A case has been opened against two schoolchildren born in 2006 from Nizhny Novgorod for distributing military "fakes" by a group of people (clause "b" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee of the region. The criminal case was opened on August 12.

The defendant in the "Baimak" case , Aitugan Kitikov, was transferred from the pretrial detention center to the LIU-17 in Ufa on a joint application with his lawyer. This was reported by Ruslan Ignatyev, who represents the interests of the man from OVD-Info. Kitikov and his defense asked for an instrumental examination to be carried out on him. Afterwards, the man will be returned to Pre-trial Detention Center No.

The defendant in the “Baymak” case, Aitugan Kitikov, was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to LIU-17 in Ufa on a joint application with his lawyer. This was reported by Ruslan Ignatiev, representing the interests of the man from OVD-Info. Kitikov, together with the defense, asked that he undergo an instrumental examination. Afterwards, the man will be returned to pre-trial detention center No.

On August 5, searches were conducted at several addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses in annexed Crimea. A criminal case on extremism (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) was opened against 68-year-old believer Tamara Bratseva. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia".

Moscow's Tagansky District Court fined Telegram four million rubles under the article on failure to remove prohibited information (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the Telegram channel of the courts of general jurisdiction of Moscow. It is not reported what information exactly was the reason for the fine. Four million is the maximum fine for legal entities under this article.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court upheld the sentence of Yekaterinburg resident Aleksandr Neustroyev, who cursed at a teenager in a Z-hat: three years in a penal colony. This was reported by Vecherniye Vedomosti. The verdict was appealed by both the prosecution and the defense, but the court rejected both appeals.

On July 18, the Novouzensky District Court of the Saratov Region fined Ravil Iskaliyev, a resident of the village of Leninsky, 140 thousand rubles under two criminal articles, the court told OVD-Info. Under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), he was fined 50 thousand rubles, and under the article on financing extremism ( Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code), he was fined 100 thousand rubles.

Kazan authorities refused to approve a rally against the slowdown of the YouTube video hosting service. This was reported on his Telegram channel by Dmitry Rumyantsev, former head of Nadezhdin's regional headquarters. The activist filed a notice to hold the action, stating the goal: "Stopping the illegal slowdown, restrictions and attempts to block YouTube." The rally was to take place on August 20 in Tincurin Square.