On August 21, 2012, it became known that Yadrinsky The interdistrict investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the ICR for Chuvashia opened a criminal case under part 2 of Art. 1 st.

On August 22, 2012, in Stavropol, at the Yuzhny food market, a group of five people attacked vegetable traders. Shooting from traumatic weapons was opened at natives of Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. As a result, 5 traders were hospitalized with injuries from traumatic weapons. Judging by media reports, the injuries are not life-threatening. The attackers fled in a car. The owner of the car was later detained, but released because the car had previously been sold to him by proxy.

On August 22, 2012, the Moscow City Court rejected the cassation appeals of the defense of the participants Pussy Riot and legalized their arrest until January 12, 2013. The band members' arrest has been extended at the preliminary hearing in the case, held on 20 July. Recall that the verdict in the case of Pussy Riot ruled on August 17, 2012. From our point of view, he illegal.

Russian original of the article "The Nationalists and the Protest Movement" , published August 21, 2012 on the Open Democracy website. The participation of Russian nationalists, including very radical, in the protest movement that began in December last year, causes a lot of controversy and confusion. There are three main ones - how did it happen? How big is the role of the nationalists in the opposition? What can this lead to? The answer to the first question is, in fact, very simple.