a criminal case had been opened against the writer under the article on dissemination of military "fakes" motivated by political hatred (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) appeared back in March.

The Moscow City Court overturned the sentence of former Interior Ministry employee Samiel Vedel (Sergey Klokov) under the article on dissemination of military "fakes" (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. This was reported by "Network Freedoms". The man was sentenced to seven years in prison in April 2023.

Roman Tyurin, a resident of the Omsk region, who was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony in the case of military "fakes" (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), was transferred to the regional hospital No. 11. The channel "Podderzhka politicokov. Memorial" drew attention to this. The reasons why the man was transferred to the hospital are unknown.

Human rights activist from Cherepovets Gregory Markus Severin Winter, sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony in the case of "fakes" about the army, was taken to IK-5 in the Kirov region. This was reported by the channel "Podderzhka politzekov. Memorial". In January, Winter was found guilty under the article on dissemination of "deliberately false information" about Russian military personnel motivated by hatred (paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

On July 2, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg received a criminal case against Eldar Mikailov, a resident of Tolyatti (Samara Region). He is being prosecuted under five articles because of his posts on VKontakte. This was reported by the Sova Research Center. There are five articles and seven episodes in Mikailov’s case.

A criminal case has been opened against 68-year-old resident of the village of Neftegorsk (Krasnodar Krai) Valery because of his posts on Odnoklassniki. This is reported by ASTRA. The man is being prosecuted under two articles at once: propaganda of Nazi symbols (probably, we are talking about Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code) and discrediting the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). What exactly was in Valery's posts is not specified; they have now been deleted.