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11:13
Human rights activists from “KPP” reported that after they filed a complaint about the investigator’s inaction in the case of Ibragim Tochiyev, they received a response quoting Dzerzhinsky: “The fact that you are free is not to your credit, but our shortcoming.” According to them, the sender of the letter is unknown, and the case is connected with the detention of Tochiyev and his brother in the summer of 2026.
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15:05
The prosecution has requested lengthy prison sentences for Crimean residents Sergey Kozlov and Evgeniya Samoylova: 28 years of imprisonment and 22 years in a general regime colony, respectively. They are accused of attempting to set fire to a car bearing V and Z symbols, plotting to blow up railway tracks and to murder a serviceman in Sevastopol. According to the investigation, they were unable to carry out these actions as they were detained in April 2024.
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14:59
The Supreme Court has recognised the “Community of Followers of Batal-Khadzhi Belkhoroyev—the Batal-Khadzhints” from Ingushetia as a terrorist organisation and banned its activities. The court’s press service stated that the organisation’s aims and actions are linked to the promotion and support of terrorism, and that members of the community committed offences under Articles 205, 205.1, 205.2, 205.4 and 208 of the Criminal Code.
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14:59
Sergei Smirnov, the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, has been sentenced in absentia to one year in a general regime penal colony in a case concerning alleged violations of the “foreign agent” legislation. According to investigators, the reason was the absence of the required labelling on four of Smirnov’s posts in Telegram channels.
14:59
Rustam Khalikov, who in 2021 was sentenced to 12 years in prison for incitement to terrorism and participation in the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, died on 27 September in Correctional Colony No. 4 in Penza Oblast. The cause of death is unknown.
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14:14
The wife of Mikhail Semenov, who is serving a sentence at a minimum-security penal colony in Elektrostal for illegally crossing the border, has reported that her husband is facing pressure from the administration via other inmates following her complaints about detention conditions and medical care. According to her, after the introduction of collective domestic restrictions, staff are blaming Semenov for these measures, and he is being threatened with placement in a punitive isolation cell and is not being given the necessary medication.
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14:08
The Central District Court of Volgograd has extended the restrictive measure for blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko and Andrey Yaroshenko until 30 December in the case concerning the desecration of the “Stand to the death!” memorial. The first substantive hearing in the case will take place on 22 October.
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12:50
The Moskalenky District Court of Omsk Region sentenced an 18-year-old local resident to 100 hours of compulsory community service in a case concerning the public display of Nazi symbols. According to the prosecutor’s office, the young person posted videos featuring prohibited symbols in a messaging app, and their phone was confiscated.
12:28
The criminal case against Andrey Yagodinstev has been submitted to the Central District Military Court. He is accused of four instances of justifying terrorism and inciting extremism online. Yagodinstev previously received a two-year prison sentence on charges of making false bomb threats against Putin’s residences; details of the new charges are unknown.
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12:27
The prosecutor has requested in absentia a sentence of 1.5 years in a penal colony for the editor-in-chief of Mediazona, Sergey Smirnov, due to the absence of the “foreign agent” label on publications in his Telegram channels. A criminal case was opened against Smirnov in 2024, and he was twice fined under an administrative offence for refusing to display the required notices.
11:13
Human rights activists from “KPP” reported that after they filed a complaint about the investigator’s inaction in the case of Ibragim Tochiyev, they received a response quoting Dzerzhinsky: “The fact that you are free is not to your credit, but our shortcoming.” According to them, the sender of the letter is unknown, and the case is connected with the detention of Tochiyev and his brother in the summer of 2026.
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10:09
The Moscow City Court has upheld a fine of 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,300) issued to the Foundation “For the Protection of Prisoners’ Rights” for violating regulations on the activities of “foreign agents” (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Offences Code). The organisation’s appeal was dismissed.
09:48
The Eighth Court of Cassation in Kemerovo rejected the appeal by Novosibirsk activist Roman Malozemov against being included in the list of persons affiliated with “foreign agents.” The Ministry of Justice explained in court that the reasons were raising money to help prisoners, collecting signatures in support of Boris Nadezhdin’s nomination, and photographs with members of the “NSK Coalition 2020” and other individuals labelled as “foreign agents.”
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09:43
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg has sentenced 54-year-old Hieromonk Nikandr (Yevgeny Pinchuk) to seven years in a general regime penal colony under charges of rehabilitating Nazism and making public calls for extremism. According to investigators, he posted comments in Telegram channels supporting General Vlasov and discussed conflicts with migrants using offensive language.
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09:42
In the Chelyabinsk region, a criminal case has been opened against Yevgeny Krotenko, who has been designated a foreign agent, under the article on violating the regulations governing the activities of a foreign agent (Part 2, Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, from October 2025 to February 2026, he published materials on his Telegram channel without the required labelling.
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09:41
A criminal case has been opened in Penza region against a local resident under the article on public calls for extremist activity (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to law enforcement, the young man allegedly posted materials online calling for violent actions against Russian military personnel.
09:18
A criminal case for large-scale fraud has been opened against staff members of Boris Nadezhdin’s campaign team over the transfer of funds from his election account to the accounts of sole proprietors and private individuals. Nadezhdin, who is currently in Paris, said that he was unaware of the initiation of such a case.
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09:18
Boris Nadezhdin has filed a lawsuit demanding that the Justice Ministry’s decision to add him to the register of foreign agents be declared unlawful and that he be removed from the list. The politician believes that the foreign agent status restricted his political activity and was connected to the State Duma elections.
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13.10.2026
21:13
The human rights project 'Idite Lesom' has reported two cases of conscripts being detained in Moscow—according to their relatives, the young people were grabbed in the street and near the metro and taken to distribution centres. In one case, the conscript had a medical exemption, while in the other, the young man had not responded to a draft notice since February.
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20:41
The Supreme Court has rejected Artyom Klyga, head of the legal department of the Conscious Objectors Movement, in his lawsuit challenging his “foreign agent” status. The court’s decision states that the grounds for Klyga’s inclusion in the register were his residence in Germany and the publication of materials containing political information.
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20:29
In the “Luhansk People’s Republic” (LNR), a woman has been detained on suspicion of financing terrorism. According to investigators, she allegedly transferred digital currency to a Ukrainian nationalist organisation via channels in a messenger app. A case has been opened under Article 205.1, part 1.1, of the Criminal Code.