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16.09.2026
10:53
In Kostroma, Yabloko party candidate Andrei Tarasov laid out his banners on the square because the authorities did not allow him to put them on billboards. The police arrived at the scene and issued Tarasov a warning about the “inadmissibility of unlawful actions” during campaigning.
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10:50
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, the court upheld the fines and detentions handed to five Yabloko candidates in administrative cases over displaying ‘extremist’ symbols. After their appeals on 15 and 16 September, all five will be unable to take part in the elections.
10:50
The Supreme Court of the Komi Republic has sentenced Nikolai Zyuzyev, a citizen of Russia and Canada, to seven years in a high-security penal colony. According to the FSB, he admitted guilt in creating and running a project aimed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia, receiving over 2 million euros (approx. US$2.1 million) from foreign organisations for this.
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10:33
In Ryazan, a man attacked former deputy and Communist Alexei Zakharov while he was filming the distribution of campaign materials at a college where a polling station was located. In Perm, a major city in the Urals, unknown individuals attacked Boris Konoplev, a candidate from the Communist Party (KPRF).
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10:32
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has added Kseniya Maksimova, consul of the Anti-War Committee in the United Kingdom and founder of the Russian Democratic Society movement, to the federal wanted list. A criminal case has been opened against Maksimova, but the details are not yet known.
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Медиазона
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10:31
In Perm, on 15 September, the head of the regional election monitoring team from the Communist Party (KPRF), Boris Konoplev, was attacked by an unknown person with a sharp object resembling an awl. According to the party, Konoplev did not sustain serious injuries and reported the incident to the police. Previously, threats had been received at the regional KPRF office demanding that the election campaign be stopped.
08:48
On 15 September, Pyotr Mekhonoshin, a State Duma candidate from the Yabloko party, arrived at the site in Akademgorodok, Irkutsk (a major city in Siberia), where the city administration had refused to allow him to hold a rally citing another event. However, nothing was taking place there. Earlier in September, local TV channels had sent Mekhonoshin’s campaign videos, as well as those of another Yabloko candidate, to Roskomnadzor, the prosecutor’s office, and the election commission for review.
08:47
On 8 September, the Kyzyl City Court sentenced the blogger to 10 days of administrative detention under Part 1 of Article 20.2.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences for organising public events. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tuva confirmed the decision on 15 September but reduced the sentence by three days, taking into account the time already served.
08:45
The Skovorodinsky District Court fined Ivan Molchanov, a presbyter of a Baptist church, 20,000 rubles (approximately US$220) for possessing literature published by organisations whose activities are deemed “undesirable” in Russia (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Offences Code). The inspection at the church in the settlement of Taldan was carried out in August 2026. Molchanov partially admitted guilt and explained that he was unaware of the ban.
15.09.2026
23:49
The Supreme Court has reinstated three A Just Russia party candidates—Artyom Khamitov, Alexandra Smolina and Dmitry Roginkin—in the St Petersburg legislative assembly elections. The court refused to reinstate other candidates and returned a complaint concerning the candidate list for the Avtovo municipal district without consideration.
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21:24
An anonymous report was filed against Igor Basov, former head of the PARNAS branch in Omsk and candidate from the Party of Elders, alleging that he was running a drug den. Basov was summoned by the police and he, in turn, filed a complaint about a false accusation.
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21:00
In Cheboksary, a city on the Volga River, unknown individuals cut out the image of United Russia candidate Sergey Seregin’s face from a campaigning cube. Previously, his main rival in the same district, Lyubov Samukova of the New People party, was removed from the election due to an administrative fine.
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19:39
In the Rostov region, two criminal cases have been opened against a 48-year-old man under articles on public justification of terrorism and incitement to activities against state security, due to online publications. The court has placed him in custody.
18:17
Several members of precinct electoral commissions representing Yabloko in the Krasnogvardeysky district of St Petersburg have received draft summons via the Gosuslugi portal, demanding that they report to the military enlistment office on Friday, the day polling stations open. According to Pavel Shapchits, all of them serve on commissions overseen by District Electoral Commission No. 44.
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18:08
The Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Skoltech junior researcher Daniil Merkulov on a wanted list. He is accused under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). In August, the Savyolovsky District Court suspended the case, as Merkulov failed to attend several hearings.
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17:49
The territorial electoral commissions of the Central District of Moscow have refused to admit around 100 observers appointed by Yabloko candidate Sergei Mitrokhin to the elections. According to the party, the commissions violated procedure and deprived the candidate of the opportunity to send observers to the polling stations.
17:49
A criminal case has been opened in Arkhangelsk Region against a 52-year-old resident of Naryan-Mar, under the article on public calls for extremist activity online (Part 2, Article 280 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man posted statements on social media calling for violence against a specific group of people.
17:49
The Court of Cassation in Nizhny Novgorod upheld the decisions to remove Yabloko party candidates Vladislav Arkadyev and Viktor Stenshin from the State Duma elections in Chuvashia. The Moscow District Court in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, returned to the police the protocol regarding Arkadyev on displaying prohibited symbols.
17:41
Dmitry Khorzov and David Zudin, candidates from St Petersburg’s Yabloko party, have reported difficulties in deploying observers to polling stations. According to the party, a number of local electoral commissions have had problems accepting and processing documents, and Yabloko chair Nikolai Rybakov has submitted an appeal to the Central Election Commission.
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17:23
Ivan Lyubshin reported that he discovered torn pages in his passport after a new criminal case was opened against him for attempting to leave Russia. According to Lyubshin, Russian border guards and police officers damaged his passport to prevent him from leaving the country.
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