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07.09.2026
10:47
In Kaliningrad, the authorities have closed two out of four Hyde Parks—designated areas where rallies can be held without prior approval—leaving only the sites on the outskirts of the city. In Tambov region, in August, the number of Hyde Parks was also reduced, with just one site per district remaining.
10:43
The Petrograd District Court has upheld the ban on certain activities imposed on cyclist and coach Igor Leonovich, who stands accused of “financing extremist activity” due to donations sent to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). On 7 September, the judge extended his pre-trial restriction for a further six months; the next hearing is scheduled for 15 September.
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09:59
On 4 September, the Russian Ministry of Justice added the poet and journalist Sergei Leibgrad to the “foreign agents” register as number 1253. The ministry said this was due to his criticism of decisions made by the Russian authorities, his stance against the special operation, and his connections with other “foreign agents.”
06.09.2026
19:20
Andrey Boyarshinov has spent more than a month in a punishment cell on a formal charge of breaching internal regulations. According to human rights activists, the real reason for his isolation was the content of his personal diaries, and now Andrey faces being officially designated a persistent offender and transferred to stricter conditions.
18:39
The Central District Court of Khabarovsk, a major city in Russia’s Far East, fined activist Stanislav Zimin 30,000 rubles (approximately US$340) for “discrediting” the army over a conversation about the war with a Ukrainian streamer, which was published on YouTube in August 2024. According to the court, Zimin criticised the actions of the Russian authorities and military towards Ukraine; he did not admit guilt and claims that he was not the one who published the video.
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Медиазона
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18:17
On 4 September, the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow sentenced a 53-year-old head of department at a design bureau, E. T., to one and a half years of compulsory labour with a 10% deduction from her wages under the article on financing extremism (part 1 of article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigators, the woman was accused of transferring funds to the banned Anti-Corruption Foundation; she herself stated that she was sending money to Alexei Navalny and stopped her donations after she learned that the organisation had been declared extremist.
18:17
On 2 September, the St Petersburg City Court declared four foreign books to be extremist materials, including academic studies on wars and queer art, as well as a book about the administration of Joe Biden. The respondent in the case was MIKAS LLC, and the interested party was Relod JSC.
18:17
On 24 August 2026, the Cherepovets City Court fined Petr Gubanov 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) under the article on incitement of hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, the reason was four comments on VKontakte, including criticism of United Russia and insults towards migrants.
17:46
In Elista, a city in southern Russia, a criminal case has been opened against politician and human rights defender Boris Todaev for the “rehabilitation of Nazism” (parts 3 and 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) because of an article about the deportation of the Kalmyks. On 3 September, following a search and detention, the court placed Todaev under house arrest.
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17:25
Denis Khoroshilov, a candidate for municipal deputy from “A Just Russia” in Vladimir Region (east of Moscow), has reported being pressured by Sergei Biryukov, the head of the party’s regional branch, after filing a complaint about campaigning by “United Russia.” According to Khoroshilov, Biryukov demanded that he withdraw his candidacy and expressed dissatisfaction over a video about illegal campaigning, but the candidate refused to drop out of the election.
16:33
A third criminal case has been opened against the journalist from Yoshkar-Ola, Aleksey Seregin, for inciting hatred and enmity towards a group of people. According to Seregin, after his arrest he was tortured with electric shocks by the police, and last week he was transferred to pre-trial detention centre (SIZO) No. 2 in Kazan.
15:53
The Yabloko party has accused the Novgorod courts of speeding up the process of removing candidate Anna Cherepanova from the elections and of interfering in the activities of Russian Post. According to the party, a judge personally travelled to another region to collect Cherepanova’s appeal, and the activist herself had previously been fined under the article on displaying extremist symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).
14:55
Yury Mitin, the candidate for the Sverdlovsk Regional Legislative Assembly from the New People party, has reported attempts to remove him from the election race in Constituency No. 8 in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals. According to him, he faced pressure to voluntarily withdraw, was threatened with issues at the military enlistment office, and was obstructed from placing campaign materials.
14:34
Lida Moniava has announced that she will step down from the management of the children’s hospice “House with a Lighthouse” and leave the board, but does not intend to leave Russia. She explained this was due to criminal prosecution over charges of spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, as well as concerns for the hospice’s operations.
10:22
In the Kaluga region, a 17-year-old resident of the Kirov district has been detained on suspicion of inciting hatred towards law enforcement officers. Criminal proceedings have been initiated against them (part 1, article 282 of the Criminal Code), and the court has placed the teenager under house arrest.
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МВД России
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08:51
In August, 220 foreign nationals were expelled from Sverdlovsk Region, among them the former leader of the Uzbek diaspora in Yekaterinburg, Abidkul Turatov. According to media reports, Turatov was expelled after refusing to register with the military draft office when renewing his residence permit. It is also reported that he participated in chat groups criticising the Russian authorities.
05.09.2026
21:52
An administrative case has been opened against Dmitry Smirnov, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, for displaying banned symbols due to a 2015 post on VKontakte about the death of Motörhead’s lead singer, Lemmy Kilmister. Alexey Rizovatov, a candidate from the “Elderly People’s Party,” has filed a lawsuit to remove Smirnov from the elections; the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court will consider the case on 7 September.
17:51
The police in Novosibirsk declined to open a case of vandalism over the removal of a plaque from the stone intended for a monument to the victims of repression in Narymsky Square. The local police officer was unable to identify who removed the plaque and reported that there were no witnesses.
16:39
The Central District Military Court has received a case on justifying terrorism online against 45-year-old Artem Khan from the Kurgan region, a part of the Urals. In June, Khan was fined 30,000 roubles (about US$330) under a protocol for “discrediting” the army.
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15:33
A third criminal case has been opened against journalist Alexey Seregin from Yoshkar-Ola, a city in the Mari El Republic, for inciting hatred against a group of people (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code); further details are unknown. Previously, Seregin was detained on charges of justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), and while in the pre-trial detention centre, a case was initiated for repeated failure to fulfil the obligations of a foreign agent (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).