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07.09.2026
10:48
In Arkhangelsk, a city in northern Russia, a criminal case has been opened against a 35-year-old local resident under the article on public justification of terrorism on the internet (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2026 he posted messages in a messenger app supporting and justifying terrorist activities; the man has been remanded in custody.
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11:59
Maxim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Yabloko party who was convicted under the article on “fake news” about the army (Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), has been transferred from the Butyrka pre-trial detention centre to the hospital at Detention Centre No. 1 “Matrosskaya Tishina” after his health deteriorated. Doctors diagnosed him with inflammation of two ligaments and signs of their fraying in his right shoulder.
11:27
Yabloko party candidates for the Legislative Assembly of Kaliningrad Region, Roman Morozov and Dmitry Mamaev, have received death threats demanding that they withdraw from the elections. Yabloko considers this to be an attempt at intimidation and has appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate the matter.
11:12
Maxim Petlin, head of the Sverdlovsk branch of the Yabloko party, has left Russia after pressure from law enforcement. Earlier, six candidates from the party were detained in the region, including Yekaterinburg city council deputy Konstantin Kiselev.
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RusNews
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10:59
The Butyrsky District Court in Moscow fined the evangelical Baptist church “Golgotha” 50,000 roubles (US$550) under the article on distributing materials of an undesirable organisation. The court ruled that the church’s library held books published by “Mission Eurasia.”
08:01
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has received the case of Anatoly Deev from Verkhnyaya Pyshma, who is accused of desecrating the Russian national flag (Article 329 of the Criminal Code) and defiling symbols of military glory (Parts 3 and 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), including online. Deev was detained on 6 February with the use of force, and was later hospitalised in a psychiatric facility. The prosecution is connected with a video in which he burned a flag bearing the symbols Z, V and a swastika.
00:37
The Orenburg Regional Court has reduced the prison sentences of three staff members from the Pose bar, who had been accused of organising and participating in the activities of an ‘extremist’ organisation linked to the ‘international LGBT movement.’ The bar’s owner, Vyacheslav Khasanov, was sentenced to six years and ten months, Diana Kamilyanova to six years, and Aleksandr Klimov to two years in a penal colony; the court also ruled to fine Khasanov 1 million rubles (US$11,400).
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Медиазона
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23:05
The Nerekhta District Court in Kostroma region fined Ilya Dzezyulya, a Communist Party (KPRF) member of the Kostroma Regional Duma, 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) under the article on inciting hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code). The reason was a comment on VKontakte in which Dzezyulya referred to United Russia as “the party of crooks and thieves.”
23:05
In June 2026, courts in Nizhny Novgorod Region and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area overturned decisions to strip Jehovah’s Witnesses Gevorg Gevorkyan and Igor Petrov of their Russian citizenship. The appeal courts found that citizenship cannot be revoked from those who obtained it by registration in the 1990s.
23:04
On 7 September 2026, the Golovinsky District Court in Moscow sentenced Yelena Albegova, a 46-year-old employee of the Pyaterochka supermarket, to three years in a penal colony under charges of financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to the investigators, in August 2021, Albegova transferred 1,000 roubles (about US$11) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after it had been banned.
23:04
On 8 September, the Central District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced Tatyana Golovina to a fine of 350,000 rubles (approximately US$3,700) on charges of financing extremism (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, from August 2021 to February 2022, she transferred 3,500 rubles (around US$37) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
23:04
On 27 August 2026, the Berezniki City Court found Andrey Mitrofanov guilty under the articles on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and repeated display of prohibited symbols (Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). The sentence is not yet known. Previously, Mitrofanov had been sentenced to six years in a penal colony in a case concerning public advocacy or justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
23:04
A court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a city in Russia’s Far East, has dropped the case against Yuriy Shcherbina for the second time under the article on inciting hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), relating to a song by the band “I.R.O.K.E.Z” which expresses a negative view of the bourgeoisie. The court found that “bourgeoisie” is a historical term and does not refer to a vulnerable social group. The regional court had previously ordered the case to be reconsidered, but the district court once again found no grounds for an offence.
22:01
Yabloko party chair Nikolay Rybakov stated that it is now too late to remove the party’s candidates in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from the elections over reports of “extremist” symbols, as the legally established deadlines have already passed. Over the past two days, he said, there were attempts to remove nine Yabloko candidates: six in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, and three in the Moscow region.
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20:40
Yabloko deputy chair Maksim Kruglov is being held in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre hospital in conditions of almost total information isolation—there is no television, radio, newspapers, or hot water in his cell. According to his supporters, Kruglov is due to be transferred soon.
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20:28
In Blagoveshchensk, a city in the Russian Far East, a criminal case has been opened against a local woman under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 2 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, she transferred money in support of the “AllatRa” movement, which was declared extremist in 2025.
20:14
The Moscow Regional Court has removed Alexander Muravyov, the Yabloko party candidate for the Lyubertsy constituency, from the State Duma elections because of his slogan: “For a free internet without blockages.” The lawsuit was filed by Yuri Parkhomenko, the candidate from the “Party of Elderly People,” who considered the slogan to be negative towards other parties.
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19:57
The 1st Court of Cassation in Saratov, a city on the Volga, has upheld the sentence for RusNews journalist Roman Ivanov: seven years in a general regime penal colony. Ivanov said that former general Ivan Popov is being held in the colony with him, and that Popov organises gatherings of prisoners and gives militarist lectures.
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19:21
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced Denis Popov, a 25-year-old resident of Uglich (a small city north of Moscow), to nine years for “justifying terrorism” online. His total sentence across two cases amounts to ten years in prison. According to the prosecution, he left comments on a YouTube video linked to the ‘Freedom of Russia’ Legion. However, Popov denied any involvement and stated that the case may have been fabricated.
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18:31
The Pskov Regional Court has removed Aleksandr Kutelev and Valentina Akimova from the Legislative Assembly elections, who were running on the Communist Party (KPRF) list. According to the election commission, the candidates were found to have “foreign financial instruments” which they had not disclosed.
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17:37
A court in Perm upheld the city administration’s refusal to approve a rally in support of teenagers, including Arseny Turbin. The administration denied the organisers' request three times, citing the wording of the protest’s aims and the mention of Turbin, who is listed by Rosfinmonitoring as an “extremist and terrorist.”