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18:59
A criminal case has been opened against Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens for inciting hatred with threats of violence (subparagraph “a” of part 2, article 282 of the Criminal Code) over a question he addressed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference in Serbia. The Basmanny Court has ordered the journalist’s arrest in absentia, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed him on the wanted list.
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A resident of Labinsk, a city in southern Russia, has been charged with hooliganism motivated by hatred (item “b” part 1 article 213 of the Criminal Code) for playing loud music near a café hosting a wake for someone who died in the war in Ukraine. The man has been placed in a pre-trial detention centre, where he remains.
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The Dorogomilovsky District Court in Moscow fined businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin 50,000 roubles (approximately US$550) under the article concerning violations of the regulations for the activities of a ‘foreign agent’ (Part 2, Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In February, this same court sentenced Chichvarkin in absentia to nine years in a penal colony and banned him from administering websites for four years and eleven months.
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14:03
A magistrate’s court has fined elderly sports veteran Alexey Sadovnikov 5,000 roubles (about US$55) for wearing a jacket featuring the “People’s Candidate Filippov” symbols along with the hammer and sickle. The fine was issued following a complaint by Alexander Ivanov, head of the Morgaušsky district, which was filed during the September elections.
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13:46
The Kostroma District Court fined Vyacheslav, a second-year student at the Kostroma College of Trade and Catering, 1,000 roubles (approximately US$11) for using a profile picture with Navalny’s portrait on VKontakte. According to the court, the photo was deemed a display of symbols associated with the activities of the “Anti-Corruption Foundation” and was publicly visible on the student’s page from 10 August to 17 September 2026.
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12:32
A criminal case has been opened against Yevgeny Skobkarev from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, under the article on justifying terrorism on the internet. The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has overturned the decision on house arrest and sent the issue of the preventive measure for reconsideration.
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11:38
A protocol was drawn up against Dmitry Khorzov, a candidate from the Yabloko party, over a campaign poster which, according to an expert, contained public actions aimed at discrediting the army. The protocol was submitted to the court in mid-October following a statement from a participant in the “special military operation.”
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11:10
Former Yekaterinburg city council deputy Alexey Kholodaryev has been released from the detention centre after serving a ten-day arrest for displaying extremist symbols due to a post featuring the film “He Is Not Dimon to You” and the Anti-Corruption Foundation’s symbols on Facebook. In 2022, he was already arrested for 14 days for publishing the same film on VKontakte.
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10:27
Maxim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Yabloko party, has been transferred to a penal colony after spending a year in the Butyrka pre-trial detention centre. In June, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Kruglov to seven years in a colony under the article on “spreading fakes about the army” over his posts about Bucha and Mariupol; the appeal upheld the sentence.
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10:17
Maxim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Yabloko party, has been transferred from Butyrka, a pre-trial detention centre in Moscow, to a general regime penal colony. In June 2026, Kruglov was sentenced to seven years in a penal colony and banned from administering websites under the article on “spreading information about the Russian Armed Forces,” due to two posts on Telegram.
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09:09
Venera N. from Novokuznetsk, a major city in Siberia, was fined 10,000 rubles (approx. US$110) for a comment under a news story in which she insulted deputy Vladimir Plyakin. The record for inciting hatred (article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) was drawn up two years after the message was posted.
06:27
In Tula Region, the Kimovsky District Court fined a 26-year-old resident of Kimovsk under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code for posting images featuring banned Nazi symbols on VKontakte. This included a “Black Sun” tattoo and photos with a swastika. The young man admitted guilt and was given an administrative fine.
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23:02
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced Yevgeny Butko, a 53-year-old resident of Krasnodar—a major city in southern Russia—to 20 years in prison on charges of state treason, justifying terrorism online, and financing terrorism. According to the prosecution, he supported the “Russian Volunteer Corps” and sent the unit cryptocurrency worth 3,144 rubles (approximately US$35).
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The Russian Ministry of Justice will create an open register of Russians living abroad who have been convicted in absentia by courts under criminal or “political” administrative articles. Those included in this list will be banned from obtaining new international passports, conducting property transactions in Russia, and accessing a range of government services.
21:25
The Ostankino District Court in Moscow has fined activist Natalya 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) under the article on violating the procedure for holding a public event, because she attended the court hearing in the Yabloko case on 17 August. According to her, prior to this, unknown individuals and an officer from Centre “E” came to her home, and the local police officer sent her a warning on Telegram.
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A court in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, sentenced former city council deputy Alexey Kholodarev to 10 days in detention for reposting the film “He Is Not Dimon to You” on Facebook in March 2017, even though he had previously been penalised for a similar post on VKontakte. On 22 October, Kholodarev was released after serving his detention.
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19:05
Mikhail Kriger, who has been convicted in cases of “justifying terrorism” and “calling for extremism,” received a parcel containing 3 kilogrammes of sweets at the penal colony, which prevented his family from sending him a main package. Left-wing activist Dmitry Morozov, who is being held in pre-trial detention on charges of drug possession, was sent 13 kilogrammes of salt, which he was unable to refuse.
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18:59
A criminal case has been opened against Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens for inciting hatred with threats of violence (subparagraph “a” of part 2, article 282 of the Criminal Code) over a question he addressed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference in Serbia. The Basmanny Court has ordered the journalist’s arrest in absentia, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed him on the wanted list.
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In Tyumen, a major city in western Siberia, officers from the Centre for Countering Extremism demanded that activist and local “Rassvet” party branch secretary Roman Pashayev attend a meeting, without explaining the reason for the summons. According to Pashayev, the call came after the party announced a community clean-up event to mark the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression.
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In Dagestan, for the first time a protocol has been drawn up for “searching for extremist materials”—on 20 October, the Tabasaran District Court registered a case against 40-year-old Zaur S. under Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences. According to media reports, Zaur previously worked in construction and practised mixed martial arts; the details of the accusation are unknown.
17:45
Prosecutors have requested a 7-year sentence for Vladimir Zhuravlyov from Lomonosov over a case concerning anti-war posts he made on VKontakte in April 2022. According to investigators, he wrote about Russian army losses and events in Bucha; Zhuravlyov admitted to publishing the posts but denied slandering the armed forces.
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