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14.09.2026
13:36
The case of “spreading fake news” about the Russian army against anthropologist Vasilina Orlova was opened on the basis of the testimony of two witnesses who had read her posts on VKontakte and Telegram. On 11 September, the case was submitted to the Ostankinsky District Court in Moscow.
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12:55
In St Petersburg, the campaign video for Dmitry Khorzov, the Yabloko party candidate, with the slogans “For Peace and Freedom” and “For a Life Without Fear,” was taken down early from the media façade of the Lider Tower. According to the party’s branch, the owner removed the advertisement under pressure, although the video was originally scheduled to be shown until 16 September.
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11:43
In the summer, the Sol-Iletsk District Court transferred lawyer Sergey Salazkin from an open prison to a general regime colony, and the higher court ruled this decision lawful. According to acquaintances, Salazkin had previously been placed in a punishment cell several times, and the administration of the facility demanded stricter conditions, declaring him a persistent offender of the rules.
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11:39
Buddhist Ilya Vasilyev reported that while reviewing the case materials in a Moscow pre-trial detention centre, he was shown the documents on a blurry screen for just 1–2 seconds per page, and was later transferred to Ufa, a major city in Bashkortostan. On 14 September, the Moscow City Court postponed the hearing of his appeal against the verdict.
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11:33
Maksim Kruglov, deputy chair of the Yabloko party, who was convicted in a case about “fake news” regarding the Russian Armed Forces, has been transferred from the Matrosskaya Tishina remand prison hospital back to Remand Prison No. 2, Butyrka. In June 2026, Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court sentenced him to seven years in a penal colony and banned him from administering websites for three years.
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11:31
In Stavropol, a city in southern Russia, a criminal case has been opened against a 21-year-old resident of a neighbouring republic on charges of publicly justifying terrorism (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, in October 2023 they posted an audio recording on social media that, in the view of investigators, justifies violent terrorist acts.
11:08
The Moscow prosecutor’s office has announced the initiation of a criminal case against rapper Noize MC (Ivan Alekseev) for “justifying terrorism.” According to the prosecutor’s office, at one of his concerts outside Russia, he publicly justified a terrorist ideology and spoke positively about a terrorist organisation.
10:38
The Supreme Court refused to review the verdict against Marina Zheleznyakova, who was found guilty under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism and fined 2 million rubles (approximately US$22,000). According to the court, Zheleznyakova posted false information in a messenger app about the activities of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War.
09:53
On 13 September, the Pskov electoral commission rejected a complaint from the Yabloko party demanding the removal of seven pro-government parties from the elections over campaign violations. Earlier, the Pskov Regional Court had removed Yabloko’s party list following a lawsuit from the Rodina party.
13.09.2026
23:04
The 2nd Eastern District Military Court sentenced Dorzho Dugarov, originally from Buryatia, in absentia to 18 years in a penal colony for participating in a terrorist organisation and justifying terrorism. According to the court, since May 2022 he has been outside Russia and has participated in the activities of the 'League of Free Nations' as an adviser on international affairs.
21:47
In Vladimir region, the regional branch of the A Just Russia party has withdrawn the candidacy of blogger Denis Khoroshilov from the election for the Vyaznikovsky District Council, and the Territorial Election Commission has annulled his candidate status. Earlier, Khoroshilov had complained about campaigning by United Russia and published an audio recording of a party meeting following a conflict with the leadership.
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19:04
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Lipetsk has fined Anatoly Shkatov, a regional council deputy from the Communist Party (KPRF), 20,000 roubles (approximately US$220) under the article on incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) over a post featuring an image of a snake and the United Russia party logo. According to the court, Shkatov’s April post included an illustration showing a hand strangling a snake bearing the party’s symbols, with the caption: “If you don’t destroy it, it will destroy you.”
16:43
Ivan Kurilla, an émigré scholar and Americanist historian from Volgograd, has been added to the list of “foreign agents” for a second time—this time as a member of the editorial board of the journal Historical Expertise. Along with him, 11 other people received this status; the decision to include them was published on 4 September.
13:35
The Murmansk Region electoral commission has referred two speeches by Igor Khomechko, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, to the prosecutor’s office. The speeches were broadcast on the channels Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24. The oversight body has been asked to examine whether these speeches constitute administrative offences.
12.09.2026
22:39
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, Demyan Murphy was arrested over a tattoo depicting a “fern flower,” which the court deemed to be prohibited symbolism. The court sentenced Murphy to 10 days' detention, which he has already served.
19:46
In Izhevsk, a city in the Urals, on 30 August, a 58-year-old man was stopped near a shop on 7th Podlesnaya Street and taken to a military enlistment point, where his phone was confiscated and he was forced to sign documents. On 11 September, three men took another person away from the same shop.
18:24
In Murmansk, a major city in Russia’s far north, police detained a volunteer for several hours who was handing out campaign leaflets for Igor Khomechko, the Yabloko party candidate for the State Duma, before releasing them without drawing up a protocol. The candidate stated that the detention was an attempt to interfere with his campaign and has submitted a complaint to the prosecutor of Murmansk Region.
17:30
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has sentenced Vladimir Sevostyanov, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, to 12 days of administrative detention under the article on displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was a repost of a publication from 2020.
16:35
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put YouTube blogger Ded Arkhimed (Dmitry Purkin) on the wanted list, according to information found by Mediazona in the ministry’s database. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Purkin is being sought under an article of the Criminal Code, but the exact reason for the criminal case is unknown.
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16:00
Two Moscow residents have been sentenced to 15 days’ detention for petty hooliganism after they allegedly tore down a United Russia campaign poster and refused to comply with police. According to one of those detained, officers from the Centre for Countering Extremism (CPE) threatened them with criminal prosecution for “extremism” at the police station and tried to find out whether they were working for Ukraine.
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