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18.09.2026
17:48
In the past two weeks, the number of opposition candidates barred from running in the State Duma and regional parliamentary elections has risen from 36 to 64. Most were disqualified due to accusations of displaying banned symbols, copyright violations, issues with documents, or holding foreign shares; 42 of them were nominated by the Yabloko party.
17:12
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added the 'Anarchist-35' project, Mikhail Shevelev, Erzhan Turgumbay, Pavel Ivanov, and Andrei Zvyagintsev to the register of 'foreign agents'. The relevant decision was published on 18 September.
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17:08
Andrey Zvyagintsev has been added to the Justice Ministry’s register for “collaboration with foreign agents” and spreading “false information” about Russian politics. The ministry stated that the film director had been involved in creating materials for foreign agents and undesirable organisations.
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16:59
A criminal case has been opened against blogger Anatoly Deev from Verkhnyaya Pyshma, a town in the Urals, for burning a Russian flag marked with the Latin letters Z, V, and a swastika. He is also charged with two counts of “rehabilitation of Nazism” (Article 329 and Parts 3 and 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The first hearing in Deev’s case is scheduled for 28 September and will be held behind closed doors.
Persons
16:59
The Krasnogvardeysky District Court of St Petersburg sentenced Oleg Petrov to 10 days of administrative detention under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences for posts on VKontakte about the Red Control project and for links to banned resources. According to Petrov, he forgot to delete these materials.
Persons
16:58
At the polling station, attempts are being made to remove the observer from the Yabloko party, Alexei Ogloblin, and the police have been called. According to the law, an observer can only be removed by a court or by the candidate who appointed them.
Persons
16:56
The Sovietsky and Central Courts in Voronezh have rejected lawsuits filed by Communist Party (KPRF) candidates Denis Kolomentsev and Alexander Shabunin regarding the refusal to register their election observers. According to the courts, the territorial electoral commissions informed the candidates in due time about shortcomings in the submitted lists.
Persons
16:51
In the Moscow region, the Dolgoprudny Territorial Election Commission notified Yabloko party candidate Maksim Vladimirov that 68 people from his list allegedly cannot serve as observers due to the lack of active voting rights. The same argument is being used to obstruct observers’ work in Mytishchi, a city near Moscow. At a polling station in Shchyolkovo, commission members tried to remove a colleague after they complained about being denied access to voter lists; observers say that the removal documents had been prepared in advance.
Persons
16:47
On the first day of voting, at least 984 observers from the Communist Party (CPRF) and 350 from Yabloko were not allowed to work at polling stations, journalists from “7×7” calculated based on data from the parties and media. According to reports from various regions, commissions explained the refusals by citing errors in documents, lack of local registration, and other formal reasons.
Persons
16:40
Lithuanian border guards detained a Russian national aged between 60 and 68, who swam across the Neman River from the Kaliningrad region on 17 September and applied for asylum, stating they were being persecuted due to their activity on social media. The Lithuanian authorities refused them entry and returned them to Russia the same day.
14:44
The Shali City Court in Chechnya has denied early release on parole to Zarema Musaeva. According to her lawyer, Alexander Savin, the prosecutor’s office and the administration of the penal colony opposed the defence’s request.
14:42
The Gagarinsky District Court in Moscow fined economist Yekaterina Zhuravskaya for sharing links on Twitter to materials from Deutsche Welle, The Insider, Radio Liberty, Dozhd and Meduza. Earlier in 2026, Zhuravskaya was added to the registers of “foreign agents” and “terrorists and extremists.”
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14:35
In the Zelenodolsk district, parliamentary candidate Irina Nikiforova and her team withdrew from monitoring the elections due to threats and pressure from a group of young people reportedly brought in by Ramadanovsky. According to those involved, district head Afanasyev is cooperating with Ramadanovsky, while the police are not responding to what is happening.
Persons
14:23
In Volgograd region, a man has been detained on suspicion of publicly inciting extremist and terrorist activity. According to investigators, he administered a channel on a messaging app where he posted content calling for violence and justifying terrorism. He is facing criminal charges under Part 2 of Article 280 and Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code.
14:17
A court in Petrozavodsk, a city in northwest Russia, has fined the emigrated journalist and film director Sergei Markelov 60,000 roubles (US$700) under the article on violating the rules for the activities of a foreign agent (Part 2, Article 330 of the Criminal Code). Markelov stated that he does not agree with the requirement to label himself as a foreign agent.
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13:22
In Moscow, at polling station No. 2052, commission members and police removed an observer, explaining that he “walks around the station too much.” This was reported by Vera Ganzya, a Communist Party candidate for the State Duma.
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13:20
The Second Eastern District Military Court has received the criminal case of 71-year-old Nadezhda Malyugina from Leninsk-Kuznetsky, a city in southwestern Siberia, who is accused of two counts of justifying terrorism on the internet. Earlier, in July 2025, Malyugina was fined under the charge of inciting hatred, and in February 2026 her name was added to the Rosfinmonitoring register because of prosecution under anti-terrorism legislation.
Persons
13:09
In Saint Petersburg, at polling station 122, an election observer reported that a person without local registration was given four ballots. After this, commission members told her that they would seek her removal from the station.
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13:03
Mikhail Semenov, who was convicted for crossing the border with Abkhazia, was denied parole on 10 September, and afterwards, the prison marked him as prone to escape. According to his defence, Semenov is being pressured, his documents are being confiscated, and essential medication is not being passed on to him.
Persons
12:42
A student who became a member of the electoral commission from the Yabloko party in St Petersburg received a summons to the military enlistment office on 16 September. On 17 September, they received a call from the university asking whether they planned to take part in illegal protests on 20 September.
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