In total, last month, Russian security forces detained 15 residents of Crimea, including for “pro-Ukrainian graffiti” and on suspicion of collaborating with Ukrainian special services.

Political prisoner from Sevastopol Ruslan Zeytullayev, sentenced to 15 years, was visited by his wife in the colony. He also saw his two daughters for the first time in eight years of imprisonment.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Stavropol found a local resident Rasim Gamidov guilty under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Discrediting the Armed Forces of Russia” and fined him 30,000 rubles. The accused did not appear in court.

Close associate of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, police chief at Grozny airport Magomed Gabaev may be involved in the attack on journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov. This was reported by the telegram channel of the Cheka-OGPU.

The defense of 25-year-old Crimean Tatar Lenya Umerova, a Ukrainian citizen who was detained by Russian security forces on suspicion of espionage, will once again file an appeal to extend her detention.

Alexander Nemov, who was attacked in Grozny, was discharged from the hospital. This is reported by the publication "Baza".

Daria Polyudova, a Kuban activist of the Left Resistance, sentenced to nine years, went on a hunger strike in colony No. 4 in Kabardino-Balkaria.

On July 9, 2013, journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiev was killed in the suburbs of Makhachkala. This murder was never solved. In Russia, all methods of legal protection in a criminal case were exhausted, in connection with which a complaint was filed with the European Court of Human Rights.

Human rights project “Support for political prisoners. Memorial” recognized a resident of the Khabarovsk Territory Zakhar Zaripov as a political prisoner. In February, he was arrested on charges of incitement to terrorism.

Over the past two months, political prisoner Memet Belyalov has been repeatedly sent to the punishment cell of colony No. 9 in the Novgorod region.