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11.09.2026
16:11
On 11 September, students at Herzen State Pedagogical University put up flyers in the Institute of History and Social Sciences in support of former department head Tatyana Kudryavtseva, who resigned two days earlier following a conversation with the vice-rector about her posting a portrait of Alexei Navalny on Instagram. The students consider Kudryavtseva’s departure a significant loss for the department and have voiced disagreement with the administration’s stance.
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16:03
On 10 September, the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow fined Petr Mitskevich, pastor of the Golgofa Evangelical Christian Baptist Church, 20,000 roubles (approximately US$220). He was found guilty under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences for participating in the activities of the organisation 'Mission Eurasia', which has been declared undesirable.
15:44
In Kostroma, police took notice of a group of minors associated with the “Antifa” movement after a video appeared showing the burning of Saint George ribbons. A criminal case was opened against the alleged organiser under the law regarding the public desecration of symbols of military glory (part 3, article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The teenagers’ homes were searched, and symbols, air guns, and knives were found.
15:33
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced Evgeny Pronin, a businessman from Lipetsk (a city south of Moscow), to 13 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 roubles (US$5,600) for allegedly financing terrorism (Part 1.1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, from April 2022 to December 2023 he transferred 761,000 roubles (US$8,600) to the banned movement “Artpodgotovka.” Pronin himself maintains that he sent donations to Vyacheslav Maltsev with no political motive.
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Медиазона
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15:33
The Ulyanovsk Region electoral commission cancelled the registration of Yabloko candidate Dmitry Gondarenko for the State Duma elections on 9 September, following his own request. The party reported that Gondarenko withdrew from the elections due to pressure, as did another Yabloko candidate, Yevgeny Skripkin, whose registration was cancelled on 7 September.
15:12
The Kirovsky District Court of Yekaterinburg has sentenced Vladimir Sobyanin, a candidate for deputy from the Yabloko party, to 12 days in detention. According to the investigation, he is accused of displaying extremist symbols—specifically, Memorial’s symbols on his Facebook page and a photo from a National Bolshevik rally in 2024.
14:58
In Penal Colony No. 18 in the settlement of Kharp, Azat Miftakhov has been banned from receiving newspapers through external subscriptions, and issues that had already been delivered have been confiscated. According to the Federal Penitentiary Service, subscriptions can now only be arranged through the prison administration, not via third parties.
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RusNews
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14:32
On 4 September, the Kalininsky District Court fined Lyubov Samukova, a candidate from the New People party, 1,000 roubles (approx. US$11) for displaying extremist symbols due to a link to Instagram. After this, Samukova was removed from the State Council elections in Chuvashia for constituency No. 14.
14:32
On 8 September in Kyzyl, the police detained the organiser of a public gathering and took them to the station. According to the police, their actions showed signs of violating the rules for holding a public event (Article 20.2.2 of the Administrative Code), and an investigation is underway.
14:32
The appeal upheld the sentence against lawyer Vladimir Sorokin, who was given a one-year prison term for transferring 500 roubles (approx. US$5) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), which has been declared extremist. According to the investigation, Sorokin made the donation in November 2021, although there are no bank statements in the case files, and he himself denied involvement in the transaction in court.
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13:50
The Tomsk Regional Court has revoked the registration of the Yabloko party list for the Legislative Duma elections in the region at the request of the LDPR. Yabloko’s lists are now not registered in seven regional elections, with the only remaining list for the elections in Novgorod Region.
13:50
Sergey Derevyanko, a native of Ukraine, was sentenced to imprisonment on treason charges and had 4,000 rubles (approximately US$45) confiscated as “funds used to finance activities against the security interests of Russia.” He was detained at Vnukovo Airport on 5 July 2025 and then spent two months under repeated “carousel” arrests.
13:50
The court returned to the police the administrative case under the article on “discrediting” the army against Yabloko State Duma candidate Artyom Snegovsky, in order to address deficiencies in the protocol. Snegovsky was detained on 1 September near the Maryino electoral commission because of a social media post he allegedly made in 2022; after the protocol was drawn up, he was released.
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13:50
The Amur Regional Court has sentenced a local resident born in 1977 to 18 years in a high-security prison on charges of treason, financing extremism, and participating in an extremist organisation. According to the FSB, the man allegedly used Telegram to send money and information about military equipment to a banned organisation. The sentence was handed down on 21 August.
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13:22
The Second Court of Appeal in St Petersburg has upheld the decision to remove the Yabloko party list from the elections to the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Region. According to the court, the grounds for removal were violations of exclusive rights and campaigning on blocked social media platforms, which was insisted on by the LDPR party.
13:05
The Leninsky District Court of St Petersburg has sentenced Artyom Leontyev to 7 days of administrative arrest under the article on displaying prohibited symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, on 7 September Leontyev drew an image resembling a Nazi swastika on a lift wall.
12:51
After being released from house arrest, Aleksandr Gliskov will not be involved in political activity, according to lawyer Marina Vasilyeva. Under the court’s decision, Gliskov is still banned from using a phone or the internet, communicating with certain individuals, and leaving his home at night without permission from the investigator.
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12:37
In Henichesk, a 50-year-old local woman was detained in connection with a case of making public calls on a social network, which has been designated extremist, to raise funds for the Ukrainian military. A criminal case was opened against her under Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code, and the materials have been sent to court.
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МВД России
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12:15
Police visited Nelli Vavilina, a candidate for the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly, after she posted criticism of Governor Alexander Beglov. Vavilina was summoned to the police station and informed of plans to draw up a report against her for displaying prohibited symbols (Part 1, Article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code).
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11:12
The Supreme Court of Russia upheld as lawful a fine of 2 million rubles (approximately US$21,800) imposed on Marina Zheleznjakova in the case concerning the rehabilitation of Nazism. According to the investigation, on 9 May 2021, Zheleznjakova published a post containing accusations against the leadership of the USSR.