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01.09.2026
18:32
The St Petersburg election commission has referred a campaign video by the regional branch of Yabloko to the prosecutor’s office for review for possible legal violations and suspended its broadcast. Candidate Olga Yurkevich said that after this she prepared a new video without any words, but does not know whether it was aired.
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18:29
Ivan Telyatyev, the Yabloko party’s candidate for the State Duma from Mari El (a republic in central Russia), has withdrawn from the elections due to pressure. This was reported by the party’s press service, without providing further details.
18:29
In Moscow, Artyom Snegovsky, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, has been detained. He is currently in the Maryinskoye police station; the reason for his detention is unknown.
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17:52
At the Southern District Military Court, Olga Kapralova from Melitopol, who is accused of preparing an act of terrorism, spoke about being abducted and tortured by security officials in 2023 and retracted her statements given during the investigation. According to the investigators, the Kapralovs are believed to be members of an underground group allegedly overseen by a Ukrainian intelligence officer.
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17:20
The Perm city administration has, for the third time, refused permission for a rally in support of Arseniy Turbin and other minors facing criminal prosecution. Officials deemed the purpose of the event as unclear and raised objections to the wording of the notification and the choice of locations.
16:59
In Kyzyl, police identified a call to gather in a chat made by a 59-year-old woman from Turan. She was given a warning talk and issued an official caution.
16:46
The St Petersburg City Court has reduced the sentences of Anna Panteleeva, Sergey Evsyukhin, Kristina Rozhkova and Yaroslava Gumenna, who were found guilty in the case concerning photo and video recordings featuring elements of shibari at a cemetery. The court shortened the suspended sentences and released all of them from punishment under one of the articles due to the statute of limitations expiring.
16:29
Hackers gained access to the Stripe accounts of the charity projects “Davaite” and “You Are Not Alone,” and downloaded email addresses and, in some cases, the last four digits of donors’ cards. The projects reported the breach on 1 September and warned donors about the risks when travelling to Russia or filing reports to the Russian tax authorities.
15:09
The police disrupted an authorised picket by the Novgorod branch of Yabloko outside the United Russia office, citing a reported bomb threat at the local market. Participants in the protest were forced to end the picket due to the arrival of the fire brigade, the National Guard, and sniffer dogs.
14:04
In Moscow, the Golovinsky District Court fined 21-year-old sound engineer Kirill K. for taking part in an unauthorised protest outside the Supreme Court on 10 August in support of the Yabloko party. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5,000 people attended the event, and the police issued a report against the young man under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
13:39
The Fifth Court of Appeal in Novosibirsk on 1 September reinstated the Communist Party candidate Lyudmila Klyushnikova to the elections for the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly, overturning the decision to remove her. Klyushnikova had been removed following lawsuits from rivals, who claimed that she had submitted her registration documents in two separate attempts.
12:34
The FSB has reported the detention of a resident of Kamchatka Krai on suspicion of passing information to Ukrainian intelligence and has opened a case for state treason. According to the agency, the court has sent the woman to a pre-trial detention centre, but details of the case have not been disclosed.
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12:24
Nikolay Skrynnik, a 75-year-old refugee from Sudzha and retired Ministry of Internal Affairs officer, reported that he was forced to withdraw his candidacy from the Kursk Regional Duma elections after pressure from the leadership of the LDPR. According to him, he was told to delete posts criticising the regional authorities and the United Russia party.
11:41
Civil activist Sergei Ostrovsky from Volgograd has appealed to Alexander Bastrykin after his like-minded colleagues were detained by police, who accused them of violating the rules for holding gatherings due to a collective video appeal about petrol problems. According to him, several people have already been detained and fined for participating in the recording, and on 31 August, Natalia Kuzmina was released from court because of incorrect documentation.
11:22
The 1st Western District Military Court in St Petersburg has received an in absentia criminal case against the publicist Roman Popkov, who is accused of 18 offences, including leading a terrorist act, justifying terrorism, participating in a terrorist community, possession of explosives, spreading so-called “military fakes,” incitement to activities against state security, and document forgery. Earlier, a court in Moscow arrested Popkov in absentia on the charge of justifying terrorism, and Rosfinmonitoring added him to the register of extremists and terrorists.
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08:35
Vyacheslav Avdashev, a supporter of the Yabloko party, has been released after serving 14 days of administrative arrest. He was detained on 17 August outside the Moscow Supreme Court building, and the court sentenced him under a charge of allegedly participating in a rally and obstructing movement (part 6.1, article 20.2 of the Administrative Offences Code).
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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.