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The case against a local resident who filmed the aftermath of a UAV attack on the city has been submitted to Magistrates’ Court No. 5 of Orsk’s Leninsky District. The hearing is scheduled for 8 September.
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In Samara, a major city on the Volga River, security forces detained a man suspected of making public calls for violence against OMON officers on the grounds of political hatred. He has been charged under the article for public incitement to extremist activity (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code), and the court has remanded him in a pre-trial detention centre.
The case against a local resident who filmed the aftermath of a UAV attack on the city has been submitted to Magistrates’ Court No. 5 of Orsk’s Leninsky District. The hearing is scheduled for 8 September.
In St Petersburg, the FSB detained a man accused of publicly inciting extremist activity (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, he posted comments in Telegram chats calling for violent actions against military personnel. He has been remanded in custody.
Elena Gorban said that Azat Miftakhov has been designated a “persistent offender” and transferred to a penal cell, where he is being held in solitary confinement and subjected to pressure from staff. According to her, on 28 August, during a walk in a yard filled with water, the unit supervisor said to Miftakhov: “I hope you can swim,” after which Azat had to wait on a bench until someone came to escort him.
On 28 August, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court began hearing the Liberal Democratic Party’s claim to annul the registration of the Yabloko party’s list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections. The court refused Yabloko’s requests to adjourn the hearing and to transfer the case to a Moscow court, after which it retired to make its decision.
Natalya Polyakova, an employee of an FSIN hospital, was dismissed after she refused to donate part of her salary to support the “special military operation.” Afterwards, FSB officers visited her. According to her, she faced workplace harassment, interrogations and pressure, after which she left Russia.
The Kuibyshevsky District Court in St Petersburg fined Anastasia Burakova, who has been declared a “foreign agent,” three times under Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences. The court imposed fines of 50,000 rubles (approx. US$560) for each protocol.
On 27 August, the Syktyvkar city administration revoked its approval for a Communist Party (CPRF) picket that was scheduled for 28 August, citing the use of the hashtag #FairElections in posts about the event. The mayor’s office argued that this hashtag altered the purpose of the protest, while the communists called the decision unfounded and intend to challenge it in court.
The Kuibyshevsky District Court of St Petersburg has fined Vadim Zitzer, who has been labelled a “foreign agent” by the authorities, 50,000 roubles (about US$570). He was found guilty under Part 9 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Offences Code.
Russian users are reporting widespread issues accessing Wikipedia without a VPN—disruptions began after midnight, according to data from Sboy.rf and DownDetector. Roskomnadzor has not commented on the situation yet, while the site continues to function via VPN.
The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Moscow region has once again refused to open a case on abuse of power against police officers from Podolsk, whom Maria Tsydenova accused of beating and humiliating her due to her ethnicity. The courts have dismissed both cases against Tsydenova, and the head of the Podolsk police has apologised to her.
The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the sentence given to Sergei Avramenko, a resident of Amur Region in the Russian Far East, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for preparing a terrorist attack and unlawfully acquiring weapons. According to investigators, he was planning explosions in the district court building, the local police department, and on the railway, but was detained before he could commit the crime.