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09:43
Bogdan Bukharin, a 16-year-old administrator of anti-war Telegram channels in the Urals, left Russia in June 2026 after being detained twice, beaten by a police officer in his flat, and issued a citation for displaying banned symbols. He said that he was subjected to pressure both at school and by the police, and after the second detention he decided to leave for Armenia, fearing further persecution.
Persons
08:48
At polling station 2752 on Vernadsky Avenue, the deputy chair struck an independent female commission member with voting rights while she was filming the vote count. The police were called on the young woman, she showed them the video and then went to file a complaint. Earlier, the chair had also shouted at her and threatened her with the police when she asked to see the applications for home voting.
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03:01
At polling station 64-19 in Krasnodar, a major city in southern Russia, an observer was refused a copy of the protocol until it was ‘approved by higher authorities.’ After the vote count was completed, the observer was told they should leave if they were not satisfied with the situation.
01:21
The Vasileostrovsky District Court of St Petersburg has rejected a claim filed by Precinct Electoral Commission No. 115 against Valery Mishurinsky, seeking his removal from the commission. According to the claimant, Mishurinsky allegedly attempted to steal a seal and used force against the deputy chair, but the court did not find sufficient evidence to support these allegations.
Persons
20.09.2026
23:44
In Tatarstan, Azat Shaekhov, an observer from Yabloko, was taken to the police following a conflict with another observer and was then not allowed back into polling station No. 135. In Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, police also detained a Yabloko observer at another polling station, and another person was removed for filming on their phone.
Persons
23:28
A poll watcher was removed from polling station 405 for filming from their seat. By law, only a court can remove a poll watcher; the commission does not have the authority to do so.
23:12
The Primorsky District Court of St Petersburg upheld the precinct election commission’s claim against Alisa Belyaeva and ordered her immediate removal from work at the polling station. According to case materials, Belyaeva was taking photos and videos inside the polling station despite warnings.
Persons
22:36
At polling station 2816, observers were initially allowed to approach the table, but later forbidden, with officials citing instructions received by phone. According to the observers, they were also prohibited from filming video, kept away from the safes and not allowed to sign the seals, after which one of them lodged a complaint with the Territorial Election Commission and the prosecutor’s office.
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22:25
In Izhevsk, a major city in the Urals, three women from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) were taken to the police station from polling stations.
22:25
The Moskovsky District Court in St Petersburg has upheld a claim by precinct election commission No. 1295 to remove election observer Vilena Pleshakova from the polling station. According to the commission, on 20 September, Pleshakova was filming video in an unauthorised area, moving about the station, and failed to comply with the commission chair’s instructions.
Persons
20:58
In St Petersburg, police detained an election observer and a commission member with voting rights from the Yabloko party following allegations of so-called “discrediting the army” and illegal filming; they were taken to a police station on General Khrulev Street. In Tatarstan, police removed observers from polling stations No. 2836 and No. 135, and at station No. 408, an observer was assaulted and threatened, while police did not intervene.
Persons
20:51
A Moscow resident reported that after voting online via the DEG system, they received a notification about being registered for military service on the Gosuslugi portal. On election day, two election observers in Moscow received similar notifications, while in Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, and in Yakutsk, in northeastern Russia, people reported that military summons were being handed out at polling stations.
20:51
In the Kalininsky district of St Petersburg, police have detained election commission member Darya and election observer Fyodor. They are being taken to the police station on General Khrulev Street.
20:20
The police took observer Azat Shayekhov from polling station No. 135 to Police Station No. 5, Moskovsky. The reasons for the detention have not been specified.
Persons
20:14
The police took an election observer from polling station 2836 to the police station. The reasons for the detention are unknown.
20:00
The Moskovsky District Court of St Petersburg denied Anna Yudayeva, Semyon Yermolayev, and Elizaveta Nestuliyeva’s claim against Territorial Electoral Commission No. 19 regarding access to observe the elections. They were refused due to not being registered at a place of residence in St Petersburg.
19:53
At precinct 721 in Pushkino, a town near Moscow, observers from United Russia and the Public Chamber threatened a female observer, and the commission chair insulted her. According to the woman, one of the observers threatened her, and a woman from the Public Chamber hit her phone and demanded that she stop recording.
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19:52
The head of Morgauzhsky District, Aleksandr Ivanov, filed a report against veteran Aleksei Sadovnikov, accusing him of campaigning during the elections in the village of Akhmanei. The reason for the report was Sadovnikov’s jacket, which featured the hammer and sickle symbol.
Persons
19:35
The Frunzensky District Court in St Petersburg has suspended Kristina Datsenko from her role on polling station commission no. 2149. According to the court, Datsenko disrupted the commission’s procedures, took photographs and campaigned for the Yabloko party.
Persons
19:32
In Kazan, at one of the polling stations, a Yabloko observer was punched in the rib and threatened with violence unless they left the station. According to the party, the police were covering up for the attackers.
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