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19.10.2026
14:44
A new administrative report was filed against lawyer Aleksey Pryanishnikov for violating the regulations on the activities of a “foreign agent” (Part 2, Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The court in Tomsk, a major city in Siberia, summoned him for this case despite a criminal case being opened against him and him being on the wanted list.
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14:43
The Central Election Commission reported that since the last State Duma elections, 379 candidates have been removed, with 295 of them representing the Yabloko party. The most common reasons cited were copyright infringement, possession of foreign assets, and administrative cases related to displaying banned symbols, including for publishing photos of Alexei Navalny.
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14:43
The Dzerzhinsky District Court of St Petersburg has fined Maksim Tsvetkov 50,000 roubles (approx. US$550) under the article on failure to report a crime (Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, Tsvetkov knew about another person’s involvement with the paramilitary group “Legion Freedom of Russia” and did not report this to the authorities.
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14:43
The Sverdlovsky District Court in Krasnoyarsk, a major city in Siberia, fined 19-year-old student Artyom S. 1,500 roubles (approximately US$16) for displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) on VKontakte. According to the court, the student posted images featuring Nazi symbols and a meme with Yevgeny Ponasenkov in a Nazi uniform.
14:33
In Volgograd, a major city in southern Russia, FSB officers detained a 41-year-old man over a comment on Telegram in which, according to the agency, he allegedly justified the activities of groups designated as terrorist military formations. He is facing criminal charges under the article for publicly justifying terrorism using the internet.
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13:04
A 40-year-old resident of Voronezh has been placed in a pre-trial detention centre on charges of financing a terrorist organisation banned in Russia (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he allegedly transferred money to this organisation using digital services.
11:20
In Severodvinsk, a city in northern Russia, criminal cases have been opened against two local residents aged 29 and 30 under the article on public calls for and justification of terrorism using the internet (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, they posted messages and graphic materials in open chats in support of terrorism; both are currently in custody.
11:17
The court of cassation has decided to return the phone to Alexander Nesterenko, an associate professor at Bauman University, who was sentenced to three years in a penal colony for Ukrainian songs, but did not change the length of his sentence. He was found guilty of public calls to extremism because of Ukrainian-language songs posted on VKontakte.
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09:52
The Leninsky District Court in Ufa has fined Ruslan Valiev, the editor-in-chief of Aspects of Bashkortostan, 30,000 roubles (approximately US$340) for violating the regulations governing the activities of a “foreign agent” (part 1, article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). According to the court, he distributed politically themed publications without registering himself on the “foreign agents” list.
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09:31
In Irkutsk, police detained Dmitry Druzhinin, a minor supporter of the “Other Russia of E. V. Limonov” party, and took him to police station No. 4 after conducting a search. According to the Telegram channel “Other Irkutsk,” he is being accused of displaying banned symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Police deny that he is at the station and refuse to accept any parcels for him.
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09:20
In Donetsk, the Voroshilovsky Interdistrict Court sentenced 54-year-old blogger and lawyer Tatyana Montyan to one year and six months in a penal colony under the article on incitement to “extremism” (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code). The court also banned her from administering websites for two years.
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09:15
In Kinel, a city in the Samara region, a 39-year-old local resident has been charged under the article on involvement with an “undesirable” organisation (part 2, article 284.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2023 they transferred about 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) to an international non-governmental organisation that has been deemed undesirable in Russia.
09:13
In Orsk, a city in the southern Urals, a court fined a local resident 5,000 roubles (approximately US$55) for posting a photo showing the aftermath of a drone attack on the city. The man did not admit guilt and claimed that the target of the attack was not visible in the image and that he had later deleted the post.
08:31
A resident of Yakutsk has been accused of financing terrorism and detained, with a criminal case opened against him. According to the local FSB, the man supported separatism, showed interest in the activities of terrorists, and cooperated with Ukrainian intelligence services.
06:30
In Revda, a city in the Sverdlovsk region, law enforcement officers detained activist Pavel Gaydullin, who had previously attempted to run for the Degtyarsk city council with the New People party but was unsuccessful. He has been accused of two counts of robbery (parts 1 and 2 of article 162 of the Russian Criminal Code) and placed in custody. Previously, he was a witness in another criminal case.
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18.10.2026
22:10
In St Petersburg, police and representatives of the “Russian Community” disrupted an event at the “Most” yoga studio. According to the Community, the organisers were detained.
22:10
The Leninsky Court in Vladimir has fined the chair of the board of directors of the Evangelical Church “Chapel at Calvary,” Roman Usmanov, 20,000 rubles (approx. US$225) for distributing materials from an “undesirable organisation” due to Christian booklets. According to Usmanov, the Mission Eurasia booklets were in a box with waste paper and were due to be disposed of.
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17:42
In Nizhny Novgorod, a major city on the Volga River, police detained activist Yaroslav Polyakov during a picket against election fraud. Polyakov reported that he was detained during the protest and does not yet know which police station he is being taken to or what charges he faces.
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16:47
In Tatarstan, police searched the home of a 15-year-old schoolgirl over a video showing a torn “United Russia” poster—officers seized her phone and laptop, then took her and her mother to the police station. According to the schoolgirl, at the station she was questioned about her political views and threatened with imprisonment, then placed under official supervision and her devices were not returned.
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15:22
A woman from Divnogorsk, a city in Siberia, has been fined 30,000 roubles (approximately US$325) under the law on ‘discrediting the army’ over a video posted on her Telegram channel. According to the court, the video claimed that wounded and ill soldiers were being resold to be sent to the Donetsk front. On 23 September 2026, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court upheld the fine, rejecting the woman’s appeal.
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