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Today
07:56
The Zavolzhsky District Court in Ulyanovsk, a city on the Volga River, has sentenced ASTRA editor-in-chief Anastasia Chumakova in absentia to seven years in prison for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (paragraph “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and violating the regulations for “foreign agents” (part 2 of article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). Chumakova has also been banned from administering websites for four years and given a fine of 200,000 rubles (about US$2,200).
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Today
14:54
In the Nevsky District Court of St Petersburg, animator Oleg Kuvayev is on trial in absentia, accused of incitement to activities against state security and of failing to comply with the obligations of a “foreign agent.” The prosecution has requested a sentence of 5 years and 11 months in a penal colony, one year of restricted freedom, a ban on administering internet resources for nearly 5 years, and a fine of 290,000 rubles (approx. US$3,200).
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14:41
The Kirovsky District Court of Tomsk has remanded Elena Matushevskaya to a pre-trial detention centre until 29 November on charges of financing extremist activity (part 1, article 282.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, Matushevskaya transferred money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation on seven occasions.
Persons
14:16
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Court, established by the Russian authorities, has sentenced a local resident to 17 years in prison and fined them 350,000 roubles (approx. US$3,800) on charges of treason and illegal trafficking of explosives. According to the prosecution, since 2022 the woman had, on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence, taken delivery of parcels containing explosives and radios, and organised hiding places for them in the Melitopol district, a region in south-eastern Ukraine.
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13:05
The organiser of the “For Fair Elections” picket in Khabarovsk, representing the “Rassvet” party, withdrew the notification for the event after being detained by police on 1 October. The police issued them a formal warning against unlawful actions and released them from the station.
12:14
On 1 October in Kazakhstan, Ukrainian national Liubov Rozhanskaya was detained at Astana airport while passing through border control, following a request from Russia via the CSTO. In 2023, Russia opened a case against her for the attempted abduction of her grandson. Rozhanskaya is currently being held in a pretrial detention centre and is awaiting a decision on Russia’s extradition request.
Persons
11:33
The 2nd Eastern District Military Court has sentenced a woman in absentia to 20 years in prison under articles relating to organising and participating in the activities of extremist and terrorist organisations. According to investigators, she founded an extremist organisation that was part of an anti-Russian movement, and published extremist materials and calls to action in the public domain.
11:15
The 2nd Eastern District Military Court in Chita has sentenced a 53-year-old woman originally from Yakutia, who is currently living abroad, to 20 years in a penal colony on charges of organising the activities of an extremist community (Article 282.2, Part 1 of the Criminal Code) and a terrorist organisation (Article 205.5, Part 1 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, from January 2023 to June 2025, the woman coordinated, via the internet, the activities of a movement advocating for the secession of Buryatia from Russia.
11:08
27-year-old resident of Petrozavodsk Nikita Sergeyev, classified as category “D” (unfit for military service), was forcibly taken to Blagoveshchensk, a city in the Russian Far East. There, according to him, he was made to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defence and sent to a military unit. According to the “Conscientious Objectors’ Movement,” the man was not allowed to leave the military recruitment office even though he has almost completely lost his eyesight.
Persons
10:50
The FSB has reported the detention of a resident of the Dzhankoi district in Crimea on suspicion of state treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). According to the security services, the man allegedly sent photos and videos of air defence facilities and the routes of Russian military convoys to a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officer via Telegram; he has been placed in custody.
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09:51
The Federal Penitentiary Service for the Volgograd region has confirmed that blogger Khilmi Oleynik (Khilmi) recorded video messages for social media while serving his sentence at Penal Colony No. 12 in Volzhsky, a city on the Volga River. The videos were made in 2025. In February 2025, his mobile phone was confiscated, and Oleynik was held accountable. The details of the punishment have not been disclosed.
Persons
09:45
A court in Nizhny Novgorod region has sentenced a 22-year-old organiser of an extremist group to 6 years and 6 months in a penal colony under articles for organising an extremist group (Part 1, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and preparing to commit hooliganism (Part 1, Article 30; Part 2, Article 213 of the Criminal Code). Their accomplices were sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony and two years on probation.
08:35
The Sovetsky District Court of Astrakhan sentenced a local resident to one year and six months of compulsory labour and a two-year ban on administering websites, on charges of making public calls for extremist activity (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man posted material on social media urging violence on grounds of nationality and against representatives of the authorities.
07:56
The Zavolzhsky District Court in Ulyanovsk, a city on the Volga River, has sentenced ASTRA editor-in-chief Anastasia Chumakova in absentia to seven years in prison for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (paragraph “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and violating the regulations for “foreign agents” (part 2 of article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). Chumakova has also been banned from administering websites for four years and given a fine of 200,000 rubles (about US$2,200).
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07:09
A court in Khakassia has sentenced a 50-year-old resident of Chernogorsk to a fine of 250,000 rubles (approximately US$2,800) under the charge of financing extremist activity (Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2022 the man transferred money to an organisation designated as extremist.
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22:45
On 7 September, a court in Rostov-on-Don found Natalya Goloshchukova guilty under the article on financing extremism and gave her a three-year suspended sentence. According to investigators, she had transferred 9,000 roubles (approx. US$100) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, and the court ordered this sum to be confiscated.
22:45
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Irkutsk ruled that the donation agreement between the local Jehovah’s Witnesses organisation and a group from Austria was a sham transaction, and transferred two plots of land and two buildings in Irkutsk to the ownership of the state. Earlier, the Kuzminsky District Court in Moscow confiscated all remaining Jehovah’s Witnesses property in favour of the state.
22:44
On 31 August 2026, the Sovetsky District Court in Tambov sentenced Denis Doroshin to a fine of 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,400) on charges of financing extremist activity (part 1, article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, Doroshin transferred money to an organisation that was declared extremist in June 2021.
Persons
22:44
On 30 September, the Mayminsky District Court of the Altai Republic handed a local resident a five-year suspended sentence on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing it. According to investigators, from 2019 to 2025 the woman was involved in the activities of the 'Karakol Initiative Group' and transferred money to support it; she did not admit guilt.
22:44
A criminal case has been opened in the Kurgan region, a locality in the Urals, against Svetlana Gaitur, who practises the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith. According to human rights advocates, similar cases were previously initiated against her husband, Alexander, and her daughter, Anastasia, and on 22 September, several local residents were subjected to searches and interrogations.
21:56
The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) has sentenced 20-year-old student Kristina Odintsova to 12 years and two months in a penal colony and fined her 100,000 roubles (approximately US$1,100) on charges of high treason. According to investigators, she allegedly provided information about Russian military personnel in Luhansk to an unidentified representative of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in exchange for payment.
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