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20.09.2026
19:21
In Ufa, a court fined an observer 4,000 roubles (US$45) for disobeying the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to observers, there were also detentions, confiscation of equipment, and attempts to remove them from the polling station in the city.
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19:15
The Frunze District Court in St Petersburg has removed Viktor Epifanov from his role on the election commission following a lawsuit from PEC No. 2134. According to case files, he was accused of campaigning for the Yabloko party, as well as recording and documenting data at the polling station.
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19:15
In St Petersburg, around ten lawsuits were filed on 20 September seeking the removal of commission members and observers from the elections, most of them targeting representatives of the Yabloko party. In various districts across the city, people were removed by court and commission decisions, with reasons cited including the tampering of secure packaging, conflicts at polling stations, and filming near the voting area.
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19:15
The Kuibyshev District Court of St Petersburg has ordered the immediate removal of observer Aleksandr Koretsky from polling station No. 2210. According to the court, on 18 and 19 September Koretsky was filming video footage in an unauthorised area and did not stop recording when requested by the head of the commission.
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18:16
In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, police detained Daniil Burtsev, press secretary of the Yabloko party’s office, and held him at the station for about three hours, explaining it was due to a “lookout notice” check. Later, law enforcement officers admitted they had “mistaken his identity” and released the activist without drawing up a report.
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18:16
In Moscow, observers at polling stations report pressure from commission members and police, including threats to remove them from the site and restrictions on monitoring the voting process. At polling station 2753, the commission chair threatened an independent member of the PGR with police action after they requested to see applications for home voting.
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17:31
State Duma candidate Yulia Kuznetsova, who stopped responding to communications on the evening of 17 September after meeting with voters, has reported that she has returned home and said that both she and her husband are fine. She stated that she was able to vote at her polling station.
Persons
16:29
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, police were called to polling station commission No. 1457 because an observer had an apple on their table—the commission chair considered this campaigning for the Yabloko party. The police confiscated the fruit, drew up an inspection report and took statements, but did not give the observer copies of the documents.
16:19
At Precinct Commission 115 in St Petersburg, independent commission member Valery Mishurinsky was removed, allegedly for attempting to steal the stamp and for physical aggression. According to a monitor from Yabloko, the commission held the removal procedure without notifying Mishurinsky, which is a violation of the law.
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16:15
In Izhevsk, a major city in the Urals, three election observers from the Communist Party (KPRF) were taken to the Industrial District police station for distributing campaign materials featuring Nikolay Bondarenko. On 20 September, they were due to be brought before the court.
16:15
In the Moscow region, observers and commission members are being widely removed from polling stations via court decisions—most often accused of filming personal data or other violations. In Shchyolkovo, Dolgoprudny, and Mytishchi—towns near Moscow—courts have already ruled to remove several observers and commission members, while a number of other lawsuits are still being considered.
15:32
The Kirovsky District Court in St Petersburg has upheld a claim by the local election commission and removed Dmitry Popov from his post at the polling station. According to the case files, Popov demanded access to the voter list books and disrupted the commission’s work during voting.
15:32
Dmitry Muratov, speaking live on CNN, called on US special envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner to raise the issue of Russian political prisoners in negotiations with the Russian authorities. He spoke about the fates of those convicted and accused in anti-war cases, including Zhenya Berkovich, Alexei Gorinov, and Pavel Kushnir, and drew attention to the difficult conditions faced by prisoners.
15:24
In Dolgoprudny, on 20 September, observers and commission members at several polling stations faced refusals of entry, threats, and obstacles when trying to submit complaints. At polling station No. 4201, election participants reported a possible change in the position of ballots in the box overnight and ballot-stuffing, as well as the exclusion of a journalist and restrictions on the work of a Territorial Electoral Commission member.
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15:23
In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, on 19 September, security forces detained 19-year-old Yabloko member Vladimir Yuzhakov after he wrote “Make love not war” and “Peace to the world!” in chalk on the pavement near polling stations. According to his wife, at the police station, Yuzhakov was made to write an explanation, his phone was confiscated and he was threatened with deportation, but no official record was drawn up.
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15:17
An anonymous Telegram channel, “Babai Will Call,” which is close to the authorities in Tatarstan, has threatened to use force against anyone who brings apples to polling station No. 1259 in Innopolis—presumably supporters of the Yabloko party. On 18 September, politician Dmitry Rumyantsev reported these threats, as well as pressure being exerted on local politicians Irina Nikiforova and Ruslan Zinatullin.
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14:52
Roman Yakovlev, a candidate for the State Duma from the Communist Party, stated that members of the electoral commissions in Tolmachevo, Novosibirsk Region, filled out applications for home voting on behalf of 600 people at polling stations No. 842 and No. 843. According to Communist Party lawyer Kamil Dzhafarov, the communists have lodged complaints and demanded the annulment of the voting results, as well as an investigation into possible falsification.
14:13
At polling station No. 2720 in Moscow, National Guard and police officers restricted voter entry, explaining that it was to prevent crowding. As a result, a queue of more than twenty people formed at the entrance, and the organisers brought out two benches for those waiting outside from 12:30.
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13:52
In St Petersburg, observers at several polling stations reported possible changes in the position of seals and ballot papers overnight, after comparing photographs taken in the evening and morning during the elections to the State Duma and the Legislative Assembly. Commission members deny any violations, and the official turnout as of 10 a.m. stood at over 42%.
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13:50
State Duma deputy from Buryatia, Vyacheslav Markhaev, has reported abnormally high voter turnout in some districts of the republic, as well as cases of pressure on observers from the Communist Party, including damage to a car and surveillance. Markhaev also spoke about the detention of two women at polling station No. 898 who, according to him, admitted that they had been asked to vote for United Russia and the LDPR in exchange for a reward.