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Today
15:05
Valery Kachin, who was convicted of “treason,” has ended his dry hunger strike after spending 17 days in solitary confinement. He reported that during the 3.5 days of his hunger strike from 18 to 21 October, he lost 9 kilograms and his condition worsened.
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15:43
The Ministry of Justice has declared Boris Nadezhdin a “foreign agent” due to his participation in interviews with independent media, sharing links, and making public statements about the elections and criticising the authorities, although there is no evidence of foreign funding in the case. Nadezhdin is attempting to challenge the decision, with the next court hearing scheduled for 3 November.
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15:41
Vladimir Serebrovsky, author of the Telegram channel Rotten Kepken, was fined 30,000 roubles (approximately US$340) under the article on “discrediting” the army. The protocol was reviewed by Judge Elena Khabarova; Serebrovsky himself did not attend the session, as on 20 October the Dzerzhinsky District Court had sent him to a pre-trial detention centre in connection with another case.
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15:05
Valery Kachin, who was convicted of “treason,” has ended his dry hunger strike after spending 17 days in solitary confinement. He reported that during the 3.5 days of his hunger strike from 18 to 21 October, he lost 9 kilograms and his condition worsened.
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15:01
Ivan Kudryashov, who is currently being held in pre-trial detention centre No. 1 in Tver, has been charged in a new criminal case under the article on justification of terrorism. According to investigators, in February he read out an anti-war text in the education office of Penal Colony No. 1, which, according to the FSB, contained statements in support of sabotage against Russian military facilities.
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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
The Lefortovo Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office in Moscow has called for a criminal case to be opened against human rights defender Anna Karetnikova under charges related to violating “foreign agent” requirements and participating in the activities of an “extremist” organisation. According to the prosecutor’s office, Karetnikova published materials outside Russia without the required labelling and assisted the work of an organisation designated as extremist.
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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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