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04.09.2026
14:45
On 18 August, the Solombala District Court in Arkhangelsk, a city in northern Russia, sentenced 27-year-old Ilya Loginov to a fine of 300,000 rubles (approximately US$3,200) under the article on financing extremist activities (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the FSB, he was accused of transferring money to a banned organisation, and on 8 June, Loginov was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists.
14:45
On 21 August 2026, the Primorsky District Court in Arkhangelsk Oblast fined a local resident 400,000 roubles (approximately US$4,400) in a case concerning the financing of extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to the regional branch of the FSB, the man made several transfers to the account of an extremist organisation, the name of which is not specified in the case materials.
14:45
The FSB in Karelia has opened a criminal case under the article on financing extremist activities (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) against a local resident. According to officials, she had subscribed to make monthly donations to an organisation designated as extremist.
14:02
In Moscow, Anna Shatunovskaya-Burno, a candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party, was detained and is being taken to the Yakimanka police station. The reason for the detention is unknown.
13:56
On 31 August 2026, the Sverdlovsky District Court in Belgorod, a city near the Ukrainian border, fined a 36-year-old local resident 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,350) in a case concerning the financing of extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). The sentence will be postponed until her child turns 14.
13:56
On 3 September, the Kursk Regional Court upheld the sentence against Mikhail Ukolov in the case of financing extremism, but additionally ordered the confiscation of one thousand rubles (about US$11) from him—the amount he had transferred to the banned organisation. Previously, the Fatezh District Court had sentenced Ukolov to one and a half years of compulsory labour and the seizure of five thousand rubles (about US$54), equivalent to the value of his phone.
13:54
In the Omsk region, a court has removed 30-year-old Communist Party candidate Konstantin Belousov from the regional legislative assembly elections after finding that he held foreign financial assets. According to the court, Belousov failed to provide evidence that he had disposed of the assets, so his registration was annulled.
13:54
In Ulyanovsk region, a criminal case has been opened against a 48-year-old woman on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the use of the Russian army (section “d,” part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, she posted a video containing such information on social media. The court has placed the woman under house arrest.
13:53
On 4 September, the Second Court of Appeal upheld the refusal to register the Yabloko party’s list for the Legislative Assembly elections in Leningrad region. The party had attempted to challenge the decision of the Leningrad Regional Court and the actions of the regional electoral commission, but the court dismissed the complaint.
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13:41
In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, Artem Kungurtsev, a representative of the Green Party, is demanding the removal of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, the Yabloko candidate, from the elections, citing copyright violations due to the publication of a video featuring Banksy graffiti and a quote from Andrei Sakharov. The Chelyabinsk Regional Court will consider the claim on 7 September.
13:21
In Kemerovo, a major city in Siberia, a court has placed a young man and woman in custody on charges of preparing a terrorist attack. According to investigators, they filmed a law enforcement building for money and passed the footage to a representative of a terrorist organisation.
13:20
16-year-old Vitalina Prening from Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, has been added to the Rosfinmonitoring register of terrorists and extremists—she is facing charges of attempted terrorist act (Part 1, Article 30; Part 1, Article 205 of the Criminal Code). According to Sibirsky Express, a criminal case has also been opened under the articles for participation in a terrorist organisation (Part 2, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code).
13:20
A court in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has fined the New Time Foundation 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,250) for failing to submit reports to the Ministry of Justice for the third and fourth quarters of 2025 (part 2 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to representatives of the foundation, following the tightening of the ‘foreign agent’ legislation, the organisation is unable to access funds in its special account.
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13:13
In Moscow, a criminal case has been opened against Ekaterina Kotrikadze for evading obligations stipulated by the legislation on “foreign agents” (part 2 of article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). Earlier, a court sentenced her in absentia to eight years in prison under the article on spreading false information about the Russian army.
12:54
The Supreme Court has definitively removed the Yabloko party from the elections to the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly due to issues with the authority of its financial representative and the submission of a financial report. Party representatives claim they corrected the error in the documents, but the electoral commission did not give them the opportunity to defend their rights.
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12:30
Darya Bunkova and Nabi Balabekov left Russia after being arrested for taking part in a rally in support of the Yabloko party—their detention took place on the day of their appeal, and they were then sentenced to 10 and 15 days’ arrest for “an unauthorised rally” and “blocking the pavement and the roadway.” According to Darya, she was threatened during her detention, while force was used against Nabi and he was threatened with a weapon.
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12:20
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Court, established by the occupation authorities, has sentenced 64-year-old journalist Iryna Levchenko from Melitopol (a city in southern Ukraine) to 15 years in a penal colony on espionage charges. According to the court, she allegedly passed information about Russian ministries and security agencies to the Ukrainian special services.
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12:00
The Second Court of Appeal has upheld the registration of Yabloko candidate Anton Kostik for the elections to the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly. Deputy Andrey Malkov attempted to disqualify Kostik from the election, claiming he held foreign financial assets, but the court rejected this claim.
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11:52
On Red Square, the father of 11-year-old Ira and Polina Poteikhina was detained. Together with his wife, he has been campaigning for their daughters with SMA to be given the original drug Spinraza instead of the Russian generic. The man was detained after he took a photo of his wife holding a placard near the Kremlin walls. The reason for his detention is not yet known.
11:44
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced five participants in the attempted escape involving hostage-taking at Remand Centre No. 1 in Rostov on 16 June 2024 to prison terms ranging from 21 to 29 years, part of which will be served in a high-security prison. According to investigators, the detainees attempted to escape on the day of Eid al-Adha, took two remand centre employees hostage and made demands of the authorities.