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13.09.2026
19:04
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Lipetsk has fined Anatoly Shkatov, a regional council deputy from the Communist Party (KPRF), 20,000 roubles (approximately US$220) under the article on incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) over a post featuring an image of a snake and the United Russia party logo. According to the court, Shkatov’s April post included an illustration showing a hand strangling a snake bearing the party’s symbols, with the caption: “If you don’t destroy it, it will destroy you.”
16:43
Ivan Kurilla, an émigré scholar and Americanist historian from Volgograd, has been added to the list of “foreign agents” for a second time—this time as a member of the editorial board of the journal Historical Expertise. Along with him, 11 other people received this status; the decision to include them was published on 4 September.
13:35
The Murmansk Region electoral commission has referred two speeches by Igor Khomechko, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, to the prosecutor’s office. The speeches were broadcast on the channels Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24. The oversight body has been asked to examine whether these speeches constitute administrative offences.
12.09.2026
22:39
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, Demyan Murphy was arrested over a tattoo depicting a “fern flower,” which the court deemed to be prohibited symbolism. The court sentenced Murphy to 10 days' detention, which he has already served.
19:46
In Izhevsk, a city in the Urals, on 30 August, a 58-year-old man was stopped near a shop on 7th Podlesnaya Street and taken to a military enlistment point, where his phone was confiscated and he was forced to sign documents. On 11 September, three men took another person away from the same shop.
18:24
In Murmansk, a major city in Russia’s far north, police detained a volunteer for several hours who was handing out campaign leaflets for Igor Khomechko, the Yabloko party candidate for the State Duma, before releasing them without drawing up a protocol. The candidate stated that the detention was an attempt to interfere with his campaign and has submitted a complaint to the prosecutor of Murmansk Region.
17:30
The Oktyabrsky District Court in Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has sentenced Vladimir Sevostyanov, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, to 12 days of administrative detention under the article on displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was a repost of a publication from 2020.
16:35
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put YouTube blogger Ded Arkhimed (Dmitry Purkin) on the wanted list, according to information found by Mediazona in the ministry’s database. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Purkin is being sought under an article of the Criminal Code, but the exact reason for the criminal case is unknown.
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16:00
Two Moscow residents have been sentenced to 15 days’ detention for petty hooliganism after they allegedly tore down a United Russia campaign poster and refused to comply with police. According to one of those detained, officers from the Centre for Countering Extremism (CPE) threatened them with criminal prosecution for “extremism” at the police station and tried to find out whether they were working for Ukraine.
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SOTAvision
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13:28
At MEPhI, students registered as residents of Moscow were offered the chance to have three PE classes counted as attended if they took part in electronic voting in the State Duma elections on 18 September. Yegor Lazarev, a lecturer from the Department of Physical Education, asked interested students to send their details in the student chat, the Groza project reports, citing a reader.
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11:08
The administration of Ob, a town in the Novosibirsk region, has banned a meeting between the deputy speaker of the Novosibirsk Regional Legislative Assembly, Roman Yakovlev (CPRF), and voters, declaring it a public event with a different approval process. Yakovlev is running for the State Duma in Barabinsk Constituency No. 140 and is the main rival to the current MP Viktor Ignatov (United Russia).
11:08
Richard Rose had his books and kettle returned to him in pre-trial detention centre No.4 in Kamyshlov after an inspection, but his trousers were confiscated because of a belt. In a letter, he wrote that he is learning Polish, drawing, and engaging in creative activities while in detention.
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RusNews
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10:15
In Irkutsk Region, a court removed Sergei Lipin, a candidate from the New People party, from the election because his campaign video featured a quote from the film “Mimino.” The lawsuit was filed by Roman Sinegub, a candidate from the Communist Party (KPRF), who claimed copyright infringement.
08:00
Vladimir Sevastyanov, a member of the Duma in Sukhoy Log—a city in Sverdlovsk region in the Urals—and a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, has been detained for the second time and taken to Police Station No. 7. Previously, Sevastyanov was charged with displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) over a repost on social media. The court ruled to bring him to the hearing by force.
00:12
The Moscow Regional Court has sentenced 36-year-old entrepreneur Oleg Lysenko to 13 years in a high-security penal colony and fined him 450,000 roubles (approximately US$5,000) in a high treason case. According to investigators, Lysenko transferred money to an account linked to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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11.09.2026
21:25
The case file for Buddhist Ilya Vasilyev, who was sentenced to six years for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army, has disappeared from the Moscow City Court database. The court explained this was due to an internal order, and the appeal hearing has been scheduled for 14 September.
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21:01
On 11 September, the Vasileostrovsky District Court fined Nelli Vavilina, former head of the “Gavan” municipal district and a candidate for deputy from the “A Just Russia” party, 1,500 roubles (approximately US$16). She was charged with displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a post on VKontakte from 2020, which disqualifies her from standing for election.
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20:59
The Supreme Court of Udmurtia has rejected candidate Eduard Glukhov’s complaints about violations during the election campaign. Glukhov tried to challenge the early election of the head of Kambarka (a town in Udmurtia, western Russia), the vague boundaries of constituencies, and the use of administrative resources against independent candidates.
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RusNews
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19:56
Since 1 September, women in one of the cells at Detention Centre No. 1 in Simferopol, Crimea’s main city, have been on hunger strike, demanding medical examinations and the return of belongings from parcels. This was reported by 59-year-old Evelina Melnychuk, who has been arrested on charges of treason. According to her, the detention centre’s director has not contacted them during the ten days of the hunger strike.
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19:56
The Smolensk Regional Court removed Yabloko candidate Larisa Dolzhikova from the State Duma elections due to publications featuring a quotation from Noam Chomsky and a fragment of a debate on the Russia 24 TV channel, which the court found to be in violation of copyright. The complaint was filed by Darya Shavrikova, a candidate from the Green Party.