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09:51
In Nizhnevartovsk, a city in Western Siberia, a criminal case has been opened against a 39-year-old local woman under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, from May 2023 to April 2025, she posted comments in messaging apps containing signs of justification of terrorism.
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Вчера
15:32
In Vladimir region, 13 charges were filed over publications about drones, including against ordinary residents, chief editors and media founders. According to the outlet Chesnok, the ban on publishing about UAVs has been in force for a year and a half, but the authorities only reveal its wording when drafting the charges.
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15:30
A court in Mari El has sentenced a 35-year-old local resident to a fine of 400,000 roubles (approximately US$4,400) under the article on financing extremist activity (Part 1, Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man transferred money from August to October 2021 to support a banned organisation.
15:30
The Verkhneuralsk District Court in Chelyabinsk Region refused to recognise as unlawful the placement of Anton Galeta from Perm in a punitive isolation cell before a family visit on 23 July. The court also rejected Galeta’s claim for compensation of 20,000 roubles (about US$220) for moral damages.
Persons
14:03
The head of the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre, Eskender Bariev, has reported that the organisation’s Instagram page was hacked and deleted, stating that this is already the third major cyberattack in a year. According to him, the KillNet group is involved in the attacks, and he links the hacking to the centre’s work documenting human rights violations in Crimea and the occupied territories.
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Крым.Реалии
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13:59
Alexander Kynev, who is accused of manufacturing and distributing drugs on a large scale, is currently in a pre-trial detention centre and says that he wants to continue his analytical work. According to Kynev, he lacks professional information, especially regarding international politics; human rights defenders are calling for people to write to Alexander, support him while he is in detention, and share professional data with him.
13:36
In Tomsk Region, a criminal case has been opened against a 33-year-old man under the article on the public display of extremist organisation symbols (part 1, article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in July he displayed banned symbols in Penal Colony No. 2 while serving a sentence.
13:21
In Krasnoyarsk, a major city in Siberia, producer Elena Matushevskaya has been detained on charges related to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which has been designated as “extremist.” According to the outlet “Govorít NeMoskva,” she is accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation or financing extremism. Matushevskaya is due to be transferred to Tomsk, another Siberian city, in the evening.
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13:03
Journalist Antonina Favorskaya was sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony on charges of “participating in the activities of an extremist organisation.” As of 11 September, she had spent over 82 days in a punitive isolation cell (SHIZO) in Correctional Colony No. 3 in Kostroma Region, a region northeast of Moscow.
Persons
12:41
Garry Kasparov has stated that the intelligence services of Lithuania and the United States warned him and Ivan Tyurin about a threat to their lives. According to US agencies and media, a Russian network was allegedly preparing an assassination attempt on Kasparov, Tyurin, and Ilya Ponomarev.
Persons
12:27
In Volgograd, a city in southern Russia, the Central District Court has received the case of blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko and his acquaintance Andrey Yaroshenko, who are accused of desecrating a memorial structure on Mamayev Kurgan (paragraphs “a, b” of part 2, Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, on 24 July 2026 Kovalenko threw 5,000 rubles (approximately US$55) at the “Stand to the Death!” memorial, while Yaroshenko retrieved the banknote from the water. The incident was filmed for posting online.
Persons
12:02
The Supreme Court of Crimea has sentenced a resident of Simferopol to 18 years in a high-security penal colony and a further year of restricted freedom on charges of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in March 2023, the man filmed his car near a military hospital and sent the video to administrators of a Telegram channel associated with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
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11:56
Alexey E., a resident of Zelenograd, has been charged under articles on repeated propaganda of an extremist movement (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code) and participation in the banned “Citizens of the USSR” movement (Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) following numerous complaints praising the USSR. On 24 September, the man was detained, but the court refused to remand him in custody.
11:37
The organiser of a protest against electoral fraud in Khabarovsk, a major city in the Russian Far East, has been released from the police station with a warning about the inadmissibility of unlawful actions. According to a representative of the “Rassvet” party, the details of the warning are unknown.
10:57
The Southern District Military Court has sentenced 41-year-old Igor Karlov, a resident of Krasnodar (a major city in southern Russia), to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 470,000 rubles (approximately US$5,000), finding him guilty of state treason, spreading “fake news” about the army, justifying terrorism, inciting extremism, and activities against Russia’s security. According to investigators, from June 2022 to December 2024, Karlov managed a pro-Ukrainian channel, published posts in support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and shared personal data of Russian military personnel.
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10:57
A criminal case on Satanism has been opened against Ilya Zhuravlev, a businessman from Ulyanovsk, a major city on the Volga River. Earlier, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony and fined for participating in an “extremist LGBT organisation” and incitement to intercourse, while the FSB claimed that Zhuravlev promoted same-sex relationships and Satanism among his colleagues.
Persons
10:18
The district court in Salekhard has rejected the appeal by Azat Miftakhov’s defence against the Labytangi court’s refusal to consider a complaint about the investigators’ inaction regarding state protection measures. Previously, the Labytangi court stopped accepting new complaints on this issue, despite the earlier acknowledgment that refusing protection after torture was unlawful.
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09:57
Sofya Fedorova, a former candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party in Tatarstan (a region on the Volga River), has filed lawsuits demanding the annulment of election results at four polling stations due to, in her words, serious violations. She pointed to the exclusion of observers, ballot stuffing, failure to provide official protocols, and the refusal to accept complaints.
Persons
09:51
In Nizhnevartovsk, a city in Western Siberia, a criminal case has been opened against a 39-year-old local woman under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, from May 2023 to April 2025, she posted comments in messaging apps containing signs of justification of terrorism.
09:36
Azat Miftakhov is once again in a punishment cell (SHIZO)—according to him, this may be connected to his recent court victory regarding the refusal to allow his wife to act as his legal defender. He was sent there for 15 days, allegedly because of dust that had not been cleaned.
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09:12
In Arkhangelsk region, a criminal case has been opened against a 33-year-old who was previously convicted under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 1, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2026 at Penal Colony No. 14, he supported terrorist ideology and justified terrorist activity in conversations with other inmates.