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14.10.2026
10:09
The Moscow City Court has upheld a fine of 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,300) issued to the Foundation “For the Protection of Prisoners’ Rights” for violating regulations on the activities of “foreign agents” (Part 2 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Offences Code). The organisation’s appeal was dismissed.
09:48
The Eighth Court of Cassation in Kemerovo rejected the appeal by Novosibirsk activist Roman Malozemov against being included in the list of persons affiliated with “foreign agents.” The Ministry of Justice explained in court that the reasons were raising money to help prisoners, collecting signatures in support of Boris Nadezhdin’s nomination, and photographs with members of the “NSK Coalition 2020” and other individuals labelled as “foreign agents.”
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09:43
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg has sentenced 54-year-old Hieromonk Nikandr (Yevgeny Pinchuk) to seven years in a general regime penal colony under charges of rehabilitating Nazism and making public calls for extremism. According to investigators, he posted comments in Telegram channels supporting General Vlasov and discussed conflicts with migrants using offensive language.
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09:42
In the Chelyabinsk region, a criminal case has been opened against Yevgeny Krotenko, who has been designated a foreign agent, under the article on violating the regulations governing the activities of a foreign agent (Part 2, Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, from October 2025 to February 2026, he published materials on his Telegram channel without the required labelling.
Persons
09:41
A criminal case has been opened in Penza region against a local resident under the article on public calls for extremist activity (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to law enforcement, the young man allegedly posted materials online calling for violent actions against Russian military personnel.
09:18
A criminal case for large-scale fraud has been opened against staff members of Boris Nadezhdin’s campaign team over the transfer of funds from his election account to the accounts of sole proprietors and private individuals. Nadezhdin, who is currently in Paris, said that he was unaware of the initiation of such a case.
Persons
09:18
Boris Nadezhdin has filed a lawsuit demanding that the Justice Ministry’s decision to add him to the register of foreign agents be declared unlawful and that he be removed from the list. The politician believes that the foreign agent status restricted his political activity and was connected to the State Duma elections.
Persons
13.10.2026
16:32
The court has fined Katerina Silvanova, one of the authors of the book Summer in a Pioneer Tie, 200,000 rubles (approximately US$2,200) for “LGBT propaganda” because of a Valentine’s Day greeting on her Telegram channel. According to Roskomnadzor, the channel’s posts allegedly contained signs of promoting non-traditional relationships.
Persons
16:19
A woman from Khanty-Mansiysk, a city in Western Siberia, has been fined 90,000 roubles (approximately US$970) in three cases of petty hooliganism (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Offences Code) for posting insulting comments about the president on Telegram in 2022–2023. She admitted guilt and expressed remorse, according to the press service of the courts of Yugra.
16:19
A second-year student at the Customs Academy from Uzbekistan has been charged under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (section “b,” part 1, article 282 of the Criminal Code) for posting materials online that called for violence against Russians. A criminal case has been opened against them.
15:17
In the village of Yudino in Odintsovsky District, at polling station 3962 during the vote count, according to activist Vadim Makarov and the Telegram channel “Observers at Elections in Moscow Region,” commission members carried out 7 ballot stuffing incidents involving around 2,000 ballots. Local residents and observers recorded video of what was happening, filed a statement with the Investigative Committee and appealed to the court demanding the results be declared invalid.
15:17
A court in Perm, a major city in the Urals, fined observer Aleksey Ogloblin 2,000 roubles (approximately US$22) for refusing to stand away from the ballot box during the elections on 19 September. He was found guilty of interfering with the work of the election commission (Article 5.69 of the Administrative Offences Code) following a statement by the chair of the commission, Oksana Antonova.
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15:17
The Leninsky District Court of Izhevsk sentenced a 69-year-old local woman to a one-year suspended sentence in a case concerning the financing of an “undesirable” organisation. According to investigators, from December 2022 to March 2024, she transferred 183,000 rubles (approximately US$2,000) to the Ukrainian Pentecostal church “Revival” and a foundation of the same name.
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15:17
A court in Kotlas, a town in northern Russia, sentenced an 18-year-old resident to 15 years in prison and a fine of 400,000 rubles (approximately US$4,400), while a 16-year-old was given 5 years in a juvenile correctional facility on charges of participating in the activities of an international terrorist organisation, involving a minor, and vandalism. According to investigators, in 2024–2025 the adult convicted individual involved an acquaintance in the activities of the banned organisation; together, they also damaged street surveillance cameras.
15:16
The Kherson Regional Court, established by the Russian authorities in the occupied territory of Ukraine, has sentenced a 55-year-old resident of the Hornostaivka district to 14 years in prison on charges of state treason. According to the prosecution, they transferred more than four thousand roubles (about US$45) to an account raising funds for Ukrainian soldiers; they were also fined 300,000 roubles (about US$3,400) and sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.
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15:16
A criminal case has been opened in Stavropol Krai against a 19-year-old resident of the village of Oktyabrsky under the article on public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in November 2024, they posted an audio recording on social media justifying violent terrorist actions.
13:41
A court in St Petersburg has sentenced 34-year-old Artyom Guselnikov in absentia to a fine of 1,300,000 roubles (approximately US$14,000) under the law on military “fake news,” over a VKontakte post about people killed following a Russian strike on Sumy. Guselnikov was arrested in absentia on 7 May 2026 and is currently outside Russia.
Persons
12:47
The Second Court of Cassation in Moscow has rejected the appeal against the sentence of stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin, who was sentenced to 5 years and 9 months on charges of inciting hatred and insulting the feelings of believers. Ostanin was accused over jokes about a man with a disability and about religion; in court, he maintained his innocence.
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11:59
The Moscow City Court rejected Yaroslav Polyakov’s appeal in just four minutes; he had been detained on 29 March with a Russian flag at Bolotnaya Square. Judge Alesya Orekhova did not allow Polyakov or his defence team to speak and upheld the decision of the Ostankinsky Court.
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11:34
The security forces have detained a Russian woman who, according to them, was recruited by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022 to carry out a drone attack on the Baltimor military airfield in Voronezh, a major city in south-western Russia. According to investigators, the woman rented a garage, prepared nine drones with explosives and the means to control them, but did not manage to carry out the attack.