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31.08.2026
21:04
In St Petersburg, “special military operation” veteran Andrey Kazanin filed a complaint against Yabloko candidate Dmitry Khorzov over the phrase “I am the only candidate for peace,” claiming it discredits the army and calls for violating territorial integrity. Yabloko stated that they disagree with this interpretation and do not understand why the electoral commission should consider the complaint.
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20:05
The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan has removed Alexey Akimenko, a candidate from the Yabloko party, from the State Duma elections following a lawsuit by Konstantin Shagimuradov, the former head of A Just Russia, who claimed that Akimenko had administered a group featuring banned symbols. This is already the third case today where a court has removed a Yabloko single-mandate candidate from the election.
19:31
On 16 July, the Oktyabrsky District Court in Ivanovo placed 29-year-old Mikhail Bobrov in a pre-trial detention centre (SIZO) on charges of financing terrorism, due to money transfers to the “Artpodgotovka” movement. According to the defence, in April 2023, Bobrov sent 100 rubles (about US$1) to “Artpodgotovka” for the opportunity to comment, and the case mentions at least 18 further transfers of between 200 and 300 rubles (about US$2–3).
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19:31
On 31 August, the Tula Regional Court barred Anton Paramonov, leader of the Tula branch of Yabloko, from standing in the State Duma elections, following a lawsuit by a candidate from the Party of Pensioners, who alleged he owned foreign securities. Earlier that day, in Kazan, a major city in Tatarstan, Yabloko candidate Ayrat Gumerbaev was similarly disqualified from the election for comparable reasons.
19:30
The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan has disqualified Yabloko candidate Aleksei Akimenko from the elections following a lawsuit filed by the Rodina party. The claimant argued that hyperlinks to Meta social networks had been posted in a public page moderated by Akimenko, which was deemed as distributing banned symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code).
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19:03
The Meshchansky District Court in Moscow has sentenced activist Sergei Demin to 15 days' detention following his arrest at the Solovetsky Stone, under a charge of disobeying the police. Demin did not admit guilt, and the court refused to summon law enforcement officers or request video footage from the police station.
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18:23
On 31 August, the Leningrad Regional Court allowed Ilshat Nafikov, the Communist Party (KPRF) candidate, to remain registered in the upcoming regional Legislative Assembly elections. His opponent, Viktor Belousov, had demanded that Nafikov be disqualified due to the distribution of leaflets, but the court rejected this claim.
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18:11
On 4 August, a court in St Petersburg fined feminist activist and artist Darya Apakhonchich 150,000 roubles (US$1,600) under the article for failure to fulfil the obligations of a foreign agent (Part 2, Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). Apakhonchich stated that she did not know about the criminal case or the court hearing, and her lawyer was also unaware of the proceedings.
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17:52
On 10 August at Sochi airport, Russian law enforcement detained 28-year-old Ilya Chertov, a Jehovah’s Witness from Crimea. He was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation, and on 21 August a court placed him under house arrest.
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17:21
A criminal case has been opened against 18-year-old Saveliy Osipov from the Moscow region for possession of explosive devices. He was detained after appearing in an FSB video about an allegedly foiled assassination attempt on the leadership of Roskomnadzor. According to investigators, he picked up two explosive devices in a park on the instructions of a user named Rein. However, a source for Verstka claims that a grenade may have been planted on Osipov during the search.
17:00
Lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov reported that Roman Melnychenko, who is accused of repeated “discrediting” of the army, is being held in a solitary cell at Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 5 in Leninsk, a town in the Volgograd region, without necessary medical assistance and is suffering from the cold due to open windows. According to the lawyer, Melnychenko’s chronic illnesses have worsened; he was not given clothing or parcels, but after a complaint was made, food, clothing, and letters were delivered to him.
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SOTAvision
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16:50
The Moscow City Election Commission has banned the Moscow Mayor’s Office media outlets from airing campaign videos by the Yabloko party calling for peace. According to candidate Maksim Makarov, the commission deemed these videos to be in violation of election law.
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16:14
The Basmanny Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office in Moscow has acknowledged violations during the detention of teenagers in the Kitay-gorod area on 3–4 July. Following an investigation, a prosecutor’s submission was made to the head of the Basmanny district police department.
15:59
A court in Moscow has sentenced Zaur Murtuzov and Darya Petrochenko to five years in a penal colony for their alleged involvement with Jehovah’s Witnesses. Liliyana Korol, Larisa Kisluya and Oksana Ivanova were sentenced to four years of forced labour, and Tatyana Levitskaya to three years and eight months of forced labour.
15:39
The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan has upheld fines against the NGO “Free Media” and its editor-in-chief under the article on demonstrating prohibited symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code)—30,000 roubles (about US$330) and 2,000 roubles (about US$22). According to the court, in March 2021, materials featuring the symbols of a banned organisation were published on a video hosting platform, and in 2026 the prohibited content was not removed.
15:27
The Supreme Court of Tatarstan has removed Ayrat Gumerbayev, a candidate from the Yabloko party, from the register for the State Duma elections in the Naberezhnye Chelny constituency. The reason was that he owned foreign securities, which he was unable to dispose of due to sanctions.
14:29
The administration of the Moscow campus of the Higher School of Economics has moved all organisational communications with student groups to the “Max” platform. In spring 2024, Vice-Rector Dmitry Zemtsev signed an order to dissolve the Student Council, and later the administration demanded that information about the activities of student groups be published only on platforms controlled by the university.
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14:13
The Orenburg Regional Court will hear appeals on 8 September against the sentences handed down to Vyacheslav Khasanov, Alexander Klimov and Diana Kamilyanova in the case concerning the creation of the Pose LGBT club. On 29 June, they were sentenced to between 2 years 3 months and 7 years in a general-regime penal colony and were banned from working in the entertainment sector.
13:11
The Kuybyshevsky District Court in St Petersburg has begun hearing the case of “repeat discrediting” of the army (Part 2, Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against Ariadna Litvinova, a former police college student who was deported from Türkiye. According to investigators, on 24 February 2025, Litvinova wrote “Murderers! Peace to Ukraine” on the structures of a pro-war exhibition in St Petersburg. She admits to making the inscriptions, but does not agree with the charge of “discrediting” the army.
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12:33
In Volgograd, an activist, Natalya Kuzmina, was detained after she initiated a video appeal to Alexander Bastrykin regarding the petrol situation in the city. According to Sergey Ostrovsky, police escorted Kuzmina out of the Volgograd Regional Court building, citing Article 20.2 of the Administrative Offences Code concerning violations of the rules for organising gatherings.