Maria Chelyabinska refused to allow activists of the Ural Maoist Union to hold a picket in defense of YouTube, the activists' Telegram channel reports . The event, with up to 50 people, was planned to be held on August 4; officials justified the refusal by saying that there were no free venues in the city on that day. " Look at that. Once again, our entire city is busy on the day of our potential picket from 8am to 10pm. The entire city is in street protests!" the activists were indignant.

"Thank you for being fucked together" It was a reel collected by Instagram, which contained photos of kisses on the lips. The combination of photographs with captions became critical. I wrote: “I love you!”, “Happy anniversary!”, “I’m lucky to have you.” That is, declarations of love and tenderness. As a result, not only photographs were included in the case, but also signatures: from them it was clear what kind of relationship Nastya and I were in.

On July 24, searches were conducted at the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny; one of the believers was detained and has already been released. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses". Searches were conducted in the homes of six Jehovah's Witnesses. The security forces confiscated communication devices, flash drives, books, and personal notes. After the search, Pavel Kupreev was detained. He was later released on a promise to appear.

The First Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg sentenced Yevgeny Nikulin to a fine of 350 thousand rubles; he is being persecuted because of posts about the FSB and the Russian government. This was reported by the unified press service of the city's courts. According to the card on the court's website, the sentence was handed down on July 19, 2024.

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow has arrested blogger and prankster Edward Bil (passport name - Eduard Bil) for another 14 days for filming a video during which the man was dressed in a police uniform. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. Bill was found guilty under the article on organizing a mass simultaneous presence of citizens in a public place, which resulted in a violation of public order (Part 1 of Article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

19-year-old Kevin Lik disappeared from penal colony IK-14 in Gorka-Muravyovskaya (Arkhangelsk region). This is reported by his support group. Lik's mother tried to send him food to the colony. She received an answer that the young man was not in IK-14. In December 2023, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Adygea sentenced Lik to four years in prison. In April 2024, the Third Court of Appeal in Sochi confirmed the verdict. At the end of May, the young man was transferred to a colony.

Ilya Yashin has left the colony "in an unknown direction," the politician's support group reported , citing his lawyer Tatyana Solomina. This is already the fifth case of a politically persecuted person disappearing from a place of detention in recent days. The day before, it became known that human rights activist Oleg Orlov , former heads of Navalny's headquarters in Ufa and Tomsk Liliya Chanysheva and Ksenia Fadeeva had left "in an unknown direction".

Muscovite Vera Shikhova was detained near the Prosecutor General's Office building in Moscow during a picket in defense of the rights of her son, who suffered at work. She herself told OVD-Info about this. The woman was taken to the Tverskoy Department of Internal Affairs. Shikhova's son was injured in an accident at the Ziminka mine in Prokopyevsk in 2010. The young man suffered spinal fractures, a traumatic brain injury, a torn knee ligament, and a herniated disc.

St. Petersburg activist Daniil Krinari, who was found guilty in the spring under the article on confidential cooperation with a foreign state (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code), was transferred from Moscow's SIZO-7 "Kapotnya". His wife told OVD-Info about this. In April, Krinari was sentenced to five years in prison for alleged cooperation with Ukrainian special services; this sentence was upheld in early summer.

On June 25, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Chita sentenced a teenager to two years in prison in a case of desecration of the grave of a Wagner PMC mercenary who died in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by the court's press service, and Mediazona drew attention to the publication.

A criminal case was opened against 48-year-old Khabarovsk resident Ivan Zuev under the article on justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to comments about the explosions on the Crimean Bridge on social networks. This was reported by the telegram channel “NeMoskva Speaks”. The man’s home was searched on May 28, and on the same day he was detained to take a preventive measure. The court sent him under house arrest, a measure that has since been extended.

The Kuibyshevsky District Court of Omsk sentenced local city council deputy Dmitry Petrenko in absentia to seven years in prison. This was reported by the Omsk Civil Association. The criminal case was based on photographs and videos of the destroyed Mariupol and children injured in the city, which Petrenko published on his personal Telegram channel.

Social activist Ivan Frolov was arrested for five days for attempting to film himself at a migration center in Novosibirsk. His friend told OVD-Info about this. On the afternoon of July 29, a man came to the migration center as a journalist and with a camera to obtain information about the institution's commercial activities. At the entrance to the building, he was detained by Rosgvardia and police officers.