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13.10.2026
18:02
The Lefortovo Court has placed under arrest Imai Yuki, a correspondent for the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun, in Sakhalin, a large island in Russia’s Far East. The journalist arrived in Russia in the summer, visited Primorsky Krai (the maritime region in the country’s Far East), and was interested in the topic of the Soviet-Japanese war.
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15:10
On 15 October, security forces carried out large-scale raids on Russian followers of the “International Church of Scientology” in more than 10 regions as part of an investigation into the activities of an undesirable organisation (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). According to law enforcement, Scientologists continued their activities through the charity foundation “Protect Children from Drugs” and used it to recruit new members.
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14:34
The Basmanny Court in Moscow has sentenced 39-year-old Vitaly Aynulin to three years in a penal colony in a case concerning donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, from August 2021 to February 2022, he made seven transfers of 300 roubles each (approx. US$3) to the Foundation’s account.
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Медиазона
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13:52
Aleksei (name changed) was detained on 13 October in Red Square for holding a solo protest with an anti-war placard. The court sentenced him to 15 days’ detention and imposed two fines under articles on disobeying the police, breaching the rules for holding a protest, and “discrediting” the army.
13:25
On 14 October, the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow fined F.A. Shelenkov 40,000 roubles (approximately US$430) under the article on discrediting the army (part 1, article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, on 5 September at the platform of Slavyansky Bulvar station, he displayed posters with negative statements about the Russian army.
13:23
From 1 October, foreign agents are required to submit reports to the Ministry of Justice only through a special electronic portal, but many are facing technical difficulties and are unable to send their documents. If they fail to submit their reports on time, they risk administrative fines and criminal charges, and in the case of repeated violations—up to two years in prison.
13:18
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Court, established by the Russian authorities in the occupied territories of Ukraine, has sentenced a local resident born in 1969 to 13 years in a high-security penal colony and one year of restricted freedom on charges of espionage. According to the investigation, the man, who worked as a school caretaker in the Tokmak district, transmitted information about the location of Russian troops to the Ukrainian side from February 2022 to July 2023.
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12:44
The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Sergei Sokolov, has had his home searched by law enforcement officers. According to media reports, the searches are connected to a criminal case concerning the unlawful use and storage of personal data, in which the journalist Oleg Roldugin stands accused.
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Baza
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12:42
The Military Court of Appeal in Russia has upheld the sentences of Nariman Ametov, Ali Mamutov, Vokhid Mustafayev, and Enver Khalilaev in the so-called “Crimean Muslims case” (“Dzhankoy Group Three”). On 21 May 2026, the Southern District Military Court convicted them of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir and attempting to seize power, sentencing them to lengthy prison terms.
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Крым.Реалии
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11:39
On 5 October, the Pervomaysky District Court of Izhevsk, a major city in the Urals, remanded left-wing activist Dmitry Morozov to a pre-trial detention centre on charges of possessing 1.38 grams of mephedrone (Part 2, Article 228 of the Criminal Code). His appeal against the preventive measure was rejected. The prosecutor also alleged that Morozov was supposedly involved with a Ukrainian armed group but did not provide any details.
11:37
In Murmansk Oblast, Gennady Stepakhno, who led the Communist Party faction in the regional Duma, has been detained and is now in custody in Severomorsk. The issue of expelling Stepakhno from the party was discussed even before his detention.
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11:34
A court in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug has partially upheld the prosecutor’s submission and ordered the investigators to carry out an inquiry regarding the torture of Azat Miftakhov. The court found the investigator’s refusal to open a criminal case unlawful and ordered the head of the investigative body to rectify the violations.
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10:29
The Moscow City Court has upheld the administrative prosecution of journalist Elena Rykovtseva, who has been included in the list of “foreign agents.” She was fined 40,000 roubles (approximately US$450) under Part 1 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Offences Code.
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10:02
A court in Prokopyevsk, a city in Siberia, gave a 16-year-old girl a suspended sentence of 5.5 years under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation (Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, she created a channel on a messenger app and posted material there promoting the ideology of a movement, the name of which was not specified.
09:22
On 8 October, the Novgorod Regional Duma banned foreign agents, their relatives, and persons affiliated with them from serving as assistants to deputies. Viktor Shalyakin, a deputy from Yabloko, has asked the Prosecutor’s Office to review this decision for compliance with the Constitution.
07:15
The Kaltan District Court sentenced citizen S. to five years in prison and one year of restricted freedom on charges of organising the activities of a banned religious association (Part 1, Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to the court, from February 2020 to April 2021, he coordinated the work of the Jehovah’s Witnesses local religious organisation in Kaltan, a town in southwestern Siberia, and held meetings via Zoom.
00:58
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Court, established by the Russian authorities in the occupied territory of Ukraine, has sentenced a Melitopol resident born in 1995 to 14 years in a high-security prison and one year of restricted freedom on charges of treason. According to investigators, they transferred 500 hryvnias (about US$13.50) to an account linked to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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14.10.2026
23:51
The Sverdlovsk District Court in Kostroma fined eco-activist and “Yabloko” State Duma candidate Andrei Tarasov 1,000 roubles (about US$11) for wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “I am against the party of crooks and thieves.” The court ruled that the image on the T-shirt constituted extremist symbols.
23:23
Alexandr Kynev, who has been arrested on charges of attempted drug dealing, is being transferred from SIZO-1 'Matrosskaya Tishina' to another remand centre, his lawyer reported. Previously, Kynev was taken to a prison hospital with injuries, and materials concerning the actions of unidentified individuals during his arrest have been separated into a separate investigation.
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SOTAvision
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23:13
The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow has fined the publication 'Takie Dela' 200,000 roubles (approximately US$2,200) for failing to include a “foreign agent” label next to a quote from Boris Grebenshchikov posted on VKontakte. According to the court, the editorial team did not comply with the Justice Ministry’s requirement in time, despite having received a warning.
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23:13
In Vladimir, a city east of Moscow, Ivan Rostovtsev, the editor-in-chief of the publication Chesnok, was fined 60,000 rubles (approximately US$670) in two cases related to publications that, according to the authorities, allegedly violated the ban on sharing information about drone attacks. According to his defence, the materials did not contain any information about drones, and the document from the operational headquarters cited by the authorities is not a regulatory legal act.
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