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Today
13:27
At the Botkin Hospital in Moscow, 52-year-old production designer Aleksandr Kondratov has died. He was hospitalised from pre-trial detention on 23 October. Kondratov was detained in May at Vnukovo airport, and a criminal case was opened against him over six online publications, according to his lawyer.
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14:47
On 18 September, the Blagoveshchensk Garrison Military Court sentenced 26-year-old soldier Yegor Zazulya to a year and a half in prison on charges of “military fakes”; his total sentence, taking into account a previous conviction, amounts to 14 years’ imprisonment. Earlier, Zazulya had been found guilty of preparing for high treason, participating in a terrorist organisation, disobeying an order and assisting terrorism. He was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list.
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14:24
Alexander Skobov is being held in solitary confinement until 30 October, and on 23 October his lawyer was not allowed to see him due to the arrival of a commission from Moscow. Skobov was sentenced to 16 years in prison on charges of condoning terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.
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14:18
A court in the Samara region, a large area on the Volga River, has fined Tsargrad journalist Vadim Afanasyev 70,000 rubles (US$770) under the article on abuse of the freedom of mass information (part 9, article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was his post featuring an AI-generated photograph of Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishev with alcohol and a statement about an unfulfilled promise to renew the composition of the regional parliament.
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13:27
At the Botkin Hospital in Moscow, 52-year-old production designer Aleksandr Kondratov has died. He was hospitalised from pre-trial detention on 23 October. Kondratov was detained in May at Vnukovo airport, and a criminal case was opened against him over six online publications, according to his lawyer.
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13:27
The Tushinsky court in Moscow has issued 94 fines of 1,000 roubles (US$11) each to a local resident for publishing banned Nazi symbols on social media in 2011–2012. The man admitted guilt; dozens of swastika images, Third Reich emblems, runes and other such symbols were found on his page.
12:39
In Tver, Tatyana Dzhinchveladze held a solo picket outside the Presidential Reception Office for Tver Region with a placard reading: “Freedom for all political prisoners. Freedom for Shestun.” The action was held in support of convicted activist Aleksandr Shestun.
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10:47
The judge in Ilya Vasilyev’s appeal case accused the defence lawyer, who went on sick leave due to a head injury, of improper conduct, but agreed to postpone the hearing. Vasilyev’s mother said she has not been able to speak with her son by phone, even though he requested permission to make calls back in August.
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10:28
The Arkharinsky District Court fined Afanasyev A. A. 30,000 rubles (approx. US$330) for posts in a Telegram channel without the required “foreign agent” label (part 5 of article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). According to the court, they disseminated materials from an organisation listed as a foreign agent without including the mandatory notice.
10:19
The FSB has reported the detention of two individuals from the South Caucasus, who are accused of preparing an attack on elements of Moscow’s missile defence system and an energy facility, allegedly on the orders of a Ukrainian security service. According to the FSB, they collected FPV drones and bomb components in the Kaluga and Smolensk regions and were planning to launch the drones from the Moscow region, after which they were to be operated from Ukrainian territory.
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10:18
In Moscow, a court has remanded 31-year-old Maria Davydova, the mother of eight children, in pre-trial detention on charges of financing terrorism (Article 205.1, Part 1.1 of the Criminal Code). The case was initiated on 2 July 2026, and the woman is accused of financing terrorist activities.
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09:43
A criminal case has been opened against Nikita Parmenov, the editor-in-chief of “Pepl” in Belgorod, under the charge of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the local office of the Federal Security Service (FSB), he publicly supported organisations that are designated as “terrorist” in Russia.
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09:35
Judge Yulia Lobanova of the Leninsky District Court in Yekaterinburg has once again fined poet and rapper Naum Blik (Dmitry Iordatyi) 14,000 roubles (approximately US$155) under charges of participating in the activities of an ‘undesirable organisation’ over four links to videos from Dozhd TV channel. Previously, this decision was overturned by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, but on 26 October Lobanova imposed the same fine again.
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08:22
The Yekaterinburg-based outlet Znak.com has resumed operations after shutting down on 4 March 2022 due to laws on military censorship. Currently, only international news is being published on the website.
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20:17
In Vladimir, a human rights organisation that had been helping residents of the region avoid being sent to the so-called “special military operation” has ceased its activities. Lawyer Irina Emanuel stated that she is now the only remaining member of the original team, and the organisation has now become a one-person operation.
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20:00
In September, a court in annexed Crimea fined Anatoly Ryabushko, a resident of Alushta—a Black Sea resort city in Crimea—30,000 roubles (US$325) on charges of “discrediting” the army following an argument with a neighbour who is a volunteer. According to the neighbour, Ryabushko made remarks about the war and Crimea during the conflict, but Ryabushko denies this and considers the accusations to be slander.
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18:40
Saxophonist Andrei Shabanov, who is serving a six-year sentence on charges of inciting terrorism, is undergoing treatment in the colony’s medical unit and continues to work daily as a cleaner. His mother reports that Shabanov is not being given warm gloves or a fridge, so he stores his food on the windowsill.
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18:19
In Chelyabinsk region, 19-year-old Stanislav Zh. was arrested for three days on charges of displaying extremist symbols. According to investigators, he drew a pentagram on the floor of a vacant building in order to scare passers-by, and the court ruled that the drawing was a symbol of the “International Satanist Movement.”
17:50
On 8 October, a court in Khabarovsk, a major city in Russia’s Far East, sentenced missionary Park Tae-yeon from South Korea to five years and eight months in prison on charges of organising the illegal entry of foreigners and fictitious registration (paragraph “a” of part 2 of Article 322.1 and Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code). According to law enforcement authorities, Park Tae-yeon was involved in organising the arrival of missionaries and holding events for minors.
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15:31
Lawyer Roman Melnichenko said that after being arrested in July for a repeated “discrediting” of the Russian army, he spent more than a month in solitary confinement in Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 5 in the city of Leninsk, Volgograd region (a city in southern Russia), without access to hygiene products, clean water or medical care. According to him, he had to sleep without a blanket, drink tap water, endure the cold and isolation, and spend several hours in a cramped metal box during transfers.
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14:07
Igor Lyakhovets, a former police lieutenant colonel and the last remaining defendant imprisoned in the case of drugs being planted on Ivan Golunov, has had the remainder of his sentence replaced with compulsory labour. Previously, the other individuals convicted in this case also had their punishment changed to compulsory labour.
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