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07:23
Observers from the Communist Party and State Duma candidate Anton Artsibashev were not allowed into polling stations in the closed administrative-territorial formation of Sibirsky, Altai Krai, a region in Siberia. Artsibashev reported that the communists have lodged a complaint with the Central Election Commission of Russia.
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08:38
The Leninsky District Court of St Petersburg sentenced the Yekaterinburg-based blogger Rada Russkikh to one day in custody under the article on displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to TASS, the case concerns symbols of the Satanist movement.
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08:37
The Kiselyovsk City Court fined Alexei I. 5,000 rubles (approximately US$55) for unlawful missionary activity (Part 4, Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Based on materials from the Centre for Countering Extremism, the court ruled that the man had violated legislation on freedom of conscience and religion.
07:23
Observers from the Communist Party and State Duma candidate Anton Artsibashev were not allowed into polling stations in the closed administrative-territorial formation of Sibirsky, Altai Krai, a region in Siberia. Artsibashev reported that the communists have lodged a complaint with the Central Election Commission of Russia.
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23:30
In Rostov-on-Don, a major city in southern Russia, Yabloko election monitor Boris Miklyukov was fined 10,000 rubles (US$110) for hooliganism (Part 3, Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code) over a comment on social media. Miklyukov and his parents had their phones and electronic devices confiscated.
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23:29
The Kyiv District Court of Simferopol fined a local resident 30,000 roubles (approx. US$330) under the article on “discrediting” the army. According to the court, she filmed a video about the “disorder” at a military site and sent it to a Telegram channel.
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23:28
In Moscow, Yulia Kuznetsova (Kharchenko), a candidate for the State Duma from the Green Party, has gone missing—she stopped responding after taking a taxi home. The day before, Kuznetsova’s team had reported that her observer had been denied entry to a polling station and there were forged documents regarding the withdrawal of observers.
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22:40
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Vladislav Gorin, host of the podcast “What Happened,” on the wanted list. In June, a criminal case was opened against the journalist for involvement in an “undesirable” organisation because of six episodes of the podcast released in 2025.
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22:35
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced 20-year-old cook Korneliy Kurbatov to 18 years in prison on charges of terrorism, terrorist training, and links to the National Socialism/White Power (NS/WP) movement. He and 17-year-old student Kirill Kashtanov were accused of attempting to set fire to a mosque in Serpukhov, a city near Moscow, in December 2024, although the fire did not occur. The outcome of Kashtanov’s case is not precisely known, but in September, the court ordered compulsory treatment for a person facing similar charges.
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22:18
TEC offices did not allow around 100 observers appointed by Yabloko candidate Sergei Mitrokhin to work at polling stations in central Moscow. On 16 September, Mitrokhin filed a complaint with the Central Election Commission, but as of 17 September they reported that it was still under review.
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22:16
Olga Shchekina from Donetsk, after serving a 10-day administrative arrest for petty hooliganism, was taken away by men in balaclavas in Rostov-on-Don on 17 September, according to human rights defenders. Shchekina’s whereabouts are currently unknown.
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20:39
In Moscow, the territorial election commission of the Bogorodsky district claimed that State Duma candidate Yulia Kuznetsova (Kharchenko) had supposedly withdrawn her election observers. However, she insists that she did not do so. According to her, her observer was not allowed into the polling station, and no decision regarding their removal has been published.
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20:38
In St Petersburg, electoral commissions Nos 21, 29, 61, 62 and 63 refused to allow State Duma candidate Vitaly Isakov to have Yabloko observers present, citing the absence of a lawyer’s signature. Isakov claimed the documents had been tampered with and reported that the chair of territorial electoral commission No 63, Oleg Chernov, used physical force against him and his assistant in the presence of a police officer, who did not intervene.
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20:24
Pressure on scholars and lecturers linked to anti-war initiatives or “Smart Voting” has increased at Russian universities: their contracts are not being renewed, they are summoned for conversations with the FSB, and added to so-called blacklists. Such cases are particularly common at Saint Petersburg State University, where former staff were asked to make donations or publicly renounce their anti-war views in order to keep their jobs.
19:51
In the Tambov region, south of Moscow, police summoned all appointed observers from the Yabloko party for interviews and handed them warnings about the inadmissibility of violations during the voting days from 18 to 20 September. The regional branch of the party also reported that at a number of enterprises, employees have been scheduled to work shifts on 20 September, and that Yabloko has appealed to the Central Election Commission over pressure on observers.
19:50
A criminal case has been opened in Buryatia against a young man under the article on public incitement to terrorism online (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he posted content on social media calling for violence against government officials, allegedly on the instructions of the administrators of the “Free Buryatia” and “People of Baikal” public pages.
19:29
In Moscow, stickers in support of Lida Moniava have appeared in the Ostankino and Troparyovo-Nikulino districts; previously, they were put up in the city centre. At the beginning of September, a criminal case was opened against Moniava under the article on spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, after which she stepped down as director of the “House with a Lighthouse” foundation and left the hospice’s board.
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18:33
The court of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug has overturned the decision to impose 80 hours of compulsory labour on Ivan Barsov, a Communist Party (KPRF) candidate for the Surgut city duma, under the article on displaying banned symbols. The judge stated that Barsov’s guilt had not been proven and overturned the lower court’s decision.
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18:27
The Yabloko party candidate in Karachay-Cherkessia, Akhmed Abazov, withdrew from the State Duma elections after threats were made against his family. According to Abazov, the pressure began after a meeting with representatives of United Russia and the regional leadership on 7 September; later, unknown individuals threatened his daughter and sent photographs of their home.
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18:19
Natalya Polyakova worked at an FSIN hospital and refused to have part of her salary deducted for the needs of the “special military operation,” after which she was dismissed and then visited by FSB officers. According to Polyakova, she was subjected to harassment, interrogations and pressure, and eventually left Russia.
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18:14
In Chertanovo, police have detained 19-year-old Yabloko party campaigner Alexei Belousov, who was working for candidate Igor Zhilin. The reasons for his detention and his current whereabouts are unknown, and there is no contact with him.
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