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31.08.2026
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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Крым.Реалии
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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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RusNews
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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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RusNews
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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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Медиазона
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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.
12:20
The Kuzminsky District Court in Moscow has sentenced two young Muscovites to 15 days of administrative arrest under the article on petty hooliganism with disobedience to the police (part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, on the morning of 26 August they tore down campaign materials from a notice board and did not respond to police demands.
11:38
Nadine Geisler, a volunteer from Belgorod Region, who was sentenced to 22 years in a penal colony, has been transferred to strict detention conditions. The reasons for the tougher regime and the duration of her stay under these strict conditions have not been specified.
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Медиазона
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11:27
In Moscow, police detained Sergei Demin, a volunteer from the Nemtsov Bridge, during a solo picket near the Solovetsky Stone. Officers checked his documents, rolled up his placard and took the man away.
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SOTAvision
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11:09
Bair Tsyrenov, the Communist Party candidate for the State Duma, has aired campaign adverts on Buryatia’s television, raising questions about when the war will end, internet censorship, taxes, and rising prices. Previously, his live broadcast was cut short after he tried to challenge his opponent—Dashibal Munkozhargalov, a veteran of the war in Ukraine—to a debate.
10:16
The Moscow City Court has rejected the appeal against the sentence of the deputy chair of the Yabloko party, Maksim Kruglov, and upheld the seven-year prison term. The hearing was held behind closed doors.
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RusNews
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09:42
The Moscow City Court will hear the appeal in the case of Maxim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Yabloko party, in closed session, despite the previous proceedings being open. Kruglov is accused of publicly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces, allegedly motivated by political hatred, due to posts about Bucha in a Telegram channel in April 2022. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
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RusNews
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08:16
Deputy Jan Ignatiev published a video about rising petrol prices, after which Alexander Pokhodin, head of the Yemelyanovsky district (near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia), called him a Ukrainian agent and threatened consequences. A source close to Ignatiev confirmed the authenticity of a screenshot of the conversation.
30.08.2026
16:08
The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan is hearing a case seeking to remove Yabloko candidate Alexei Akimenko from the Neftekamsk constituency No. 6 election—he is accused of administering a group containing extremist materials. The hearing will continue on 31 August.