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13.10.2026

The co-author of “Summer in a Pioneer Tie” has been fined for “LGBT propaganda” over posts on Telegram.

13.10.2026

“A stain of disgrace on the entire Russian justice system.” The sentence against Artemiy Ostanin has been upheld

13.10.2026

Blogger Michael Naki has been sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison on two criminal charges.

12.10.2026

A Moscow resident was fined 20,000 roubles (approximately US$220) for holding a picket in support of political prisoners.

10.10.2026

Ornithologist Sofya Rozenfeld has been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for making donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

09.10.2026

Fines and arrests: what happened to those detained after the Communist Party rally

09.10.2026

The defendant in the “Artpodgotovka” case spoke about being tortured after their arrest.

06.10.2026

Journalist Andrey Loshak has been arrested in absentia on charges of “justifying terrorism”

06.10.2026

The head of security at Garage has been fined 100,000 roubles (approximately US$1,100) for “LGBT propaganda”

06.10.2026

Lawyer Leonid Solovyov was fined over a post in which he called the war “the worst possible solution.”

06.10.2026

Five people detained after the CPRF rally in Moscow have been given jail terms and fines.

05.10.2026

Two participants in an “unauthorised” march in Moscow have been arrested and fined.

05.10.2026

An entrepreneur has been accused of treason over Ukraine’s military levy. This is the first known case.

04.10.2026

“Freedom for political prisoners,” “Down with the tsar.” Dozens of people detained at a CPRF rally in Moscow

02.10.2026

The defendant in the “Artpodgotovka” case has said that they were tortured and forced to assemble a bomb.

29.09.2026

A protocol was drawn up against the chair of Yabloko over an anti-war message written on a ballot paper.

28.09.2026

The political analyst Aleksandr Kynev has been arrested on drug-related charges. He has ended up in hospital with fractures.

22.09.2026

A student of the Justice Ministry Academy has been fined for wearing blue-and-yellow bracelets

22.09.2026

In Moscow, a detainee at a polling station has reported being tortured with electric shocks.

21.09.2026

In Moscow, an 18-year-old election observer was detained after being removed from the polling station and was kept overnight at the police station.