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08.09.2026
23:04
On 7 September 2026, the Golovinsky District Court in Moscow sentenced Yelena Albegova, a 46-year-old employee of the Pyaterochka supermarket, to three years in a penal colony under charges of financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to the investigators, in August 2021, Albegova transferred 1,000 roubles (about US$11) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after it had been banned.
23:04
On 8 September, the Central District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced Tatyana Golovina to a fine of 350,000 rubles (approximately US$3,700) on charges of financing extremism (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, from August 2021 to February 2022, she transferred 3,500 rubles (around US$37) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
23:04
On 27 August 2026, the Berezniki City Court found Andrey Mitrofanov guilty under the articles on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and repeated display of prohibited symbols (Part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). The sentence is not yet known. Previously, Mitrofanov had been sentenced to six years in a penal colony in a case concerning public advocacy or justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
23:04
A court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a city in Russia’s Far East, has dropped the case against Yuriy Shcherbina for the second time under the article on inciting hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), relating to a song by the band “I.R.O.K.E.Z” which expresses a negative view of the bourgeoisie. The court found that “bourgeoisie” is a historical term and does not refer to a vulnerable social group. The regional court had previously ordered the case to be reconsidered, but the district court once again found no grounds for an offence.
22:01
Yabloko party chair Nikolay Rybakov stated that it is now too late to remove the party’s candidates in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from the elections over reports of “extremist” symbols, as the legally established deadlines have already passed. Over the past two days, he said, there were attempts to remove nine Yabloko candidates: six in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, and three in the Moscow region.
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20:40
Yabloko deputy chair Maksim Kruglov is being held in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre hospital in conditions of almost total information isolation—there is no television, radio, newspapers, or hot water in his cell. According to his supporters, Kruglov is due to be transferred soon.
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RusNews
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20:28
In Blagoveshchensk, a city in the Russian Far East, a criminal case has been opened against a local woman under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 2 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, she transferred money in support of the “AllatRa” movement, which was declared extremist in 2025.
20:14
The Moscow Regional Court has removed Alexander Muravyov, the Yabloko party candidate for the Lyubertsy constituency, from the State Duma elections because of his slogan: “For a free internet without blockages.” The lawsuit was filed by Yuri Parkhomenko, the candidate from the “Party of Elderly People,” who considered the slogan to be negative towards other parties.
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19:57
The 1st Court of Cassation in Saratov, a city on the Volga, has upheld the sentence for RusNews journalist Roman Ivanov: seven years in a general regime penal colony. Ivanov said that former general Ivan Popov is being held in the colony with him, and that Popov organises gatherings of prisoners and gives militarist lectures.
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19:21
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced Denis Popov, a 25-year-old resident of Uglich (a small city north of Moscow), to nine years for “justifying terrorism” online. His total sentence across two cases amounts to ten years in prison. According to the prosecution, he left comments on a YouTube video linked to the ‘Freedom of Russia’ Legion. However, Popov denied any involvement and stated that the case may have been fabricated.
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18:31
The Pskov Regional Court has removed Aleksandr Kutelev and Valentina Akimova from the Legislative Assembly elections, who were running on the Communist Party (KPRF) list. According to the election commission, the candidates were found to have “foreign financial instruments” which they had not disclosed.
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17:37
A court in Perm upheld the city administration’s refusal to approve a rally in support of teenagers, including Arseny Turbin. The administration denied the organisers' request three times, citing the wording of the protest’s aims and the mention of Turbin, who is listed by Rosfinmonitoring as an “extremist and terrorist.”
16:40
On 3 September, Darya Bunkova and Nabi Balabekov left Russia after being arrested for a protest outside the Supreme Court. According to the activists, they were beaten by police and pressured to cooperate. Both were charged with “participation in a picket that resulted in road blockage.”
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15:37
Evgeny Barsov, a deputy from Surgut, has received a summons to court in a case of disobeying the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to Barsov, police officers detained him on 20 August without explanation. His assistant suggested the reason for the detention could have been links to Meta accounts on his social media.
15:00
The Achkhoi-Martanovsky District Court in Chechnya has fined a 22-year-old local resident under the article on searching for prohibited materials (Article 13.53 of the Administrative Code). The decision was issued on 3 September; details of the case and the amount of the fine have not been disclosed.
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14:52
The Moscow Regional Court has disqualified Yuri Vaskin, the Yabloko candidate, from the elections in Odintsovo District No. 124 because his campaign leaflet included QR codes linking to party online resources. The lawsuit was filed by Dmitry Shatalov, a candidate from the Party of Pensioners, who pointed out that these online communities featured posts that had been ruled by the court as copyright violations.
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14:32
On 8 September, the Yaroslavl Regional Court sentenced 48-year-old Nikolai Shcherbakov to 14 years in a high-security prison on charges of state treason. According to the prosecution, since October 2024 he had been filming the graves of military personnel in a cemetery and passing the information to representatives of the Ukrainian security services via a messaging app.
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14:24
In Crimea, security forces have detained a man on charges of making public calls for terrorism (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he published a video on YouTube calling for the destruction of the Crimean Bridge.
14:23
The prosecutor has asked the court to give activist Ivan Merezhnikov from Votkinsk—a city in the Udmurt Republic—a suspended sentence of two years and four months over charges of unlawful use of personal data and defamation. According to the investigation, the cases were initiated following complaints from the city’s mayor, Alexei Zametaev, and his daughter.
14:23
At the Rybinsk court, Denis Popov gave his closing statement—he said he had been isolated from his loved ones and that the case against him had been fabricated. According to his lawyer, Popov was offered a mobile phone in the penal colony, after which he was accused of writing terrorist texts, and Popov himself spoke about being transferred to a punishment cell and to the medical unit.
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