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07.10.2026
17:11
Suzanna Aboeva, the organiser of the rally for fair elections in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (a city on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East), said that the city administration only approved the event one day before it was due to take place. She added that after the rally was announced, but before it had been approved, a police officer called her and accused her of breaking the law. The rally, which will discuss the results of the elections and social issues, will take place on 8 October at Kamchatka State Technical University, and activists from the local branch of the Russian Communist Party (internationalists) will join.
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15:55
On 19 October, a court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city in Russia’s Far East, fined rally organiser Suzanna Aboeva 10,000 roubles (about US$100) for violating the regulations for holding a public event (part 1, article 20.2 of the Administrative Offences Code). After the rally, an officer from the Centre “E” called another participant, Irina Salyakhova, and invited her for a conversation.
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15:51
The Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow has received a criminal case concerning the dissemination of military “fake news” against Nikolay Levshits, the author of a Telegram channel about life in Georgia. Levshits was previously arrested in absentia and added to Rosfinmonitoring’s register of “terrorists and extremists.”
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15:48
The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the sentence of Ukrainian national Lyubashenko, who was previously found guilty of spreading knowingly false information about the actions of the Russian army and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. The court deemed the 12-year prison sentence to be lawful and rejected the cassation appeal.
15:47
The owner of a Moscow memorabilia shop, Dmitry S., has been sentenced to 10 days’ arrest for selling patches featuring the banned “Black Sun” symbol. A report was filed under the article on distributing extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences).
15:27
In Khabarovsk, a large city in Russia’s Far East, direct mayoral elections have been abolished—now the head of the city will be selected by deputies upon the recommendation of the regional governor. Before the changes, Khabarovsk was one of three major Russian cities with direct mayoral elections; now only Abakan, a city in southern Siberia, and Anadyr, in the far north-east, continue to hold them.
15:22
Relatives and friends of the defendants in the “fifth Bakhchisaray group” case related to Hizb ut-Tahrir were held for more than 12 hours on the Crimean Bridge overnight from 19 to 20 October, their passports were confiscated and they were searched. According to the wife of one of the accused, a pregnant woman and elderly people were among those detained; there is no official information from the authorities.
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14:31
The administration of Perm did not allow defenders of Trudovye Reservy to hold a rally outside the Iskra cinema near the stadium and suggested they hold the event in the Kirovsky district instead. Activists called this decision unlawful and appealed to the prosecutor’s office, continuing to stage solo pickets in the city centre.
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14:28
The St Petersburg City Court has overturned the decision to close the criminal case against poet Glykeria Ulunova and has sent it back for reconsideration. Ulunova is accused under the article on “organising activities aimed at inciting suicide” because of the poem “Five Thousand Ideas for a Destructive Date.”
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12:22
The Vologda Regional Court sentenced a 36-year-old native of Gorky in absentia to one year in an open prison under charges of rehabilitating Nazism (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) over a post on VKontakte at the end of 2024. The man has also been banned for three years from administering websites and publishing materials online.
12:13
Mountaineer Mikhail Semenov, who is serving a year in a penal colony settlement in Elektrostal near Moscow on charges of illegal border crossing, has lost consciousness several times in the punishment cell (SHIZO), according to his wife, due to serious health conditions and lack of medical care. She also reported that her husband had a bruise after leaving the isolation cell and stated there was pressure from the colony staff.
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11:55
The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has extended the house arrest of Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin until 10 January. He is accused of unlawful use of personal data by a group of people in prior collusion (clause “v” part 3 article 272.1 of the Criminal Code). Roldugin himself denies any guilt.
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11:54
Tatyana Schneider, the head of the Omsk branch of the Yabloko party, has been charged with incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) over a comment made on VKontakte in 2011. She says she did not write the comment and links the case to her accounts having been hacked. The prosecutor’s office summoned Schneider to give an explanation and to take part in drawing up the official report, and the court hearing is scheduled for 21 October.
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11:14
The Northern Fleet Military Court has sentenced a 46-year-old resident of Arkhangelsk, a city in north-western Russia, to a fine of 500,000 roubles (approximately US$5,700) under the article on public justification of terrorism on the internet (Part 2, Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man posted comments in a messenger in support of the activities of Ukrainian nationalist organisations.
11:01
The FSB has reported the detention of a resident of Mari El born in 2008, who is suspected of state treason. According to law enforcement, they were passing information about the region’s defence enterprises to an employee of the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence and receiving money for it.
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06:30
The tattoo artist Ekaterina Lopaeva in Perm, a major city in the Urals, was summoned by an investigator over a photo she posted of a tattoo showing the Virgin Mary with a weapon wheel from the video game GTA V instead of a halo—following a complaint about the possible offence to religious feelings. The Investigative Committee is conducting an inquiry; a decision on whether to open a case has not yet been made.
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20:56
Dmitry Semenov, a journalist and former coordinator of Open Russia in Chuvashia, has been declared wanted on criminal charges of participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation” (part 1, article 284.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). His wanted notices have been posted on police boards in Cheboksary, a city on the Volga River east of Moscow, and according to Mediazona, he was declared wanted back in February.
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20:27
In Sverdlovsk Region and other areas, criminal cases have been initiated against members of the “Citizens of the USSR” movement, which has been declared extremist. The courts have already issued rulings concerning Yevgeny Shustikov and Andrei Kozlov. Shustikov has been sent for compulsory treatment, while Kozlov received a sentence of 2 years and 8 months of forced labour, but the punishment was deemed served due to time spent in pre-trial detention.
19:20
A case has been opened against journalist Valery Klepkin, who lives in Finland, for participating in the activities of an “undesirable organisation” due to his work at Initiative for Resistance and Dialogues and for reposting independent media. The case materials have been sent to the Petrozavodsk City Court, and the formal reason for adding Klepkin to the “foreign agents” register was a statement from the Ministry of Justice regarding his publications.
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18:45
An examination found no calls to resist the Russian Armed Forces in the video by lawyer and former Volgograd State University lecturer Roman Melnichenko, but the court rejected the appeal against the initiation of a criminal case. Melnichenko has been transferred from a medical correctional facility to Detention Centre No. 5 in Leninsk, Volgograd region—a town in southern Russia—and he reports having serious health problems.
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18:18
In July 2025, Russian military forces detained 68-year-old Galina Bekhter in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region; she was accused of treason for transferring money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In March 2026, the court sentenced Bekhter to 11 years in a penal colony, and after an appeal, the term was increased to 12 and a half years, despite the woman’s serious health condition.
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