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Николая Мухина из села Волково в Волгоградской области оштрафовали на 40 тысяч рублей и изъяли ружье за попытку сбить украинский беспилотник в мае 2026 года, но после общественного резонанса Волгоградский областной суд 20 августа отменил это решение. Теперь Мухин вновь занимается хозяйством, а ружье ему вернули.
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The Ministry of Justice has added the “Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences” (FLAS) to the list of “undesirable” organisations.
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The Ministry of Justice has added M. Yu. Bazilyuk, K. Yu. Gorozhanko, A. A. Mochalov, A. V. Nezlobin, the project “Byt Ili” (“To Be Or”), and the information resource “Knigizhar” to the register of ‘foreign agents.’
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In Skopin, in the Ryazan region, security forces detained and arrested Elena Morgunova, the wife of activist Pavel Krisevich, sentencing her to 10 days in custody after her return from France. According to human rights defenders, the official reason for her arrest was her refusal to unlock her phone.
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Former candidate for deputy in the Shchukino district of Moscow, Daniil Neonov, has left Russia after facing pressure from law enforcement. According to him, in July officers from Centre “E” detained him, used force, and threatened further arrests. After serving 10 days in detention on a charge of displaying extremist symbols, he was then issued a new protocol for “LGBT propaganda.”
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A court in Perm ruled that the electoral commission’s refusal to register human rights activist Aleksei Ogloblin as a candidate for the city council was unlawful, and ordered the commission to reconsider his application. Previously, the election commission had rejected Ogloblin due to invalid signatures, but the court concluded that some of the corrections were merely handwriting features and did not hinder the reading of the information.
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The Kaliningrad Regional Court has cancelled the registration of the Yabloko party list for the regional legislative assembly elections. The list’s leader, Ivan Bolshakov, stated that they will appeal the decision.
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On 27 August, the Primorsky District Court of St Petersburg ordered journalist Alexander Nevzorov to be taken into custody in absentia. He is accused of evading the obligations of a foreign agent and financing extremist activities. The period of detention is set for two months from the moment of extradition or arrest in Russia.
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In Skopin, Ryazan region, police detained Lena Krisevich—the wife of activist Pavel Krisevich—checked her documents, questioned her about a trip to Paris, and demanded that she unlock her phone. According to her relatives, after she refused to unlock the phone, she was given ten days of arrest; the exact charge is unknown.
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In Skopin, Ryazan region, security officers stopped a bus and checked the documents of Elena Morgunova and her mother, after which they were detained. At the police station, FSB officers demanded that they unlock their phone.
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The court has ordered the arrest in absentia of anthropologist Vasilina Orlova for two months in a case concerning the dissemination of so-called military “fake news.” According to the investigators, the case is linked to her posts on VKontakte about the use of cluster munitions in Odesa and the killings in Bucha.
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The prosecutor’s office has accused Anatoly Shkatov, a deputy of the Lipetsk Regional Council, and Ilya Dzezyulya, a deputy of the Kostroma Regional Duma, of inciting hatred towards United Russia members over posts on VK (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Offences Code). They face fines ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 roubles (US$110–220) or up to 15 days’ arrest.
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On 28 August, the Russian Ministry of Justice removed Andrei Lvov, a cleric of the Apostolic Orthodox Church, from the register of foreign agents. According to the ministry, Lvov no longer shows signs of being a foreign agent.
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The Yabloko party has reported that “VK Video” shut down their pre-election broadcast “Peaceful Stream,” which was being hosted by the party chair, Nikolai Rybakov. Following this, the broadcast continued on YouTube, and by the time the stream was cut off, the campaign had raised over 600,000 roubles (approximately US$6,700).
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Alan Elbakiev, the Communist Party (KPRF) candidate for the Krasnoyarsk Regional Legislative Assembly, has stated that Vice-Governor Sergei Ponomarenko demanded he withdraw from the election and threatened him with criminal prosecution. Elbakiev said he has contacted the head of the Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor General, and the chair of the Central Election Commission, asking them to assess the legality of Ponomarenko’s actions.
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The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced a 50-year-old resident of Vladimir Oblast (a region east of Moscow) to five years in a penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism online, following a comment made on Telegram in August 2024. In April 2026, another person was detained in the region in a similar case: according to the FSB, they left a supportive comment under a video about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge.
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A court in Tula fined 31-year-old Roman Serkov 41,500 roubles (approximately US$455) under charges of discrediting the army and displaying prohibited symbols. According to law enforcement, he posted symbols of one of the Ukrainian organisations on social media and discredited participants in the so-called special military operation.
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A court in Tula has fined a 31-year-old local resident 41,500 roubles (about US$460) under charges of army “discreditation” (Article 20.3.3, Part 1 of the Administrative Code) and displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3, Part 1 of the Administrative Code). According to the police, the man posted in social media against the use of the army and shared images showing the symbols of a banned neo-Nazi organisation.
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The Ostankino District Court in Moscow has extended the detention of Elena Perepelitsa, a member of the Moscow branch of the Yabloko party—she will remain in pre-trial detention until 26 September. Perepelitsa was detained on 2 July and placed in pre-trial detention in connection with the FBK donations case (Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code).
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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.