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16:35
The Kirovsky District Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of human rights defender Viktor Grigorov, who is accused of using violence against investigators at a court and at the Investigative Committee office in Irkutsk, a major city in Siberia. The court also ordered that he be held in custody for two months from the moment of his arrest.
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07:06
In Zeya, a criminal case has been opened against a local resident under the article on the promotion or public display of symbols of extremist organisations (Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man posted a comment in a messenger app containing banned symbols, and had previously faced administrative charges for a similar offence.
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22:04
In Moscow, a magistrate received a report on “LGBT propaganda” among children (Part 4, Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code) against the poet Alla Gutnikova. The poet openly states that she is bisexual.
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22:04
The Tagansky District Court of Moscow has ordered journalists Maria Pevchikh, Irina Alleman, Sergei Yezhov, and human rights defender Olga Romanova to pay Oleg Deripaska 40 million roubles (approximately US$445,000) in compensation for moral damage over a video published on the “Navalny Live” YouTube channel. The court also ruled that the video must be deleted and a retraction published.
21:02
A resident of the Tula region has been sentenced to 30 hours of mandatory community service in an administrative case for posting an extremist comment on social media addressed to law enforcement officers. According to the authorities, the man left an offensive remark under a news story about a police competition in the Tula region, which they say was degrading to their dignity.
20:35
The Tyumen branch of the “Rassvet” party has cancelled a community clean-up event scheduled for the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Repression, citing pressure from law enforcement on the party secretary. Activists had planned to prepare a public square for 30 October.
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20:10
The Oktyabrsky District Court of Orsk found activist Sergei Prosvirnin guilty of organising the activities of an extremist organisation (Part 1, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and fined him 700,000 roubles (approximately US$7,800). He was also banned from administering websites for three years.
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20:10
The Dzerzhinsky District Court in Volgograd has received a case against 67-year-old activist Stepan Golich, accused of spreading military “fake news” out of political hatred. The court sent Golich to a pre-trial detention centre; he faces three charges over posts on social media, his lawyer Dmitry Nesterenko reported.
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20:10
A resident of Penza reported that three men came to his home, one of whom was in uniform and armed, and demanded that he go with them to the military enlistment office without showing any identification; when a police officer arrived, he said they were FSB officers and also suggested the man go with them, but the man refused. According to the New Alternative Route project, this is already the second incident involving the 'Russian Community', in which unidentified people have attempted to take residents of Penza from their homes.
20:09
The Ministry of Justice has added Mikhail Kurnikov, Ekaterina Shuvalova, the project “BEYOND PROPAGANDA,” the project “Political Space. Novosibirsk” (in Novosibirsk, a large city in Siberia), Mavi Group LLC, and the International Union of German Culture association to the register of “foreign agents.” Information about the new “foreign agents” was published on 23 October.
17:55
The Moscow Regional Court has sentenced former VimpelCom employee Dmitry Paramonov to 15 years in a high-security penal colony and a fine of 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,300) on charges of state treason. According to investigators, Paramonov provided financial assistance to a foreign state and, when detained, according to the court, attacked FSB officers; he did not admit guilt.
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17:29
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added 12 people, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Ekaterina Schulmann, Yevgeny Chichvarkin and Michael Naki, to the register of citizens abroad against whom court decisions in criminal or administrative cases have entered into force. Those included in the list face restrictions on access to public services and notaries in Russia, registration as self-employed, real estate and vehicle transactions, and their financial assets are frozen.
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17:12
A 17-year-old resident of Suvorov, in the Tula region south of Moscow, has been fined under the article on displaying prohibited symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for posting a comment with the slogan of an extremist organisation in a gaming chat. In court, the young person stated that they had posted the message as a joke.
16:35
The Kirovsky District Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of human rights defender Viktor Grigorov, who is accused of using violence against investigators at a court and at the Investigative Committee office in Irkutsk, a major city in Siberia. The court also ordered that he be held in custody for two months from the moment of his arrest.
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16:35
Vladimir Zhuravlyov, a 66-year-old local historian from Lomonosov, was sentenced to three years in prison for anti-war posts he made on VKontakte in 2022. The court found him guilty of spreading military “fakes” over publications about Russian army losses and events in Ukraine.
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15:50
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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14:12
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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