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06.09.2026
15:53
The Yabloko party has accused the Novgorod courts of speeding up the process of removing candidate Anna Cherepanova from the elections and of interfering in the activities of Russian Post. According to the party, a judge personally travelled to another region to collect Cherepanova’s appeal, and the activist herself had previously been fined under the article on displaying extremist symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).
14:55
Yury Mitin, the candidate for the Sverdlovsk Regional Legislative Assembly from the New People party, has reported attempts to remove him from the election race in Constituency No. 8 in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals. According to him, he faced pressure to voluntarily withdraw, was threatened with issues at the military enlistment office, and was obstructed from placing campaign materials.
14:34
Lida Moniava has announced that she will step down from the management of the children’s hospice “House with a Lighthouse” and leave the board, but does not intend to leave Russia. She explained this was due to criminal prosecution over charges of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, as well as concerns for the hospice’s operations.
10:22
In the Kaluga region, a 17-year-old resident of the Kirov district has been detained on suspicion of inciting hatred towards law enforcement officers. Criminal proceedings have been initiated against them (part 1, article 282 of the Criminal Code), and the court has placed the teenager under house arrest.
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МВД России
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08:51
In August, 220 foreign nationals were expelled from Sverdlovsk Region, among them the former leader of the Uzbek diaspora in Yekaterinburg, Abidkul Turatov. According to media reports, Turatov was expelled after refusing to register with the military draft office when renewing his residence permit. It is also reported that he participated in chat groups criticising the Russian authorities.
05.09.2026
21:52
An administrative case has been opened against Dmitry Smirnov, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, for displaying banned symbols due to a 2015 post on VKontakte about the death of Motörhead’s lead singer, Lemmy Kilmister. Alexey Rizovatov, a candidate from the “Elderly People’s Party,” has filed a lawsuit to remove Smirnov from the elections; the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court will consider the case on 7 September.
17:51
The police in Novosibirsk declined to open a case of vandalism over the removal of a plaque from the stone intended for a monument to the victims of repression in Narymsky Square. The local police officer was unable to identify who removed the plaque and reported that there were no witnesses.
16:39
The Central District Military Court has received a case on justifying terrorism online against 45-year-old Artem Khan from the Kurgan region, a part of the Urals. In June, Khan was fined 30,000 roubles (about US$330) under a protocol for “discrediting” the army.
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Медиазона
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15:33
A third criminal case has been opened against journalist Alexey Seregin from Yoshkar-Ola, a city in the Mari El Republic, for inciting hatred against a group of people (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code); further details are unknown. Previously, Seregin was detained on charges of justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), and while in the pre-trial detention centre, a case was initiated for repeated failure to fulfil the obligations of a foreign agent (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).
15:11
Richard has been transferred again to Remand Prison No. 4 in Kamyshlov, he reported this in his letters. He wrote that he received some books, but they were taken away from him straight away.
12:55
The Murmansk region electoral commission has sent a campaign video by Yabloko candidate Igor Khomechko to the prosecutor’s office for an extremism review, and to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for linguistic analysis. Earlier, the “GTRK Murman” television channel pulled his election video, “Russia needs peace!,” from broadcast.
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RusNews
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12:49
The police have started delivering warnings to activists in the regions ahead of the elections, according to Vladimir Zhilkin, former coordinator of Golos in Tambov. Similar documents have been received by residents of Krasnodar—a city in southern Russia—and the Moscow region, but law enforcement have not explained exactly what the warnings are about.
12:13
Vladimir Sukhov held a solo protest on Lenin Square in Novosibirsk, a large city in Siberia, demanding the release of the convicted RusNews journalists Maria Ponomarenko, Roman Ivanov and Olga Komleva. He stated that there had been no changes in the situation of those detained in recent weeks, and criticised the articles on extremism and discrediting.
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RusNews
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11:28
In Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, police detained activist Vasily Semenyuk after a solo protest with a placard reading: “I am not voting for United Russia” on Lenin Square. He is being charged under the article on distributing campaign materials in breach of the law (Article 5.12 of the Code of Administrative Offences).
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RusNews
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09:54
On 4 September, the Nerekhta District Court in Kostroma region fined Kostroma Regional Duma deputy Ilya Dzezyulya 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) under the article on incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The charges were brought over a repost on VKontakte of a statement referring to United Russia as “the party of crooks and thieves.”
09:09
On 4 September, the Russian Ministry of Justice added poet and journalist Sergei Leibgrad to the register of 'foreign agents' under number 1253. The ministry explained its decision by claiming that, according to them, Leibgrad spread false information about the authorities' policies and spoke out against the special operation in Ukraine.
04.09.2026
21:24
An administrative offence report has been filed against Grigory Grishin, a candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party, for displaying prohibited symbols due to a 2024 blog post mentioning Alexei Navalny and Alexander Potkin. If the court finds him guilty, the politician may be removed from the election campaign.
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RusNews
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21:21
On 4 September, the Saratov Regional Court rejected the appeal of Nikolai Bondarenko, a Communist Party (KPRF) candidate, and upheld a fine of 1,000 roubles (approximately US$11) for the “display of extremist symbols.” The case was initiated over a Telegram channel post featuring an image of Alexei Navalny, which, according to Bondarenko, he had nothing to do with.
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SOTAvision
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21:02
FSB investigators have brought final charges against Denis Popovich and Nikita Ivankovich, adding new articles, including high treason, participation in a terrorist organisation, and illegal handling of explosive devices. According to the investigation, acting on the instructions of Ukrainian military intelligence, they allegedly planned to kill Metropolitan Tikhon and plant an explosive device at the Sretensky Monastery. The accused claim they gave their confessions under torture.
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Медиазона
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20:25
On the central embankment in Perm, a city in the Urals, a young woman stood holding a placard in support of Alexey Ogloblin. On the same day, a court refused Ogloblin’s registration for the local elections for the third time.