The territorial election commission of the Oktyabrsky district of Ufa invalidated 34 out of 245 signatures for the nomination of “Civil Union” member Denis Malyshev to the city council. Source: telegram channel of Denis Malyshev (candidate for deputy - on the right) The day before, the commission did not make any claims to Denis Malyshev during the verification of signatures, but only issued the protocol today.

... The Sverdlovsk Regional Court began to consider the case of the minister of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Yevgeny Pinchuk. He is accused of rehabilitation of Nazism (Part 2 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) and calls for extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to Vecherniye Vedomosti, the charge stems from Pinchuk’s comments about General Andrei Vlasov, who defected to Nazi Germany during World War II.

Whether there will be a new round of open mobilization after the State Duma elections in September 2026 is known only to the Kremlin. Citizens can only assess their risks and draw up strategies in case they receive a subpoena or pressure from agitators. The editors of “7x7” have brought together five organizations that help Russians avoid ending up in the war in Ukraine. " Go through the forest " The project appeared a week after the announcement of mobilization in the fall of 2022.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation refused to remove the status of a foreign agent from the deputy chairman of Yabloko and a member of the bureau of the Tula branch of the party, Vladimir Dorokhov, because they found “facts of Dorokhov conducting political activities.” Source: Yabloko press service Such facts included congratulations to Vladimir Dorokhov on his 40th birthday from Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov , support in court for the chief editor of the Ryazan media “Side View”

The “I am a Citizen” project announced its closure on July 23. The decision was explained by the fact that “now is the time when the project cannot exist in the form in which it was conceived.” “It’s too difficult and scary time. Too many risks. There is too little space to do what we want - openly, honestly and without prejudice,” the message says. “I am a Citizen” was launched in October 2025 by Voronezh student and activist Kirill Derevsky; in June 2026, he resigned from the leadership.

... The environmental prosecutor's office discovered illegal cutting of trees and a dump near Lake Segden, a specially protected natural area. The inspection was carried out after a complaint from the Ecological Ryazan Alliance. The prosecutor's office also found out that the regional Ministry of Natural Resources has still not implemented the court decision of 2024.

On July 20, Oleg Magazov, a 60-year-old environmentalist and lead engineer at the State Center for Environmental Monitoring of Chelyabinsk Oblast, wrote to Vladimir Putin, calling on him to return Russia to its 2022 borders and begin negotiations with Ukraine. Magazov also asked Putin to allow anyone wishing to relocate from Donbas to Russia to do so. He then encouraged other Russians to follow his example and write a letter to the president.

Concrete slabs were delivered to the village of Sultanyangiyurt, Kizilyurt district, to strengthen the bank. This happened after residents appealed to the acting head of Dagestan, Fyodor Shchukin, with a complaint about the inaction of officials. Last week, the Sulak River approached the villages of Sultanyangiyurt and Nechaevka, eroding the bank.

The drone hit two marketplace warehouses in the suburbs of Voronezh, the roof of one was damaged, and the facade of the other, said the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev. He did not disclose the name of the marketplace. A Wildberries warehouse is located in the Novousmansky district of the Voronezh region; its management reported that the warehouse did not open today. Previously, the night shift was canceled there.

On July 20, the leading engineer of the state Center for Environmental Monitoring of the Chelyabinsk Region, 60-year-old ecologist Oleg Magazov, appealed to Vladimir Putin to return to the 2022 borders and begin negotiations with Ukraine. Magazov called on Putin to ensure that everyone who wants to move from Donbass to Russia. The environmentalist also invited other Russians to follow his example and write a letter to the head of state.

... The administrative commission of the city of Tchaikovsky fined communist and deputy of the Legislative Assembly Dmitry Novokreschenov 3,000 rubles because of leaflets about his nomination to the State Duma. He spoke about this on his VKontakte page. The deputy was charged with a local article on the improper use of building facades (Article 6.8.1 of the Law of the Perm Territory). Novokreshchenov allegedly posted leaflets on the pavilion of the Central Market on Vokzalnaya Street.

On July 20, the Rostov Regional Court declared illegal the inaction of the administration of the Pervomaisky district of Rostov-on-Don, which allowed the felling of a grove on Zelenaya Street. Despite protests from activists, the trees were demolished in 2023. Source: GorLesNadzor Activists of the GorlesNadzor movement filed a lawsuit against the mayor's office.

On July 21, the father of a local police officer from the village of Baevo, Nikolai Borovikov, beat the administrator of a local chat, Alexander Myagkov, for a video sent to Myagkov’s chat by another person. Blogger Zhenya Yanesh (Evgeniy Gorbikov) spoke about this. On April 13, Zhenya Yanesh posted a video of the flood in Baevo. He testified that the water washed out the road and entered his house, and rescuers evacuated fellow villagers in an inflatable boat.

... Deputy for the Marksovsky municipal district Ksenia Chernova became a candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party. Her documents were accepted by the local TEC, Chernova reported in her own publication “Our Marx”. In the fall of 2023, Chernova spoke out against the war and Putin in one of her publications after parents of a local kindergarten were asked to collect drawings for the military.