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16.09.2026
20:34
In St Petersburg, security officers detained David Zudin, a “Yabloko” party candidate for the State Duma, while he was handing out campaign materials. Zudin was taken to the 82nd police precinct, where his passport was confiscated.
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20:25
In Orenburg, a city in the southern Urals, FSB officers detained activist Tatyana Kosinova on the morning of 16 September, and she has not returned home since. According to the “Razoblacheno” channel, she may have been placed in a temporary detention facility and is likely to face preliminary charges under an “extremism” article.
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20:05
Lyubov Samukova from the New People party remains a candidate in the State Council elections—a district court fined her 1,000 rubles (approximately US$11) under the article on displaying prohibited symbols because of an old link to Instagram, but she was not removed from the election. Samukova is appealing the court’s decision and continues to fight to have the charge dropped.
19:46
Three members of electoral commissions from the Yabloko party in St Petersburg have received summons to report to the military enlistment office on 18 September—the first day of voting in the elections to the State Duma and the city’s Legislative Assembly. According to party representatives, such coincidences have happened before and could affect the work of the commissions on election day.
19:25
Administrative offence reports have been drawn up against Vadim Laptev, the Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, and Yekaterina Tomilova, the accountant of the party’s Arkhangelsk branch, for violating regulations on the production and distribution of campaign materials (Part 1, Article 5.12 of the Administrative Code). The police seized part of Laptev’s batch of booklets from the party office, and both cases will be heard in court.
18:54
On 3 September, the Lyubertsy Court of Moscow rejected a lawsuit against the prosecutor’s office regarding the refusal to allow Elena Gorban, wife and legal representative of Azat Miftakhov, access to the penal colony, deciding that the prosecutor is not obliged to respond to such a refusal. Previously, this same court had ruled that the colony’s initial refusal was unlawful, but dismissed the complaint regarding the prosecutor’s actions.
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18:54
A woman from Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, was issued a warning at the prosecutor’s office after attending a court hearing on the removal of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party, from the election. Shcherbakov stated that his supporters have started to be summoned to the prosecutor’s office and demanded an end to the pressure on citizens.
18:37
The Moscow City Election Commission refused to recognise United Russia posters on noticeboards in residential building entrances as campaigning, claiming that they were allegedly placed before the start of the official campaigning period. Yabloko reminded the Commission that, in the past, courts had used party publications and interviews with Grigory Yavlinsky as grounds for removing the federal party list and candidates.
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18:18
Aset Sabdullayeva, a Chechen opposition activist and associate of Akhmed Zakayev, has been added to the Russian Interior Ministry’s federal wanted list. In August, she was placed on the Rosfinmonitoring register as someone accused under anti-terrorism legislation.
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17:18
In Orsk, a city in the southern Urals, security forces have detained a local resident suspected of publicly justifying terrorism. A criminal case has been opened against them under the article on public calls for and justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
16:55
In Crimea, Russian security forces have detained a woman from Sudak on charges of inciting violence against Russians on Telegram, according to the FSB for Crimea and Sevastopol. According to the security forces, the woman, born in 1961, allegedly posted such messages under the nickname “Princess Anna.” She faces up to five years in prison under the article on public incitement to extremist activity using the internet (Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code).
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16:55
The Pskov Regional Court has sentenced Ukrainian citizen Anton Demidenko to eight and a half years in a high-security prison and fined him 500,000 roubles (about US$5,700) under the charge of “aiding the enemy” (Article 276.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, Demidenko allegedly transferred money to funds supporting the Ukrainian armed forces.
16:55
On 16 September, the Novgorod Regional Court sentenced Elena Oloer to two years in an open prison colony under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, she posted a poem on VKontakte that was disparaging about Victory Day and war veterans.
16:54
Daniil Rodionov, a resident of Kurchatov (a city in western Russia), was detained at a meeting with United Russia deputy Aleksandr Uvakin after he asked police officers whether there was permission to hold the gathering. According to Rodionov, he was forcibly taken to the police station, made to sign an explanation, and had videos deleted from his phone.
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16:54
The Chelyabinsk Regional Court has rejected the appeal of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, head of the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko, and upheld the decision to remove him from the State Duma elections. The reason for his removal was a lawsuit filed by a representative of the Green Party, who alleged copyright infringement due to Banksy graffiti and a portrait of Andrei Sakharov featured in the candidate’s campaign video.
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15:54
In Krasnoyarsk, a man was fined 300,000 roubles (US$3,300) for making donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and had his phone confiscated. According to the prosecutor’s office, he set up monthly transfers in 2021 despite being aware of the organisation’s status.
15:26
The Moscow City Court has released four lorry drivers from pre-trial detention—Mikhail Ryumin, Andrey Merkuryev, Alexander Zaytsev and Sergey Kanurin—who are accused of illegally transporting explosives and being involved in a terrorist attack while transporting Ukrainian drones for Operation “Pautina” (“Web”). The case was sent back for further investigation due to the lack of direct evidence linking the drivers to the preparation of the attack.
14:57
The Krasnokamensk City Court fined 40-year-old welder Mikhail A. for displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) over a VKontakte post featuring an image of Baphomet and a quote from a song by the band Anacondaz. The court classified the published text as a personal statement by the man; the amount of the fine has not been disclosed.
14:46
A 48-year-old resident of Saransk has been suspected of publicly justifying terrorism due to a comment and a “like” under a video post in a blocked messenger app on 25 July. A criminal case has been opened against them under the article on public calls for and justification of terrorism using the internet (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
13:52
In St Petersburg, a magistrate has fined Valeria Vetoshkina, who has been designated as a “foreign agent,” 200,000 roubles (approximately US$2,200). She was found guilty of violating the regulations governing the activities of foreign agents (Part 2, Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).