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17.09.2026
20:39
In Moscow, the territorial election commission of the Bogorodsky district claimed that State Duma candidate Yulia Kuznetsova (Kharchenko) had supposedly withdrawn her election observers. However, she insists that she did not do so. According to her, her observer was not allowed into the polling station, and no decision regarding their removal has been published.
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20:38
In St Petersburg, electoral commissions Nos 21, 29, 61, 62 and 63 refused to allow State Duma candidate Vitaly Isakov to have Yabloko observers present, citing the absence of a lawyer’s signature. Isakov claimed the documents had been tampered with and reported that the chair of territorial electoral commission No 63, Oleg Chernov, used physical force against him and his assistant in the presence of a police officer, who did not intervene.
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20:24
Pressure on scholars and lecturers linked to anti-war initiatives or “Smart Voting” has increased at Russian universities: their contracts are not being renewed, they are summoned for conversations with the FSB, and added to so-called blacklists. Such cases are particularly common at Saint Petersburg State University, where former staff were asked to make donations or publicly renounce their anti-war views in order to keep their jobs.
19:51
In the Tambov region, south of Moscow, police summoned all appointed observers from the Yabloko party for interviews and handed them warnings about the inadmissibility of violations during the voting days from 18 to 20 September. The regional branch of the party also reported that at a number of enterprises, employees have been scheduled to work shifts on 20 September, and that Yabloko has appealed to the Central Election Commission over pressure on observers.
19:50
A criminal case has been opened in Buryatia against a young man under the article on public incitement to terrorism online (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he posted content on social media calling for violence against government officials, allegedly on the instructions of the administrators of the “Free Buryatia” and “People of Baikal” public pages.
19:29
In Moscow, stickers in support of Lida Moniava have appeared in the Ostankino and Troparyovo-Nikulino districts; previously, they were put up in the city centre. At the beginning of September, a criminal case was opened against Moniava under the article on spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, after which she stepped down as director of the “House with a Lighthouse” foundation and left the hospice’s board.
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18:33
The court of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug has overturned the decision to impose 80 hours of compulsory labour on Ivan Barsov, a Communist Party (KPRF) candidate for the Surgut city duma, under the article on displaying banned symbols. The judge stated that Barsov’s guilt had not been proven and overturned the lower court’s decision.
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18:27
The Yabloko party candidate in Karachay-Cherkessia, Akhmed Abazov, withdrew from the State Duma elections after threats were made against his family. According to Abazov, the pressure began after a meeting with representatives of United Russia and the regional leadership on 7 September; later, unknown individuals threatened his daughter and sent photographs of their home.
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18:19
Natalya Polyakova worked at an FSIN hospital and refused to have part of her salary deducted for the needs of the “special military operation,” after which she was dismissed and then visited by FSB officers. According to Polyakova, she was subjected to harassment, interrogations and pressure, and eventually left Russia.
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18:14
In Chertanovo, police have detained 19-year-old Yabloko party campaigner Alexei Belousov, who was working for candidate Igor Zhilin. The reasons for his detention and his current whereabouts are unknown, and there is no contact with him.
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17:44
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced 19-year-old Olga Mishanina from Irkutsk, a major city in eastern Siberia, to seven years in prison in a case concerning her attempt to leave Russia to fight on the side of Ukraine; she has also been given one year of restricted freedom. Her father, Dmitry Mishanin, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and one year of restricted freedom on charges of state treason and involvement in a terrorist organisation.
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17:32
In the Avtovo district of St Petersburg, police detained deputy Vadim Davydov and the Communist Party district committee secretary Anatoly Goryunov while they were distributing campaign materials. According to the police, campaigning is not allowed on Thursdays, although a pre-election silence day had not been officially declared.
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16:35
In Voronezh, a city in southwestern Russia, security forces carried out searches within a single day at the homes of seven activists, including Fyodor Orlov, Pavel Sychev, Alexander Strelnikov, and Lena from Rassvet. According to Civil Defense Node, the searches are connected to a criminal case concerning the justification of terrorism.
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16:33
Alexander Kudelkin, a former candidate from the Yabloko party, has been released from a special detention centre in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, after serving ten days under arrest for a case involving the display of banned symbols. He was detained on 7 September over posts on Facebook, after which the regional electoral commission removed Kudelkin and three other Yabloko candidates from the regional legislative assembly election lists.
16:03
The Supreme Court has upheld as lawful the decision to annul the registration of the Yabloko party’s candidate list for the Legislative Assembly elections in Pskov region, a northwestern area near the borders with Estonia and Latvia. The reason for the disqualification was the absence of a seal impression on the power of attorney for the party’s financial representative.
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15:21
The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has extended the detention of Readovka founder Alexey Kostylev until 19 December, despite complaints of deteriorating health, a broken arm and frequent epileptic seizures. Kostylev is a defendant in a case concerning the embezzlement of one billion rubles (about US$11 million) during the supply of UAVs; former Readovka employees have testified against him.
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15:21
Mikhail Matveev, a State Duma candidate from the Communist Party (KPRF), has stated that territorial election commissions in Samara Region are passing observers' personal data to employers, after which the observers come under pressure and are demanded to stop working at the elections. According to Matveev, such cases have been identified in Samara and Kinel, a town near Samara, and he has filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee.
15:20
The Chuvashia Election Commission has announced that following a court decision to deregister candidates from the Yabloko party, Vladislav Arkadyev and Viktor Stenshin, their names will be removed from the ballot papers. Arkadyev was standing in the Cheboksary district no. 43, and Stenshin in the Kanash district no. 42.
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15:20
In Volgograd region, two young men and a young woman were detained for filming and posting online the aftermath of a missile strike on an industrial facility. According to law enforcement, such actions may carry criminal liability, up to charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and fines of up to one million rubles (approximately US$11,000).
15:07
The court in St Petersburg has kept Ilya Remeslo in pre-trial detention, despite requests to release him under a travel restriction order. The substantive hearing of the case is scheduled for 28 September.
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