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Today
10:26
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Ulan-Ude has sentenced a local resident to two years in a penal colony for a comment on VKontakte under a news article about the Buryatia parliament’s spending. According to law enforcement, their message contained calls for extremist activity (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code).
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Today
14:15
The court has extended the detention of Tomsk radio host Alexander Lunev, who is accused of financing an “extremist organisation.” According to the investigation, the case was prompted by seven donations to the “Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK)” in 2021 totalling 7,000 roubles (around US$75).
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14:09
In December 2025, Yevgeny Kamenev and Aleksandr Knyazev were detained at passport control in Domodedovo airport after returning from Egypt. They were questioned for around 19 hours and, according to activists, were threatened. A few days later, they left Russia, spent nine months in Kazakhstan, and then moved to France, where they applied for political asylum.
Persons
13:33
Fifteen observers were removed from polling stations through the courts, most of them representing Yabloko. Another 17 members of electoral commissions were suspended, six of whom were also from Yabloko; the reasons cited included, in particular, obstructing the work of the commissions and damaging ballot papers.
13:27
Lawyers note that obtaining parole in Russia is becoming increasingly difficult due to the internal policies of penal colonies and court decisions. On 10 September, the Elektrostal City Court refused to grant parole to Mikhail Semyonov, after which he was placed in a punishment cell, and his defence appealed the refusal in the Moscow Regional Court.
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13:24
The Sretensky District Court in Zabaykalsky Krai fined a 46-year-old resident of Kokuy 30,000 roubles (approx. US$330) for sharing a video about a planned mobilisation in local district chat groups, considering it to be “discrediting” the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, the limitation period was calculated from the moment an FSB officer discovered the video in July 2026.
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10:47
Political scientist Alexei Aksyutenko was summoned to the police over his post in support of women protesting against the closure of a maternity hospital in Krasnoyarsk, a major city in Siberia. According to Aksyutenko, the police decided to initiate administrative proceedings but did not specify what their complaints were.
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10:26
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Ulan-Ude has sentenced a local resident to two years in a penal colony for a comment on VKontakte under a news article about the Buryatia parliament’s spending. According to law enforcement, their message contained calls for extremist activity (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code).
10:26
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, a court sentenced Telegram group administrator Nikita Zholud to 10 days’ detention for posting images of the “Ural Republic” flag, which was considered by authorities to be extremist organisation symbols (Article 20.3, Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, Zholud posted two messages with this flag in a chat, admitted guilt following his arrest, and has already served his sentence.
Persons
10:07
Lawyer Mariya Boncler was not transferred for the latest court hearing after public outcry following reports of torture-like conditions during transport and detention. The defence has filed a civil lawsuit for protection of honour and dignity, as well as a lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs convoy service over inhumane conditions.
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08:25
In Dolgoprudny, at polling station 365, an election observer and a journalist were forcibly removed from the polling station, with the deputy head of the city district, Leonid Stepanov, among those involved in the incident. According to RusNews, observers and journalists were also denied entry to other polling stations in the city, and the official election results will be announced by the Central Election Commission on 25 September.
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08:13
On 22 September 2026, the Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence against Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov—he was convicted and sentenced to six years in a high-security penal colony under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The prosecution was prompted by publications in support of those accused in the Ufa “Marxist circles” case.
08:12
In Altai Krai, investigators have completed the case against a 20-year-old resident of Rubtsovsk, a city in southwestern Siberia, who is accused of creating an extremist organisation (Part 1, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and publicly inciting extremist activity online (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code). The young person has been remanded in custody and the case has been sent to court.
07:27
The administration of Izhevsk has banned a rally against electoral fraud near the Friendship of Peoples monument “Forever with Russia,” citing the unsafe condition of the letter fastenings on the monument. Applications to hold similar events have been submitted in nine cities; refusals have already been issued in St Petersburg, Perm (in the Urals), and Kazan (the capital of Tatarstan).
00:58
The Skovorodino District Court in Amur Region has fined the presbyter of the Evangelical Christian Baptist church in the village of Taldan, Igor Molchanov, 20,000 roubles (approx. US$220) under the article on cooperation with an undesirable organisation (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). The reason for this was the discovery in the church of 32 books published by “Mission Eurasia Inc.” and “Child Evangelism Fellowship,” which are classified as undesirable in Russia.
Persons
00:58
On 22 September, the Savelovsky District Court in Moscow fined an engineer from Skoltech 500,000 roubles (approximately US$5,200) under the article on financing extremism (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). The criminal case was sparked by a donation of 300 roubles (about US$3) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which has been designated as extremist.
00:58
On 2 September 2026, the Kirov Regional Court upheld the sentence handed down to Mikhail Semyonov, who was fined 100,000 roubles (approximately US$1,100) under charges of financing extremism for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The appeals court refused to increase the penalty, and his details were added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists on 30 April 2026.
Persons
00:58
The Supreme Court of Udmurtia on 21 September 2026 sentenced 68-year-old prisoner Ildar Kadyrov to four years in a high-security penal colony, one year of restricted freedom, and a one and a half year ban on administering internet resources. According to the investigation, Kadyrov told other inmates about the alleged extermination of civilians by Soviet soldiers, for which he was found guilty under the article on spreading knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War (Part 1 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code).
Persons
00:57
On 22 September, the court fined Archbishop Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko of the Apostolic Orthodox Church 5,000 roubles (approx. US$55) under the article on cooperation with an undesirable organisation (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was a 2022 repost containing a link to the YouTube channel of Novaya Gazeta Europe, which was only declared undesirable in June 2023.
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00:57
On 26 August, a magistrate’s court in Gorno-Altaysk, a city in southern Siberia, fined believer Andrey Pushkinov from the International Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists (IUECB) five thousand roubles (about US$55) for “illegal missionary activity.” According to the police, on 18 July he was distributing a Christian newspaper at a city festival, after which a report was filed against him under Part 4 of Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
Persons
00:35
Marina Skorikova, a journalist with 7×7, has been added to the federal wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to Mediazona. Media reports indicate that in the summer, the Yaroslavl department of the Investigative Committee announced that a criminal case had been opened for calls to activities against state security concerning a person listed as a “foreign agent,” and it may have referred to Skorikova.
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