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17:03
Минюст РФ внес в реестр «иностранных агентов» информационные ресурсы «Реанимация» и «Команда Навального», а также Рустама Хуажева и Жанну Немцову. Соответствующее решение опубликовано 2 октября.
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The Birobidzhan District Court has sentenced Natalya Kocheva, who was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation (Part 2, Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), to a fine of 40,000 roubles (approximately US$440). The public prosecutor had requested a three-year suspended prison sentence for her.
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In the urban-type settlement of Mayna in Khakassia, on 29 September, a 49-year-old Jehovah’s Witness, Konstantin Flegentov, was detained and placed in custody the following day. He is reportedly facing criminal charges under the article on organising the activities of an extremist organisation or participating in it (Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code).
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22:30
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a lawsuit to confiscate the assets of Timur Turlov, founder of Freedom Holding and president of FIDE, as well as companies associated with him and his business partner Arkady Shchukin, amounting to hundreds of millions of US dollars. According to media reports, Turlov is suspected of financing organisations linked to Ukraine, and a hearing on the case is scheduled for 15 October.
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22:29
The Vyborgsky District Court of St Petersburg has sentenced Dmitry Kuznetsov to five days of administrative arrest under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1, Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, on 12 September Kuznetsov wrote an obscene message addressed to the head of state on the wall of a lift.
22:28
On 30 September in Penza, a city in central Russia, two unidentified individuals who claimed to be police officers burst into the flat of 38-year-old Alexander and demanded that he go with them, threatening to find him on the street if he refused. Alexander suspected they intended to take him to the military recruitment office on Skladskaia Street.
22:28
Kirill Nikulenkov, editor of the Telegram channel “Natsdem,” was released on 2 October after serving his full sentence. He had been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony on charges of “inciting hatred” and “organising an extremist community.”
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Nikita Afanasyev, who is serving a sentence after being convicted of recruiting fellow inmates to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was approached by a staff member at Moscow’s Remand Prison No. 4. The staff member offered him the chance to recruit other prisoners interested in signing a contract and going to fight against Ukraine in exchange for the right to use the gym. Afanasyev declined the offer and reported that there are also recruiters among the other inmates in the facility.
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17:52
The Ministry of Justice has added the EK Strategic Communications Center to the register of “undesirable organisations.” The project was founded by Yegor Kuroptev, former director of the Free Russia Foundation in the South Caucasus.
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17:42
In St Petersburg on 1 October, activist Kirill Travkin from the unregistered party “The Other Russia of E V Limonov” was detained under the article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to supporters of the party, he is being held at Police Department No. 33.
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17:39
The Privokzalny District Court of Tula has fined a 37-year-old local resident 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) under Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code for messages in a football-themed Telegram chat. According to the court, the publications were aimed at degrading a person’s dignity on religious grounds.
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RusNews journalist Roman Ivanov has been placed in a punishment cell for 14 days. According to RusNews, after this he may be transferred to a high-security unit (strict conditions of detention).
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15:41
Officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism (“Centre E”) visited Roman Pashaev, the organiser of the rally for fair elections in Tobolsk—a city in the Tyumen region of western Siberia—and handed him a warning against actions of an “extremist” or “terrorist” nature. According to Pashaev, the rally on 4 October will go ahead, but there will be no banners or speeches from the “Rassvet” party.
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15:32
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has added Moscow photojournalist and cameraman Artyom Chernov to its wanted list, as reported by Mediazona. Chernov told the outlet that he was unaware of any criminal case or prosecution against him.
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Sergei Yakovlev, who is accused in a case concerning the preparation of a terrorist attack, told the court about torture following his arrest and provocations by FSB officers. Eight people are involved in this case, whom investigators consider supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev and participants in the 'Artpodgotovka' movement; two other defendants have also reported torture.
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14:54
In the Nevsky District Court of St Petersburg, animator Oleg Kuvayev is on trial in absentia, accused of incitement to activities against state security and of failing to comply with the obligations of a “foreign agent.” The prosecution has requested a sentence of 5 years and 11 months in a penal colony, one year of restricted freedom, a ban on administering internet resources for nearly 5 years, and a fine of 290,000 rubles (approx. US$3,200).
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14:41
The Kirovsky District Court of Tomsk has remanded Elena Matushevskaya to a pre-trial detention centre until 29 November on charges of financing extremist activity (part 1, article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, Matushevskaya transferred money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation on seven occasions.
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14:16
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Court, established by the Russian authorities, has sentenced a local resident to 17 years in prison and fined them 350,000 roubles (approx. US$3,800) on charges of treason and illegal trafficking of explosives. According to the prosecution, since 2022 the woman had, on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence, taken delivery of parcels containing explosives and radios, and organised hiding places for them in the Melitopol district, a region in south-eastern Ukraine.
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The organiser of the “For Fair Elections” picket in Khabarovsk, representing the “Rassvet” party, withdrew the notification for the event after being detained by police on 1 October. The police issued them a formal warning against unlawful actions and released them from the station.
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On 1 October in Kazakhstan, Ukrainian national Liubov Rozhanskaya was detained at Astana airport while passing through border control, following a request from Russia via the CSTO. In 2023, Russia opened a case against her for the attempted abduction of her grandson. Rozhanskaya is currently being held in a pretrial detention centre and is awaiting a decision on Russia’s extradition request.
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11:33
The 2nd Eastern District Military Court has sentenced a woman in absentia to 20 years in prison under articles relating to organising and participating in the activities of extremist and terrorist organisations. According to investigators, she founded an extremist organisation that was part of an anti-Russian movement, and published extremist materials and calls to action in the public domain.