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02.09.2026
20:50
The Kurgan Regional Court sentenced Natalia Kalashnikova to 300 hours of community service under Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code. According to investigators, on 19 May 2026 she publicly desecrated a symbol of military glory at the Eternal Flame in Kurgan, a major city in the Urals.
20:50
The Nalchik City Court has fined Alim Pshigotishev 2,000 roubles (approx. US$22) under the article on mass distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Offences Code). The reason was the posting of a link to the website of the 'Circassian Cultural Centre' in Georgia, which had previously been designated as an extremist organisation.
20:49
On 1 September 2026, the St Petersburg City Court reduced the sentences of Anna Panteleeva, Sergei Evstyukhin, Kristina Rozhkova and Yaroslava Gumennaia in the case concerning a photoshoot at a cemetery. They were released from punishment under the article on offending the feelings of religious believers due to the statute of limitations expiring, and the length of their suspended sentences for desecrating burial sites was reduced.
20:49
On 31 August, the Bilibino District Court in Chukotka sentenced 35-year-old Maria Karyanova to a fine of 300,000 rubles (approximately US$3,200) under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2021, she twice transferred money to the account of an organisation designated as extremist.
20:49
The Petrozavodsk City Court has fined 32-year-old Jehovah’s Witness Aleksey Timofeyev 500,000 roubles (US$5,400) under the article on organising the activities of an extremist organisation (Part 1, Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, from August 2017 to April 2024, Timofeyev held meetings, recruited new members and collected funds for the religious organisation.
20:49
On 20 August, the Kumertau Interdistrict Court in the village of Yermolayevo fined individual entrepreneur Rishat Abubakirov 1,000 roubles (about US$11) under the article on mass distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Offences Code). According to the prosecutor’s office, he sold a banned Jehovah’s Witnesses book on a marketplace, and the court ordered the book to be confiscated.
19:15
The Central District Court of Volgograd has fined activist Natalya Kuzmina 20,000 roubles (approximately US$220) for organising an unauthorised rally. According to Kuzmina, she was only trying to record a video appeal to Alexander Bastrykin about the petrol situation in the region.
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18:04
The Pskov Regional Court has refused to remove the Rodina party from the election, despite concerns over the authenticity of candidates’ signatures. On 25 August, the same court removed the Yabloko party list from the election following a suit by Rodina, due to the absence of a seal on a power of attorney.
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18:03
In Oryol, an investigation has been completed in the criminal case against a local resident who is accused of inciting terrorism, fomenting hatred and spreading false information about the Russian army. According to the investigation, he posted the relevant material in messenger apps in the summer, autumn, and December of 2025.
18:03
Nikolai Bondarenko, a candidate for the State Duma from Perm Krai, said he would appeal his removal from the election. Earlier, he was fined 1,000 roubles (US$11) for “displaying extremist symbols” because of a photo of Navalny, which led to him losing the right to participate in the election.
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18:02
The 2nd Eastern District Military Court has received a case against 39-year-old Kirill Sedykh, who is accused of state treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Sedykh was added to the Rosfinmonitoring register in September 2025, but details of the case are unknown.
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18:02
The electoral commission of the Leninsky district has filed a complaint against the court’s decision, which found the refusal to register Ogloblin as a candidate for the City Duma to be unlawful. Ogloblin is also challenging the repeated refusal of his registration over a “correction” in one signature.
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18:01
The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze for allegedly failing to fulfil the obligations of a “foreign agent.” The authorities claim that she repeatedly breached these obligations after being added to the Ministry of Justice register.
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17:01
A court in Moscow has fined Aleksandr Gerasimov for chanting the phrase “AFU f*ck the Russian Federation” at the entrance to MCD-3. He was found guilty of discrediting the army.
16:33
The Yabloko party has filed appeals against court decisions to remove its candidate lists from the elections to the Legislative Assemblies in Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk regions. In Kaliningrad, a major city on the Baltic Sea, the appeal was filed by lawyer Roman Morozov; in Sverdlovsk region, located in the Urals, the appeal was filed by legal expert Yaroslav Shcherbakov.
16:01
In Krasnoyarsk Krai, a region in Siberia, the investigation has been completed in the case of a 15-year-old girl accused of attempted terrorist attack and undergoing training to commit a terrorist attack. According to the investigation, she agreed to set fire to a relay cabinet at a transport infrastructure facility on the instructions of a handler from abroad, but the fire did not occur.
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14:20
The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Maksim Artemov, who holds citizenship of both Russia and Sweden, to 14 years in a high-security penal colony on charges of treason; this decision was later upheld by the Third Court of Appeal. According to the FSB, in 2024 Artemov transferred money to a Ukrainian soldier. He was detained on 18 December 2024 at Sochi airport, after which he was repeatedly given administrative arrests for disobeying the police.
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14:20
In Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, a criminal case on terrorism charges has been opened against 16-year-old school student Vitalina Prening. On 10 August, she was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list. According to Mediazona, she is accused of preparing a terrorist attack, participating in a terrorist organisation and training for terrorism. The case has already been sent to the district military court.
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14:20
The Savelovsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced political analyst Maria Snegovaya in absentia to seven years in a penal colony on charges of spreading “fake news” about the army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The case was initiated over Snegovaya sharing a NEXTA publication in her Telegram channel about a Russian drone in Kharkiv.
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14:19
In Sevastopol, a criminal case has been opened against a 22-year-old local resident under the article on insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1, Article 148 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, they posted material on VKontakte aimed at insulting the feelings of Christians.