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04.09.2026
09:49
In Kostroma, a local advertising agency refused to display campaign banners for Yabloko candidate Andrei Tarasov due to a ban imposed by the mayor’s office, explaining that all available spaces were occupied with information about the “special military operation.” In Vladimir Region, the Election Commission asked the prosecutor’s office to check the campaign materials of Yabloko candidate Alexei Firsov for extremism, and during the review the distribution of the campaign has been suspended.
08:41
Journalist Andrey Kalitin has been fined 30,000 roubles (approximately US$330) under the article on misuse of media freedom (Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a post about losses and captured soldiers in the Russian Armed Forces. The authorities claimed that he published false information and did not request clarification from the Ministry of Defence.
08:23
Community activist and former deputy Artyom Ananyev spoke about spending six months in a pre-trial detention centre in connection with the shooting incident at Blue Lake near Ufa. He said that the conditions there are extremely harsh: people are often deprived of walks, clean water and the ability to maintain their health. Ananyev was acquitted after spending half a year in isolation, but the verdict was overturned and he is now being retried.
03.09.2026
20:08
In Donetsk, a court found a member of the Evangelical Christian-Baptists religious group guilty of violating the law on freedom of conscience and imposed a fine of 10,000 roubles (approx. US$110). On 27 July, the Supreme Court of the 'DPR' reduced the fine to 5,000 roubles (approx. US$55).
19:32
The Supreme Court has refused to submit the supervisory appeal of the Yabloko party regarding the removal of its federal list from the State Duma elections to the Presidium of the court for consideration. The party’s lawyers are preparing an appeal to the Constitutional Court.
19:25
The court refused to arrest Lida Moniava, head of the Lighthouse Home Foundation, and imposed a restriction order on her. People applauded outside the courthouse.
18:48
On 31 August, the Supreme Court of Tatarstan cancelled the registration of Yabloko party candidate Ayrat Gumerbayev for elections in Naberezhnye Chelny Constituency No. 34 because he owns foreign shares. The party stated that they had notified the election commission that selling the shares was impossible due to sanctions, but the court sided with the local election commission.
18:00
Sergey Lavrov announced the closure of the Goethe-Institut branches in Moscow, St Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg, following Germany’s decision to shut down the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin. The German Foreign Minister expressed regret over this step, noting the institute’s important role as a cultural bridge.
17:09
The Cherkessk City Court fined a 23-year-old resident of the Prikubansky District under the article on displaying prohibited symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they published an image of symbols that have been recognised as extremist in open access.
16:56
Azat Miftakhov has had his stay in a cell-type facility extended, according to the outlet RusNews. The duration of the extension has not been specified.
16:49
The protocol regarding the violation of the ban on disseminating information about UAVs against the outlet Zebra-TV has been sent back to Gostekhnadzor due to procedural errors during its preparation. It was drawn up following a complaint by Ekaterina Gutsalenko, head of the mass communications department in the governor’s administration, about a report on a drone strike on a high-rise residential building in Vladimir, a city east of Moscow.
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16:25
Ekaterina Arkhipova, the Head of the Department of History and International Relations at Volgograd State University, demanded that students vote in the State Duma elections on 18 September and submit the numbers of their polling stations. According to Groza, students who do not live at their registered address were instructed to arrange for an attachment in advance, and group leaders were told to compile lists of polling stations.
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15:34
The Pskov branch of the Yabloko party has filed an appeal against a court decision that cancelled the registration of its party list for the regional assembly elections, due to the absence of a stamp on a power of attorney. The party argues that the violation was minor and had long since been rectified, and that the election commission did not notify them about the issue.
15:32
In the Chelyabinsk region, a court has sentenced a 46-year-old resident of Kasli to 10 years in prison on charges of financing extremist activity and facilitating terrorist activity. According to investigators, from June 2021 to June 2022, they regularly transferred money to an organisation designated as terrorist.
15:13
The Lyubertsy City Court has rejected the complaint from Azat Miftakhov’s wife and defender, Elena Gorban, regarding the refusal to allow her a visit, despite an earlier decision recognising such a refusal as unlawful. The defence insists on a prosecutorial review, arguing that Elena is being denied access to Miftakhov in order to conceal evidence of torture.
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14:16
The European Court of Human Rights has stopped considering 879 complaints against Russia, including seven claims over “7×7” fines. The only exceptions are cases connected to Russia’s involvement in the armed conflicts in Ukraine and Georgia.
14:11
A court in Pyt-Yakh, a small town in Western Siberia, fined a local resident 40,000 rubles (approximately US$440) for a comment in a messenger chat which, according to the court, discredited the Russian Armed Forces. The man admitted guilt and expressed remorse.
13:23
The Basmanny Court in Moscow has extended the detention of blogger Ilya Remeslo in a case concerning military “fakes” until 10 October. Remeslo does not admit guilt and claims he was exercising his right to freedom of speech.
13:14
The Second Court of Cassation has taken off the agenda the defence’s appeal against the five-year prison sentence given to Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Golos, and returned the case to Moscow’s Basmanny District Court to address obstacles to its review. According to the defence, Melkonyants was not given access to the case materials or the audio recording of the proceedings.
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12:20
Viktor Litovchenko, the creator of the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Vata TV,” and Ukrainian national Nataliya Prushynska were named as defendants in a case to recognise the owners of the Artemovsk-based “Ventprom” factory as an extremist group, despite neither of them having been shareholders in the enterprise. The case also involves Google, and the decision of the Leninsky District Court in Yekaterinburg to nationalise the factory was enforced immediately.