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19.09.2026
09:46
The campaign team of Nina Leonchenko, the Communist Party (KPRF) candidate in the Ust-Abakan district (a district in southern central Siberia), has reported receiving a large number of anonymous calls to team members’ phones. The team believes this is an attempt to disrupt coordination during the elections, and they are preparing appeals to law enforcement agencies and the Central Election Commission.
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00:59
Olga Shchekina was released after being fined for violating the curfew in Donetsk. According to human rights activists, she was able to leave for Rostov region. Previously, after completing her administrative detention in Rostov-on-Don, she was taken away by unknown individuals; the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.
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00:59
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced 51-year-old Moscow resident Sergei Kostenko to 14 years in prison for allegedly putting up posters and being involved with a terrorist organisation. According to investigators, under orders from an international terrorist organisation, he put up leaflets calling for acts of terrorism and activities against Russia’s security.
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18.09.2026
22:37
In Dolgoprudny, at polling station No. 365, two observers from Maksim Vladimirov (“Yabloko”) were forcibly removed after they demanded to see and photograph the ballot box. One person was shoved out by two unidentified individuals, while a police officer escorted the second observer out, citing a “lawful order.”
22:37
A resident of Krasnoyarsk, a major city in Siberia, was fined 300,000 rubles (approximately US$3,300) on charges of financing extremism (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, the basis for the criminal case was donations of almost 2,000 rubles (about US$22) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
22:37
On 10 September, the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala sentenced Madina Imasheva to a fine of 350,000 roubles (approximately US$3,800) in a case concerning the financing of extremism (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). The reason for the criminal prosecution was a donation of five US dollars to the banned Anti-Corruption Foundation in August 2021.
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22:36
On 16 September 2026, the Novgorod Regional Court sentenced 54-year-old Elena Oloer to two years in a penal settlement and a three-year ban on administering online resources. She was found guilty under Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code because of a poem about Victory Day that was published online.
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22:36
On 10 September, the Myski City Court in Kemerovo Region fined Tamara Bolonina 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences for posts on Odnoklassniki. According to the court, five of her posts contained signs of inciting hatred and degrading the dignity of members of political parties and the Russian government.
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22:35
The Berezovsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk Krai has sentenced Vyacheslav Isachenko, a resident of Sosnovoborsk (a town near Krasnoyarsk in Siberia), to a fine of 360,000 roubles (approximately US$4,000) under charges of financing extremism. According to the court and prosecutor, on 27 January 2022 Isachenko transferred 300 roubles (about US$3.50) to an organisation declared extremist. The court also ordered the confiscation of 300 roubles, a computer and a USB drive from him.
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21:34
Yulia Kuznetsova, the Green Party candidate for the State Duma, got back in touch on 18 September, a day after she stopped responding to messages following a meeting with voters in Sokolniki. In a short video, she said that she and her husband were fine, but did not provide any details about her absence.
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21:15
Precinct Electoral Commission No. 364 in Dolgoprudny, a town near Moscow, filed a lawsuit demanding the removal of an election observer appointed by Maksim Vladimirov, a candidate from the Yabloko party, claiming that she was hindering the commission’s work and filming voter lists. At the same time, commission members sealed the ballot box following her complaint.
21:04
On 18 September, the Moskovsky District Court of Cheboksary fined Vladislav Arkadyev, head of the Chuvash branch of Yabloko, 1,000 roubles (about US$10) under the article on displaying prohibited symbols—the reason was a link to a film by Navalny’s team, “He Is Not Dimon to You.” Previously, the Supreme Court of Chuvashia removed Arkadyev and Viktor Stenshin from the State Duma elections following lawsuits by rivals over copyright to a font and posts about candidates in the foreign agent channel Angry Chuvashia.
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20:10
The 2nd Western District Military Court has sentenced 62-year-old Alexey Orleansky, a resident of Yaroslavl Region (a region northeast of Moscow), to eight years in prison and a fine of 300,000 rubles (approx. US$3,300) on charges of financing terrorism (Part 1.1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code) over donations to ‘Artpodgotovka.’ Orleansky will spend the first two years in prison, with the remainder of the sentence to be served in a high-security penal colony.
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19:16
Two observers for Yabloko candidate Sergei Mitrokhin from Moscow, as well as several members of election commissions representing Yabloko in St Petersburg, have received summonses from the military recruitment office. According to the party, on 14 September eight territorial election commissions in Moscow refused to admit their observers, and on 17 September Mitrokhin filed a complaint with the Central Election Commission.
19:16
Ahmed Abazov, a candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko in Karachay-Cherkessia, announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy due to pressure and threats which, he said, came from representatives of United Russia. Abazov sent information about the threats to the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office, but his name remained on the ballot paper as the election commission did not receive an official statement.
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19:16
Ivan Rostovtsev, editor-in-chief of the publication Chesnok, was notified of a new administrative charge by telegram, which was sent on 14 September but he was only able to receive it on 18 September. He was not notified in any other way, such as by phone.
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19:15
In Volgograd, on the first day of voting, police are issuing activists and a journalist with official warnings against holding demonstrations during the election. According to Vladimir Telpuk, Ilya Kravchenko, and Vyacheslav Lemkus, they or their relatives have been handed such documents.
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19:14
Observer Roman Malozemov reported that police officers expelled him from polling station No. 2002 in Novosibirsk, after a statement was submitted to revoke his credentials—a statement which, he said, he did not sign. Malozemov has filed a lawsuit with the Central District Court of Novosibirsk, demanding that his rights as an observer be reinstated.
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18:13
Judge Marochkin expelled lawyer Maria Bonzler from the courtroom, after which she began to feel unwell in an overcrowded police van without ventilation. According to Bonzler, she lost consciousness but did not receive any medical assistance.
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18:00
In Izhevsk, a major city in the Urals, employees of the Housing and Utilities Administration were ordered to submit applications to participate in remote electronic voting, and were required to ensure 100% participation, according to Udmurtia Against Corruption. Management also demanded that workers involve their relatives in the voting and threatened them with additional work if the requirements were not met.
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