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Today
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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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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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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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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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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22:48
The Ministry of Justice has added the Tbilisi-based space Frame, as well as the Moldova-Institut Leipzig and the RAAM Foundation, to the list of “undesirable organisations.” The Prosecutor General’s Office decided to ban Frame on 29 September, which means that distributing materials or participating in the organisation’s activities may now lead to prosecution.
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18:27
Blogger Ilya Remeslo, who is accused of spreading fake news about the Russian army motivated by political hatred (part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), has been transferred to St Petersburg. The Moscow City Court has returned the appeal materials regarding the extension of Remeslo’s detention to the court of first instance for consideration with his participation.
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ЗАКС.Ру
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17:41
On 14 October in Leningrad Region, FSB officers searched the home of Angela Donskaya, secretary of the Vyborg district branch of the Communist Party. They confiscated her phone and drew up a report. According to the official statement, Donskaya is suspected of distributing materials which, in the investigators’ view, discredit the army and could lead to mass disorder.
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RusNews
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17:05
In Ufa, a major city in the Urals, the portrait of singer Zemfira and lyrics from her songs were painted over on the building where she lived in her youth, following an order from the prosecutor’s office after a complaint by Sergey Zaitsev, head of the “Call of the People” movement. In place of the original image, the artist painted an evening landscape, and local residents had mixed reactions to the changes.
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16:28
The Kirovsky District Court in Irkutsk, a major city in Siberia, has remanded 42-year-old Konstantin Styazhkin and 51-year-old Alexander Styazhkin in custody on charges of justifying terrorism using information and telecommunications networks (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). Konstantin was detained on 4 September, and Alexander on 12 September. The details of the case remain unknown.
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16:28
Kamilla Fetiskina and Darya Korolkova have been released from the Sakharovo detention centre after serving 10 days’ arrest for taking part in a march to the memorial for victims of the shooting at the House of Soviets in Moscow. The court ordered the arrest on 6 October; another detainee, Vladimir Bodyashkin, was sentenced to 15 days, while the others were fined.
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