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16.10.2026

Naoko and Alexander Orlov, musicians from the group “Stoptime,” have been added to the list of “foreign agents.”

15.10.2026

Yegor Zhukov has been removed from the list of “terrorists and extremists

13.10.2026

Journalist Alexey Kovalev has been declared wanted

10.10.2026

Pavel Krisevich’s wife has left Russia after two arrests and pressure from the FSB

09.10.2026

Activist, film critic and bloggers: Ministry of Justice adds more people to the ‘foreign agents’ register

06.10.2026

“It’s some kind of miracle.” The criminal case against Lida Moniava has been dropped

02.10.2026

The Ministry of Justice has added Zhanna Nemtsova and the “Navalny Team” to the register of “foreign agents.”

01.10.2026

Russia and five CIS countries are speeding up the exchange of data on “extremists.” What does this mean for Russians?

30.09.2026

Ilya Prusikin, the lead singer of Little Big, has been declared wanted by the authorities

30.09.2026

Yury Dud has been arrested in absentia for the second time in Russia. The new case is linked to his interview with the head of the Russian Volunteer Corps.

28.09.2026

The rallies for “Fair Elections” are not being approved in various cities across Russia. In Moscow, a picketer has been detained.

Formal Procedures and Administrative Pressure on Voters: What Happened During Three Days of State Duma Elections

Formal Procedures and Administrative Pressure on Voters: What Happened During Three Days of State Duma Elections

23.09.2026

Yury Dud has been added to the list of “terrorists and extremists”

23.09.2026

A new criminal case has been opened against blogger Alexander Shpak.

22.09.2026

The founder of the Russian Democratic Society has been added to the list of “terrorists and extremists”

22.09.2026

Memorial has asked Durov to make “Stars” on Telegram anonymous due to criminal cases in Russia.

21.09.2026

Who got through and what happened with election observers: initial election results

21.09.2026

Pamfilova explained the removal of observers by filming and moving around polling stations.

20.09.2026

Queues at closed polling stations, tape around an observer, and detentions: What is happening at the end of the elections

20.09.2026

‘If you don’t vote, you’ll be summoned to the headteacher’ and threats of being ‘forced to the floor.’ The third day of voting