In Moscow, Center "E" officers detained activist Maxim Kondrakov, who was planning to hold a rally against the blocking of YouTube. Kondrakov himself told OVD-Info about this. The activist has now been released; no report of any violation was drawn up against him. At the beginning of the month, the young man submitted an application to the authorities to approve a rally against the blocking of YouTube: the event with up to 30 thousand people was planned to be held on August 17.

The Neklinovsky District Court of the Rostov Region sentenced six local residents to real terms of imprisonment from four to seven and a half years on charges of involvement in the "citizens of the USSR" - the "Union of Slavic Forces of Russia" association. This was reported by the court's press service.

On August 8, the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan refused to extradite 29-year-old Kyrgyz citizen Alina Gorshenina at Russia's request. This was reported by Setevye Svobody. After this, the local court ruled to release Gorshenina from extradition arrest, she is already at large.

Activist Irina Glybina is being held at the Zavidovskoye police station in the urban-type settlement of Novozavidovsky in the Tver Region. She told OVD-Info about this herself. Yesterday, Glybina took part in a protest against the felling of the Zavidovo National Park for a state project. According to her, her passport was taken away by the Federal Protective Service: today she came to the police to write a statement, but the officers detained her.

In Kazan, security forces came to search the home of sociologist Iskander Yasaveev as part of a case on mass riots (Article 212 of the Criminal Code) related to the "extremist" "Artpodgotovka". The sociologist himself told OVD-Info about this. The security forces reported that they were conducting a search in connection with a case of calls for mass riots (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code), initiated in 2018 against members of the Artpodgotovka movement.

Since May 17, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Court has been considering the case of military "fakes" motivated by hatred or enmity (clause "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against Elena Ebinger. The case file is published on the court's website. Details about the circumstances of the case are unknown.

The Ministry of Justice has expanded its register of "foreign agents" by adding several Telegram news channels and two individuals. The updated list has appeared on the department's website. It included: Entrepreneur, founder of the shoe sales company Zenden Group Anton Pavlov .

A case of terrorist propaganda on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2) has been opened against a resident of Omsk for “justifying Ukrainian terrorist organizations,” TASS reports , citing the regional FSB department. According to security officials, in June 2023, the man posted a comment in support of the " Ukrainian paramilitary association " under a post with a video of the interrogation of a Russian prisoner of war on Telegram.

A case has been opened against a resident of Syktyvkar for calls to terrorism ( Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to comments on VKontakte, it is reported local media , citing the regional FSB department.

Kemerovo bloggers and participants of the project "Don't be inert" Maksim Lavrentyev and Sergey Kamensky were sentenced to real prison terms - nine and five years in a general regime penal colony, respectively. Kamensky was taken into custody in the courtroom. Another blogger, Anatoly Sadovin, was given a three-year suspended sentence. This was reported by a support group for the defendants in the case.

On August 13, 2024, the Sixth Cassation Court in Samara upheld the sentence of Jehovah's Witnesses from Kazan Andrei and Leysan Bochkarev, as well as fellow believer Tatyana Obizhestvit. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia". In their appeal, the believers pointed out that the guilty verdict was based on assumptions, not evidence, that they had committed any extremist actions or made statements inciting hatred.

Blogger YokoBovich (Anna Bazhutova), sentenced to five and a half years for a stream about those killed in Bucha, is not being given antidepressants in Pretrial Detention Center No. 5 in Perm, her pen pal reported. Bazhutova has prescriptions for antidepressants, the medications themselves were sent to her, but they are not given to her under the pretext of the psychiatrist's absence from work.

On August 7, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Prosecutor's Office officially apologized to Jehovah's Witness Kirill Gushchin, who was acquitted by the court, for unjustifiably bringing him to criminal responsibility. At the same time, the agency demands that the acquittal be overturned in cassation. This was reported by the portal "Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia".

On August 14, the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) notified the defense of Igor Baryshnikov, who was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in the “war fakes” case, that it had taken interim measures for the duration of his case — obliging Russian authorities “to provide comprehensive and appropriate medical care, to provide immediate medical assistance, and to ensure the inviolability of his life and psyche.” This was reported by Baryshnikov’s lawyer from OVD-Info, Maria Bontsler.

The 4th Cassation Court in Krasnodar upheld the sentence of human rights activist Igor Nagavkin and did not assign him a real term, as the prosecutor's office demanded. This was reported by the "Caucasian Knot". Nagavkin himself asked to be fully acquitted and intends to continue to do so. "I will send a complaint to the Supreme Court. I will ask the Constitutional Court to resolve some issues.