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08.09.2026
14:21
The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has cancelled the registration of Yabloko candidate Dmitry Smirnov for the State Duma elections, following a lawsuit filed by Party of Pensioners candidate Alexey Rizovatov. The suit related to a photo of Lemmy Kilmister that Smirnov published on VKontakte in 2015. On 8 September, a court in Chelyabinsk, a major city in Russia’s Urals, also removed Yaroslav Shcherbakov, chair of Chelyabinsk’s Yabloko branch, from the election. Earlier on 31 August, three other candidates from the party were also struck off the ballot.
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13:46
The Petrogradsky District Court fined entrepreneur Fidel Chogin 40,000 rubles (approx. US$440) under the article on “discrediting the army” (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), and an additional 2,000 rubles (approx. US$22) for displaying banned symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). The proceedings were prompted by a logo on Chogin’s company website featuring an inverted letter Z.
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13:26
A further 9 years in prison has been requested for Denis Popov over comments on YouTube, which investigators allege he posted from a penal colony. The lawyer stated that the court refused to investigate the details of his phone usage and did not request the results of the internal inquiry.
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13:20
In Barnaul, a major city in Siberia, the investigation has been completed in the case against a 43-year-old local resident accused of promoting terrorism online (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man allegedly posted comments under news stories in a messenger app aimed at spreading terrorist ideology; the case has been sent to court.
13:06
The Tagansky District Court in Moscow has fined Booking 6 million roubles (approx. US$65,000) for “LGBT propaganda” over a message sent to hotels for pride month, which, according to Roskomnadzor, was not removed in a timely manner. The court also issued fines of 3.5 million roubles each (approx. US$38,000) to Pinterest, Twitch and TikTok for refusing to monitor prohibited content.
11:53
On 8 September, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court refused to grant early release on parole to Yaroslav Shirshikov, who was convicted over a social media post. The refusal was due to disciplinary penalties imposed on him in the penal colony, which Shirshikov disputes and has appealed.
11:48
The Moscow City Court upheld the prosecutor’s refusal to review the case of Alexey Gorinov, despite a decision by a UN working group which found 11 violations in the case and declared his arrest arbitrary. Gorinov took part in the hearing by video link from the penal colony and reported signs of poisoning, but the court denied his request for medical assistance.
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SOTAvision
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10:58
A resident of Severodvinsk, a city in the north of Russia, has been arrested on charges of financing terrorism (Article 205.1, Part 1.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, they transferred money to an organisation that has been designated as extremist and banned in Russia by a court.
10:48
The Chelyabinsk Regional Court has removed Yaroslav Shcherbakov, a Yabloko candidate, from the State Duma elections following a lawsuit by Artyom Kungurtsev of the Green Party. According to the claimant, the reason was allegedly illegal campaigning and copyright violations, including the use of works by Banksy, an image of Andrei Sakharov, and words attributed to Andrei Gromyko.
10:29
In the Kurgan region, the FSB and the National Guard special forces detained a resident of the Lebyazhyevsky district on suspicion of publicly justifying terrorism. According to the investigation, the man posted comments on social media in which he justified the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attacks on Voronezh and the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, as well as criticising the special military operation.
09:18
Public sector workers in Zmeinogorsk and the village of Pospelikha in Altai Krai told Communist Party (KPRF) deputies that they were being forced to register for the remote electronic voting system in the elections, under threat of losing their bonuses and facing “problems at work.” According to Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, by the end of August, 187,000 residents of Altai Krai had applied to take part in remote electronic voting.
05:56
The electoral commission of Zabaykalsky Krai has forwarded leaflets from State Duma deputy candidate Alexander Zhdanov, featuring the slogan “For peace and freedom! For life without fear!,” to law enforcement agencies for inspection regarding potential violations of election law. Zhdanov has been advised not to distribute this campaign material until a decision is made.
03:49
In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a major city in the Russian Far East, a criminal case has been opened against a 33-year-old local resident under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, between August 2021 and February 2022, the man transferred money seven times to the accounts of an organisation whose activities are banned in Russia.
07.09.2026
21:36
The Kurgan City Court has fined artist Stanislav Komissarov (Slava PTRK) five thousand roubles (US$55) for participating in the activities of an “undesirable” organisation (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code). According to Komissarov, the grounds for the charge were posts in his Telegram channel, including reposts of content from Deutsche Welle, Meduza and The Insider.
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Медиазона
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21:09
Aleksey Kholodaryov, a former member of the Yekaterinburg city council, was detained in a sauna in the Beloyarsky district of Sverdlovsk region in the evening, and later released from police station No. 9 of the Verkh-Isetsky district. The reason for drawing up a report was a repost of a FBK video on Facebook almost 10 years ago. Kholodaryov is now awaiting trial under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences.
20:15
In Sverdlovsk Region, Yabloko candidate Vladimir Sevostyanov was detained; a report was filed against him under the article on displaying banned symbols due to a repost from 2020, but he was later released. Since 1 September, the police have detained nine Yabloko candidates in total—three in Moscow and six in Sverdlovsk Region.
20:02
In Skopin, Ryazan region (central Russia), the court has extended the detention of Elena Morgunova by 14 days. According to human rights activists, she is accused of refusing to undergo drug tests.
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RusNews
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19:34
Police have detained former Yekaterinburg city councillor Alexei Kholodarev and are taking him to the station. In 2022, he was fined under the article on “discrediting the army” and was arrested for displaying prohibited symbols. This year, he ran as a candidate for the Sverdlovsk Regional Duma from the Yabloko party.
19:21
In Moscow, since 1 July, 65-year-old Russian national Dmitry Drig, who had lived for many years in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, has been held under a system of ‘carousel detentions’—he has been repeatedly arrested back-to-back under charges of disobeying the police and minor hooliganism. According to Mediazona, Drig flew to Moscow to collect his pension and lost contact with others after his arrival.
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18:12
In Penza, a city in the Volga Region, three men attacked activist Marat Maksimov, who was holding a solo picket in support of the Communist Party and against the removal of candidates from the elections. According to the party, the attackers tore up his placard, threatened him with violence, and ripped off a Lenin badge. Another activist, Artyom Stepanov, was forced to delete a video recording after being threatened and having his arms twisted.
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