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26.10.2026
22:51
Alexander Kynev has gone on hunger strike in the “Medved” remand centre because he is unable to use the toilet due to having a cast on his broken leg. According to his lawyer, Kynev is being held in an overcrowded cell and is accused of attempting to sell drugs on a large scale (paragraph “g,” part 4, article 228.1 of the Criminal Code), but he has not admitted guilt.
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15:21
The Primorsky District Court of St Petersburg partly closed the hearing in the case of Ilya Remeslo, who is accused of spreading “fake news” about the army, in order to review documents concerning his personal life and health. After examining medical records, the audience was allowed back into the courtroom, and the judge suggested watching Remeslo’s interview with Ksenia Sobchak at accelerated speed.
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15:17
The Ipatovo District Court has sentenced a 64-year-old resident of the settlement of Vodny to two and a half years in a high-security penal colony and a fine of 150,000 roubles (about US$1,700) under charges of publicly displaying the symbols of an extremist organisation. According to investigators, on 1 August, the man displayed banned symbols in Kolkhoznika Park in Ipatovo, a town in the Stavropol region of southern Russia.
14:54
Alexander Kynev, who is currently held in Remand Prison No. 4 “Medved,” is refusing to eat because he cannot use the toilet due to a broken leg, but he has not officially declared a hunger strike—his lawyer has confirmed this. On 27 October, the Perovsky District Court in Moscow received a report on a violation of the regulations governing the activities of a “foreign agent,” prepared against Kynev.
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13:42
The Communists of Russia party was denied permission to hold a rally on 7 November at Lenin Square by the Finland Station. The head of the organisation, Sergey Malinkovich, said that the application was submitted on time, but was rejected on formal grounds.
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13:42
A court in Engels, a city in southern Russia, has fined Polytechnic College student Andrei Viktorov 30,000 rubles (approximately US$330) in a case concerning failure to report a planned terrorist attack. According to the prosecution, he did not inform the authorities about his acquaintance’s plans to set fire to relay cabinets on the railway in August 2025.
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12:05
In Alchevsk, a city in eastern Ukraine, a local resident was detained over a comment in a messenger app, which, according to the police, contained signs of inciting hatred and calls for violence against law enforcement officers. A criminal case was opened against the man under paragraph “b” of part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code, and he has been placed under a travel restriction order.
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МВД России
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10:37
The Soletsky District Court has remanded in custody a resident of the Batetsky District in the Novgorod region (north-western Russia), who is accused under articles relating to public incitement and justification of terrorism (part 2, article 205.2 and point “v” of part 2, article 354.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man posted online comments calling for violence and expressing negative views about the group “Russians.”
10:36
On 27 October, the Moskovsky District Court of St Petersburg fined former Yabloko deputy candidate Dmitry Khorzov 30,000 roubles (around US$320) under the article on “discrediting” the army. The case was initiated following his campaign leaflets, which were reported by Andrei Kazanin, a participant in the special military operation.
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09:22
A 57-year-old resident of Berezovsky was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months of compulsory labour on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities. According to investigators, from April 2020 to July 2026 the woman participated in the organisation’s work and distributed banned materials.
07:38
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in Komi has submitted a notification for a rally to be held on 7 November in Syktyvkar, following the new rules adopted by the State Council on 22 October. The event is planned to mark the anniversary of the October Revolution, discuss the election results, rising prices, and the criminal case against former deputy Oleg Mikhailov.
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26.10.2026
22:51
Alexander Kynev has gone on hunger strike in the “Medved” remand centre because he is unable to use the toilet due to having a cast on his broken leg. According to his lawyer, Kynev is being held in an overcrowded cell and is accused of attempting to sell drugs on a large scale (paragraph “g,” part 4, article 228.1 of the Criminal Code), but he has not admitted guilt.
22:21
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced 30-year-old Mikhail Bobrov from Ivanovo, a city northeast of Moscow, to eight and a half years’ imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 rubles (approx. US$3,200) in a case concerning donations to “Artpodgotovka.” Bobrov was found guilty of financing terrorism (part 1.1, article 205.1 of the Criminal Code); he will spend the first two years in prison and the remainder of the term in a high-security penal colony.
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21:40
On 20 October, Anton Kalakin was transferred from Penal Colony No. 14 in Angarsk—a city in Siberia—to the prison hospital at Penal Colony No. 6 in Irkutsk for surgery on his leg. However, instead of being placed in a ward, he was put in a medical isolation cell and his detention conditions were made stricter. According to his support group, this may be linked to the charge against Kalakin of publicly justifying “terrorism” (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code).
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21:39
Galina Umyarova, 60, who is being held in a pretrial detention centre on charges of “assisting terrorist activity” due to paid reactions in Telegram, is not receiving medical care despite suspected herpes meningitis and high blood pressure. According to her lawyer, Umyarova has not received any qualified medical assistance since her detention in the pretrial centre.
20:32
The Supreme Court upheld the sentence of Nikita Voitsekhovsky—9 years and 6 months in prison—refusing to further reduce his sentence or release him from liability. Voitsekhovsky confessed and testified against football fan Dmitry Ionov, who was also convicted in a case related to the RDK and sentenced to 13 years in prison.
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19:56
The “Ekaterinburg Politics Space” project has announced it is ceasing operations after a related project in Novosibirsk—a major city in Siberia—was designated a “foreign agent.” The organisers explained the decision by citing security concerns.
18:40
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced 49-year-old IT specialist Yuri Belenky to 13 years in a penal colony and fined him 500,000 rubles (about US$5,500) in a case concerning terrorism financing. According to the investigation, he was accused of making transfers to an account published by blogger Arkady Babchenko, and details of these transfers were provided by the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
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16:10
On 26 October, the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St Petersburg fined blogger Vladimir Serebrovsky 30,000 rubles (approximately US$330) under the article on disseminating information discrediting the use of the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code). Serebrovsky is also currently a suspect in a criminal case for publicly justifying terrorism (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code); he was detained on 18 October and sent to a pre-trial detention centre.
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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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