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17.09.2026
11:30
In Smolensk, a city in western Russia, a 42-year-old local resident has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on charges of inciting hatred and enmity involving violence (Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) due to messages in a Telegram chat. According to investigators, on 16 October 2024 and 15 January 2025, they published threats against law enforcement officers and Russian citizens.
11:29
In Elista, a city in southern Russia, a criminal case has been opened on charges of financing terrorism (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code) against a 36-year-old local resident. According to investigators, from July 2020 to January 2021, the man transferred money to the accounts of a member of a terrorist organisation. The individual has admitted guilt and is currently in custody.
11:10
During a televised debate in Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, Andrey Zhirnov, the Communist Party (KPRF) candidate for the State Duma, criticised the authorities’ claims of “stability” and reminded viewers of the criminal case against former First Vice-Governor Yuri Petukhov, who is accused of running a drug den and drug dealing. Zhirnov also stated that “tough tactics” would be used in the regional elections, and warned that “ballot stuffing” and “falsification” were possible.
10:45
The Myski City Court in Kemerovo Region fined local resident Tamara B. 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) for posts on Odnoklassniki. The court found her guilty under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Offences Code).
10:38
An appeal court in Salekhard refused to rule unlawful the rejection by the Labytnangi court to consider the complaint by Azat Miftakhov’s defence regarding the failure to implement state protection measures. The court did not postpone the hearing, despite the absence of the defence lawyer, and Miftakhov himself was not informed about the reasons for being removed from his cell.
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RusNews
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10:28
Chechen opposition activist Mansur Movlaev, who was denied refugee status in Kazakhstan, attempted to take his own life twice—first in Almaty remand centre, then again in hospital after being admitted on 15 September. According to the outlet Govorit NeMoskva, the second time he cut his own throat.
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RusNews
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10:04
Azat Miftakhov stated that prison staff refuse to turn on video recording when talking to him, despite court-ordered state protection measures. He also reported that newspapers intended for him are being stolen and not given to him, and complained about the conditions of outdoor walks.
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RusNews
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09:35
Maria Ponomarenko, a journalist for RusNews, was sentenced to 15 days in a punitive isolation cell and spent her birthday there on 5 September. She also reported that she has not received any letters for two weeks.
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16.09.2026
20:52
The Zilair Interdistrict Court in Bashkortostan fined a local resident 30,000 roubles (approx. US$330) under the article on “discrediting” the army, because of a comment about Putin in the “Radio Sputnik” community on VKontakte. The man did not plead guilty, stating that he does not remember writing the comment.
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SOTAvision
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20:34
In St Petersburg, security officers detained David Zudin, a “Yabloko” party candidate for the State Duma, while he was handing out campaign materials. Zudin was taken to the 82nd police precinct, where his passport was confiscated.
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RusNews
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20:25
In Orenburg, a city in the southern Urals, FSB officers detained activist Tatyana Kosinova on the morning of 16 September, and she has not returned home since. According to the “Razoblacheno” channel, she may have been placed in a temporary detention facility and is likely to face preliminary charges under an “extremism” article.
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RusNews
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20:05
Lyubov Samukova from the New People party remains a candidate in the State Council elections—a district court fined her 1,000 rubles (approximately US$11) under the article on displaying prohibited symbols because of an old link to Instagram, but she was not removed from the election. Samukova is appealing the court’s decision and continues to fight to have the charge dropped.
19:46
Three members of electoral commissions from the Yabloko party in St Petersburg have received summons to report to the military enlistment office on 18 September—the first day of voting in the elections to the State Duma and the city’s Legislative Assembly. According to party representatives, such coincidences have happened before and could affect the work of the commissions on election day.
19:25
Administrative offence reports have been drawn up against Vadim Laptev, the Yabloko candidate for the State Duma, and Yekaterina Tomilova, the accountant of the party’s Arkhangelsk branch, for violating regulations on the production and distribution of campaign materials (Part 1, Article 5.12 of the Administrative Code). The police seized part of Laptev’s batch of booklets from the party office, and both cases will be heard in court.
18:54
On 3 September, the Lyubertsy Court of Moscow rejected a lawsuit against the prosecutor’s office regarding the refusal to allow Elena Gorban, wife and legal representative of Azat Miftakhov, access to the penal colony, deciding that the prosecutor is not obliged to respond to such a refusal. Previously, this same court had ruled that the colony’s initial refusal was unlawful, but dismissed the complaint regarding the prosecutor’s actions.
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RusNews
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18:54
A woman from Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, was issued a warning at the prosecutor’s office after attending a court hearing on the removal of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, head of the regional branch of the Yabloko party, from the election. Shcherbakov stated that his supporters have started to be summoned to the prosecutor’s office and demanded an end to the pressure on citizens.
18:37
The Moscow City Election Commission refused to recognise United Russia posters on noticeboards in residential building entrances as campaigning, claiming that they were allegedly placed before the start of the official campaigning period. Yabloko reminded the Commission that, in the past, courts had used party publications and interviews with Grigory Yavlinsky as grounds for removing the federal party list and candidates.
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18:18
Aset Sabdullayeva, a Chechen opposition activist and associate of Akhmed Zakayev, has been added to the Russian Interior Ministry’s federal wanted list. In August, she was placed on the Rosfinmonitoring register as someone accused under anti-terrorism legislation.
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Медиазона
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17:18
In Orsk, a city in the southern Urals, security forces have detained a local resident suspected of publicly justifying terrorism. A criminal case has been opened against them under the article on public calls for and justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
16:55
In Crimea, Russian security forces have detained a woman from Sudak on charges of inciting violence against Russians on Telegram, according to the FSB for Crimea and Sevastopol. According to the security forces, the woman, born in 1961, allegedly posted such messages under the nickname “Princess Anna.” She faces up to five years in prison under the article on public incitement to extremist activity using the internet (Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code).
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Крым.Реалии
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