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28.10.2026
19:59
On 28 October, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Anna Saifutdinova 50,000 and 4,000 roubles (US$550 and US$45) under articles on “discrediting the army” (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) and disobeying the police (Part 1, Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). According to the court, on 27 October, she went to Pushkin Square with a placard and did not respond to police demands.
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12:51
A court in Moscow has sentenced the general director of the TV Rain (Dozhd) channel, Mark Ten, in absentia to five years in prison under the article on organising the work of an “undesirable organisation” (part 3 of article 284.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). Investigators allege that Ten headed the channel from April 2024 to September 2026.
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11:51
In Moscow and St Petersburg, according to human rights activists, around 50 young people of conscription age were detained in October—they were taken to military enlistment offices and could be sent to the army within one or two days. In a number of regions, including Omsk, a large city in southwestern Siberia, relatives and human rights activists report cases where men have been beaten and forced to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defence.
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10:15
The Okulovsky District Court sentenced Andrey Amkhanitsky to 1 year and 6 months of compulsory labour and banned him from engaging in activities related to online publications for 2 years. According to the court, on 7 September 2025 he posted a comment in a messenger that was deemed to incite hatred on the grounds of nationality (paragraph ‘b,’ part 1, article 282 of the Criminal Code).
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10:02
A criminal case against the Ural human rights defender Alexey Sokolov, accused of state treason, has been submitted to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. According to the investigation, Sokolov was charged for speaking about torture and human rights violations within the Federal Penitentiary Service system, including to foreign organisations.
09:43
The Cherepovets City Court has fined the editor-in-chief of the online publication NewsVo 5,000 roubles (approximately US$55) for publishing information about Morgenstern without labelling him as a foreign agent. According to the court, the editor had reposted material about a foreign agent without the required notice.
08:34
Mikhail Serenko, a political analyst and journalist, stated that he gave testimony in the blogger Alexey Ulyanov’s case under physical and psychological pressure, and described it as fabricated. Judge Marina Tretyakova of the Central District Court of Volgograd sent his statement back to the remand centre “without consideration.”
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23:09
A criminal case on charges of spreading “military fake news” has been opened against Sergei Leibgrad, a journalist and poet from Samara, following his comments about the killing of Ukrainian civilians in Poltava, made on the YouTube channel “Razvorot” on 7 February 2025. In September 2026, Leibgrad was added to the “foreign agents” register, and in October, he was placed on the federal wanted list.
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23:08
The Primorsky District Court of St Petersburg fined Innokenty Kustov and Sergey Nikulshin 15,000 roubles each (approx. US$165) and sentenced them to two days’ detention. According to the court, on 27 October the two men sang Noize MC’s song “Co-operative ‘Swan Lake,’” using obscene language and sound amplification equipment on Mebelnaya Street, causing a disturbance to passers-by.
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20:51
The editorial team of Novaya Gazeta has announced it will cease operations at its Moscow office and must vacate the premises by 9 November. According to editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov, the Anna Politkovskaya Museum will also close along with the office, and a new location has not yet been found.
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20:32
The FSB has opened a criminal case on charges of high treason against 76-year-old Gennady Stepakhno, a former deputy chair of the Murmansk regional parliament from the Communist Party. He has been detained and sent to a pre-trial detention centre. According to investigators, the former deputy collected documents about the regional government and engineering facilities for Ukrainian intelligence.
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18:56
On 29 October, the “Return of Names” campaign takes place in various countries in memory of the victims of Stalinist repression, organised by the Memorial society. In Russia, the authorities have refused to approve these events for several years now, and the “Return of Names” website was blocked on 16 October 2024.
17:26
The Krasnogvardeysky District Court in St Petersburg has remanded Dmitry Zubarev in custody until 21 December on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he allegedly agreed via messenger to put up leaflets for the “Ateş” movement, but there is no evidence that he actually put them up.
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16:57
23-year-old Gevorg Grigoryan from Chita, a city in eastern Siberia, has been sentenced to 9.5 years in prison on charges of rehabilitating Nazism, spreading “fake news,” and inciting extremism and terrorism over anti-Russian comments. According to a friend, Grigoryan wrote the comments out of anger at Russia’s refusal to help Armenia in the war over Karabakh.
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16:11
Alexandra Kyneva was moved to another cell in the Medved remand centre (SIZO-4) with a proper bathroom after complaints about the conditions. Previously, the political analyst could not use the toilet due to a broken leg and an overcrowded cell.
15:59
A magistrate judge in Moscow has sentenced Mikhail Svetov in absentia to one year in a general regime penal colony for failing to fulfil the obligations of a “foreign agent.” The court also banned him from publishing information and administering websites and online channels for three years.
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15:48
Tofik Abdulgaziev, a defendant in the second Simferopol “Crimean Muslims case,” was released from a penal colony in Chelyabinsk due to health reasons on 26 October. He has already returned to occupied Crimea and is with his family. According to Refat Chubarov, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, his release was delayed for eight months despite Abdulgaziev’s serious illnesses, and he is now prohibited from leaving his place of residence.
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15:48
Nikolay Rybakov, chair of the Yabloko party, has filed an appeal with the St Petersburg City Court against the decision to fine him 1,000 rubles (US$11) over invalid ballots in the elections. On 9 October, the Vyborg District Court fined Rybakov under the article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Offences Code), accusing him of showing disrespect for society.
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15:17
In Rostov Region, a criminal case has been opened against a 71-year-old woman from Neklinovsky District under charges of financing terrorism (Part 1.1, Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in 2022–2023 the woman transferred money to finance the activities of an organisation designated as terrorist.
15:16
A court in Dagestan has found a local resident guilty under charges of publicly justifying terrorism online, due to the posting of an audio recording containing statements justifying terrorism and calling for violence on 23 September 2020. They were sentenced to a fine of 350,000 roubles (approx. US$3,800) and were banned from administering websites and online channels for two years.
13:20
In Sosnovy Bor, a criminal case has been opened under the article on financing terrorism because of two transfers totalling 10,000 roubles (approximately US$110) to a member of a banned organisation, which, according to investigators, were made on 12 June 2023. A local resident has been detained on suspicion of this and sent to a pre-trial detention centre.