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16.10.2026
12:04
The administration of Detention Centre No. 4 in Moscow has stated that staff did not require lawyers to remove their underwear during searches, and that such actions were of the individuals' own initiative. The institution also confirmed that the walkthrough metal detector is not functioning and that there is no separate room for personal searches at the checkpoint.
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11:21
In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, a criminal case has been opened against five people on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation (Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Three of those detained have been placed in a pre-trial detention centre, one has been placed under house arrest, and another is already serving a sentence.
11:16
In Novgorod region, criminal cases have been initiated against a 30-year-old man and his 54-year-old father for posting materials with banned symbols on social media (Part 1, Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, from December 2025 to July 2026 they published images and videos featuring prohibited insignia, and had previously faced administrative penalties for similar offences.
11:10
Andrey Ostrovsky, former editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta in Vladivostok and a city council deputy, has been subjected to a search, the publication “TOR” reported. It is unclear what is happening with Ostrovsky or which case the search is related to.
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10:34
The Ivanovo Regional Court has sentenced 41-year-old Sergei Kalinin to 18 years in prison on charges of state treason; according to investigators, he passed the coordinates of a Ministry of Defence facility to a representative of the Ukrainian security services. The court also took into account his previous sentence of 10 years in prison for assisting terrorism.
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09:25
In Omsk, a major city in southwestern Siberia, the Kuibyshev District Court has remanded a 42-year-old local resident in custody, accused of participating in the activities of the terrorist organisation “Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’” and inciting terrorism. According to investigators, they posted calls for terrorist activity online and twice violated legislation on “foreign agents.” They are currently wanted by the authorities.
09:21
In Novy Urengoy, a city in northern Russia, a criminal case has been opened against a bus driver under the article on public justification and promotion of terrorism (Part 1, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man broadcast materials on the bus that promoted and justified terrorism; he has been placed in a pre-trial detention centre.
01:04
In Maykop, a city in the south of Russia, blogger Amir Khapachev has been arrested on charges of involvement with the Anti-War Committee of Russia, which has been designated a terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, he filled out a committee questionnaire and sent it via Telegram. Khapachev is currently being held in pre-trial detention centre SIZO-2 in the settlement of Tlyustenkhabl.
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15.10.2026
23:59
The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow has sent the administrators of the RailGallery website, Denis Yeskov and Anatoly Nagornov, to a pre-trial detention centre. They are charged under an article concerning unlawful interference with critical information infrastructure resulting in serious consequences. Following this, the RailGallery website became unavailable, and users reported issues with its operation.
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21:19
The court has sentenced journalist and producer Kapitolina Averina to six and a half years in a penal colony under charges of making public calls to terrorism. According to the investigation, the case was opened because of her comments in Telegram channel chats, including a call to “bomb Moscow.”
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20:28
On 2 October, the Idrinsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk Krai fined a local resident 30,000 rubles (US$320) under the article on “discrediting” the army. According to the court, the man expressed negative views about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces at the rural House of Culture and tried to persuade participants in the “special military operation” that the military actions were wrong.
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20:27
The Tagilstroevsky Court has sentenced 48-year-old Andrey Kozlov to two years and eight months of correctional labour for involvement in the extremist organisation “Citizens of the USSR,” but released him from punishment, counting the time he had already served in pre-trial detention. According to the investigation, Kozlov posted messages about the group’s activities and its “documents” in a Telegram chat.
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20:27
The Irkutsk Regional Court has sentenced 53-year-old Andrey Padalka to 14 years in a penal colony and a fine of 350,000 roubles (approximately US$3,800) on charges of state treason. According to investigators, Padalka took photographs on the grounds of a factory, which later appeared on the “Atech” Telegram channel; he insisted that he intended to send the images to a logistics manager.
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20:26
Rosfinmonitoring has added journalist and television presenter Alexander Nevzorov to the list of “extremists and terrorists.” Previously, a criminal case was opened against him for spreading “fake news” about the army, the Ministry of Justice included him in the register of “foreign agents,” and the Basmanny Court in Moscow sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison.
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20:26
In Yekaterinburg, a city in the Urals, the court sentenced former security guard Andrei Petrovskiy to four years and five months in a penal colony on charges of justifying terrorism (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) over conversations with fellow inmates in IK-13. Taking into account a previous sentence under a similar article, his total sentence amounted to four years and six months, and he has also been banned from posting materials online for two years.
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20:02
In Moscow, an art teacher accused a 12-year-old student of “sympathy for an enemy country” because they drew the Statue of Liberty. According to the boy’s mother, the teacher insisted that the child change their drawing and questioned them about their political views.
19:14
Law enforcement officers have opened a criminal case against a young man who, according to investigators, created a Telegram group and publicly justified acts of terrorism by Ukraine. He is charged under the article concerning public justification of terrorism (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), with a maximum penalty of seven years’ imprisonment.
18:47
The Volkhov City Court fined a local resident 30,000 roubles (approximately US$330) under the article on ‘discrediting’ the army for wearing a Ukrainian flag and a badge reading DEUTSCHLAND UBER ALLES on their jacket. The flag and badge were confiscated.
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18:26
The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has fined Denis Sholotyuk under articles for violating the regulations on public assemblies (Part 5, Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) and for discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), and has also sentenced him to 15 days’ detention for disobeying the police (Part 1, Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). According to the court, on 13 October Sholotyuk took part in a picket near Lenin’s Mausoleum with a placard containing statements discrediting the army.
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18:08
In Berlin, activist Lev Lotsman held a solo protest at Ostbahnhof station in support of the teenagers detained at the Communist Party rally in Moscow and Dmitry Morozov. According to Morozov’s girlfriend, he has been charged under a “narcotics” article, while the other detainees were either fined or sentenced by the court to between 10 and 15 days in detention.
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