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10.09.2026
17:18
Denis Popov from Yaroslavl region has been sentenced to a second prison term—10 years in a high-security penal colony—for inciting terrorism and justifying terrorist acts, which, according to the court, he posted in comments on YouTube from a correctional facility. According to the FSB, Popov had previously been convicted and given a 10-year sentence in a case concerning preparation for a terrorist act and public incitement to extremist activity.
15:26
The first hearing in the criminal case against blogger Ilya Remeslo will take place at the Primorsky District Court in St Petersburg on 17 September. He is accused of knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces (Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).
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15:26
The press service of the Vladimir region government blurred the face of the editor-in-chief of Kolchuginskiye Vesti, Elena Frolova, in a photo from Governor Aleksandr Avdeyev’s visit to Kolchugino, a town near Vladimir in central Russia. Avdeyev threatened Frolova with legal action if she does not prove her statements about the consequences of the maternity hospital’s closure.
14:51
Igor Schmidt, a 54-year-old resident of Sevastopol, was released on 7 September after serving a full six-year sentence on charges of organising the activities of an ‘extremist organisation.’ According to the European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the case was related to his participation in religious gatherings.
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14:50
The Chelyabinsk Regional Court has revoked the registration of Valentina Komkova, the Yabloko party candidate, for the State Duma elections following a lawsuit by Ilgam Gizatullin from the Green Party. Previously, the same court had disqualified two other Yabloko candidates—Andrey Talevlin and Yaroslav Shcherbakov—from the election.
14:33
Ekaterinburg city council member Konstantin Kiselev has been fined 2,000 roubles (approx. US$22) under the article on displaying banned symbols, due to three posts on VKontakte. The investigation was triggered by a tip-off from the “Zov Naroda” (“Call of the People”) movement on 26 August 2026.
13:51
The EU is considering imposing sanctions against ten Russian judges, prosecutors and other officials believed to be involved in the crackdown on the Yabloko party and its representatives. The proposed list includes, among others, Supreme Court judge Vyacheslav Kirillov, judges Igor Zinchenko and Denis Tyutin, as well as judge Viktoria Malyamova and prosecutor Anna Goryacheva.
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13:47
Chechen Mansur Movlaev has been held in pre-trial detention in Almaty—a major city in Kazakhstan—for almost 16 months. Russia is seeking his extradition on charges of extortion, which he believes to be fabricated, while Kazakhstan has denied him refugee status. On 10 September, the Cassation Court of Kazakhstan will consider Movlaev’s appeal against the refusal of asylum.
13:22
The Nevsky District Court of St Petersburg refused to question the experts who had identified “signs of incitement of hatred towards military personnel” in posts by Egor Gulyaev. The court also granted the prosecutor’s motion to send an additional request to VKontakte regarding the possibility of viewing materials on Gulyaev’s page using a VPN.
Gulyaev is being prosecuted under the article on spreading “fake news” about the Russian army “out of hatred” due to posts on VKontakte.
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13:21
On 9 September, the electoral commission of Novgorod Region annulled the registration of Anna Cherepanova, the lead candidate on the Yabloko party list, for the regional Duma elections. Previously, Cherepanova had been held administratively liable for displaying prohibited symbols, which stripped her of the right to participate in the elections.
11:50
The Lefortovo District Court in Moscow has arrested, in absentia, Marina Yegorova, the wife of politician Leonid Gozman, in connection with a case involving interference with an investigation (Part 2, Article 294 of the Criminal Code) and smuggling of cultural valuables (Part 3, Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code). According to her lawyer, the case was initiated in autumn 2024 after a driver was detained at the border with family silverware, and in November 2025 Yegorova left Russia for Israel.
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11:18
The Irkutsk city administration has refused to approve a rally against deforestation in Akademgorodok. The application was submitted by activist Pyotr Mekhonoshin. According to him, the reason given for the refusal was that another event is taking place at the same location and time.
11:00
The First Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction upheld the conviction of journalist Roman Ivanov in the case concerning the public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The court rejected the cassation appeals filed by Ivanov himself and his defence lawyer.
09:18
In Chelyabinsk Oblast, a region in the southern Urals, a court has removed environmental activist Andrey Talevlin and the head of the local Yabloko party, Yaroslav Shcherbakov, from the State Duma elections. The Supreme Court of Udmurtia, a region in the Volga Federal District, has also annulled the registration of Iya Boronina, the head of the regional Yabloko branch, following a legal challenge by a rival candidate.
08:52
The Yabloko candidate Iya Boronina has been removed from the State Duma elections in Udmurtia following a lawsuit filed by Anton Golovkov. According to Boronina, the Supreme Court hearing was held on 7 September without her participation or notification, and she does not know the substance of the lawsuit.
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08:42
At Herzen State Pedagogical University, a 65-year-old head of the Department of World History, Tatyana Kudryavtseva, was dismissed due to old Instagram posts containing images that management considered prohibited symbols. According to Kudryavtseva, she was shown screenshots of posts from 2020 and 2021 and was offered the option to resign to avoid a disciplinary hearing.
07:51
The Skovorodino District Court fined 39-year-old Skovorodino resident Bruev 30,000 roubles (about US$335) for a comment on Telegram which, according to the court, insulted government officials (part 3, article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The court took mitigating circumstances into account and imposed the minimum fine.
09.09.2026
20:31
Maksim K. was charged with participating in an unauthorised public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for distributing Yabloko party flyers and apples on 10 August outside the Supreme Court. According to his lawyer, Oskar Cherdzhiev, the man was only standing in the queue and was not handing out apples or flyers.
20:25
The 2nd Western District Military Court has fined 35-year-old Olga Chepeleva from Belgorod Region 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,364) in a case concerning the justification of terrorism, due to a comment in support of the organisations “Freedom of Russia Legion” and “Russian Volunteer Corps.” Previously, Chepeleva was sentenced to five and a half years in prison under charges relating to “military fakes,” and in July she was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of “extremists and terrorists.”
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19:31
The Zamoskvoretsky District Court has returned the police protocol against Anna Shatunovskaya-Burno, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, for the second time. The case concerns prohibited symbols. On 4 September, police detained Shatunovskaya-Burno near her home and held her at the Yakimanka police station for about five hours.
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