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19.10.2026

A woman from Moscow was detained over a badge reading “This will definitely pass” and was threatened with three charges.

16.10.2026

A man with a disability has been sentenced to 8.5 years for donating to “Artpodgotovka”

16.10.2026

Political analyst Alexander Kynev has been transferred to a different pre-trial detention centre. He is unable to walk and has not been given crutches.

15.10.2026

A Moscow resident was sentenced to three years in prison for donating 2,100 roubles (approx. US$22) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.

15.10.2026

The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Sergei Sokolov, has had his home searched. He is being taken to the Investigative Committee.

14.10.2026

Sergey Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, has been sentenced in absentia to one year in a penal colony.

13.10.2026

The co-author of “Summer in a Pioneer Tie” has been fined for “LGBT propaganda” over posts on Telegram.

13.10.2026

“A stain of disgrace on the entire Russian justice system.” The sentence against Artemiy Ostanin has been upheld

13.10.2026

Blogger Michael Naki has been sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison on two criminal charges.

12.10.2026

A Moscow resident was fined 20,000 roubles (approximately US$220) for holding a picket in support of political prisoners.

10.10.2026

Ornithologist Sofya Rozenfeld has been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for making donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

09.10.2026

Fines and arrests: what happened to those detained after the Communist Party rally

09.10.2026

The defendant in the “Artpodgotovka” case spoke about being tortured after their arrest.

06.10.2026

Journalist Andrey Loshak has been arrested in absentia on charges of “justifying terrorism”

06.10.2026

The head of security at Garage has been fined 100,000 roubles (approximately US$1,100) for “LGBT propaganda”

06.10.2026

Lawyer Leonid Solovyov was fined over a post in which he called the war “the worst possible solution.”

06.10.2026

Five people detained after the CPRF rally in Moscow have been given jail terms and fines.

05.10.2026

Two participants in an “unauthorised” march in Moscow have been arrested and fined.

05.10.2026

An entrepreneur has been accused of treason over Ukraine’s military levy. This is the first known case.

04.10.2026

“Freedom for political prisoners,” “Down with the tsar.” Dozens of people detained at a CPRF rally in Moscow