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21.09.2026
20:56
Alexander Pavlov said that police officers used a stun gun and physical force against him at polling station No. 1059 in Moscow in order to force him to delete photos of the candidates’ display from his phone. According to Pavlov, he was charged with petty hooliganism, and the court hearing was postponed to clarify the circumstances.
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19:39
Observer Azat Shaekhov, lawyer Andrey Petrushkin, and his wife were detained at a polling station on 2 Dekabristov Street in Kazan, a major city in Tatarstan, and taken to the 'Moskovsky' police station. Protocols were drawn up against them under the article on hooliganism, and the court hearing is scheduled for 23 September.
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19:20
Theatre director Zhenya Berkovich, who is serving a six-year sentence on charges of justifying terrorism, was placed in a punishment cell for the third time since 16 September due to alleged violations of prison rules. In solitary confinement, she is being held without essential medication, with the explanation that there is no prison doctor available, and her relatives are not allowed to pass medicines to her.
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19:01
On 21 September, the Kaluga Regional Court sentenced 65-year-old Fanis Shaikhutdinov to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of treason. The case was brought after he transferred $50 in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the start of the war.
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18:51
Blogger Stanislav Morozov was detained on 19 September in Penza, a city in western Russia, after he spoiled ballot papers in the elections and wrote an insulting phrase about Putin on one of them. A court sentenced Morozov to 14 days in detention, his mother said.
18:15
Journalist Oleg Kashin has reported that Roskomnadzor has accused him of “promoting non-traditional sexual relations” because of an anime meme he posted on Telegram on 17 July. A hearing to draw up a protocol under part 4 of article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offences will take place on 5 October in Kaliningrad, a city in Russia’s westernmost region.
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18:09
Musician Andrey Shabanov, who is serving a six-year sentence in Penal Colony No. 10 in Samara Region and has a disability, has reported systematic pressure and deteriorating health in the colony. In a letter passed on through Novaya Gazeta, Shabanov said that his complaints have brought no results and called on the international community to help prisoners with disabilities and those with serious illnesses.
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17:49
In Vladimir, a city east of Moscow, journalist Alexander Stepanov was fined 30,000 roubles (approximately US$330) for “discrediting the army” after he wrote “No to war! For peace!” on a ballot paper on 20 September. In court, Stepanov stated that his message aligned with the goals of the “special military operation.”
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17:34
Former head of Nadezhdin’s campaign office in Tatarstan, Dmitry Rumyantsev, submitted notifications to the Kazan city administration about holding four rallies against falsifications in the recent State Duma elections. On the evening of 20 September in Tatarstan, police detained two monitors from the Yabloko party, and another was removed from the polling station for filming on their phone.
16:55
As a result of the State Duma elections, five candidates from the Yabloko party came in second place, seven took third place, and eleven people received more than 10% of the vote. In Moscow, the candidates who finished second were Sergei Mitrokhin, Alexei Smirnov, Andrei Evteev, Yevgeny Biktuganov and Polina Lermant.
16:54
The Krasnoyarsk Regional Court has sentenced 34-year-old Alexey Pikalov to eight months in a general regime colony in a case concerning the rehabilitation of Nazism. According to the court, in May 2026 he filmed the “Immortal Regiment” march in the village of Nikolskoye and posted the video with offensive comments.
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16:21
In Vladikavkaz, a city in the North Caucasus, a criminal case has been opened against a previously convicted man for repeatedly displaying banned symbols in a temporary detention facility. According to investigators, he showed tattoos with these symbols to his cellmates.
15:59
Oleg Petrov was fined 5,000 roubles (approximately US$55) under the article on violation of campaigning rules (Article 5.10 of the Administrative Offences Code) for posts on VKontakte on 18 September. According to the court, he published campaign materials about the elections to the State Duma and the St Petersburg Legislative Assembly while being held in a temporary detention facility.
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15:36
Election participants in Sredneuralsk, a city in the Urals, have filed complaints with the Investigative Committee, the police and the FSB against the actions of the “Four Hundred” group, who, according to them, attempted to prevent candidates and observers from entering polling stations and blocked and rammed vehicles on 18–19 September. The complainants also reported other violations and requested that the elections at one of the polling stations be declared invalid and that the activities of the electoral commissions be investigated.
15:24
On 8 September, the Zavodskoy District Court in Kemerovo, a major industrial city in southwestern Siberia, sentenced Irina Borta to 50 hours of compulsory community service under the article on incitement to hatred and enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court, Borta posted materials on Telegram aimed at inciting hatred and humiliating the dignity of representatives of the current authorities.
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15:16
The Krasnoyarsk Krai Court has sentenced a resident of the Yemelyanovsky District to one year and eight months in a penal colony under charges of rehabilitating Nazism, due to offensive comments made about the “Immortal Regiment.” According to investigators, on 9 May in the village of Nikolskoye, the man publicly insulted the parade column and posted a video online.
14:35
A report has been drawn up against the music distributor FreshTunes for “LGBT propaganda” on the internet. The grounds for the report are unknown, and a hearing date has not yet been set.
14:00
The court fined 55-year-old preacher Eduard Charov from the Urals 500,000 roubles (approx. US$5,500) for reposting a video of Yevgeny Prigozhin and commenting on the arson of a military enlistment office. Charov was found guilty of repeated “discrediting” of the army and “justification of terrorism.”
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13:26
Staff members from the campaign of “Yabloko” candidate Anna Shatunovskaya-Biurno were not allowed into the district election commission building, which meant they were unable to submit complaints about falsification before the meeting on the election results for district No. 204 began. According to the campaign manager, at one polling station, 100 votes were added to the result for “United Russia”; nonetheless, Shatunovskaya-Biurno received more than 28,000 votes.
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13:05
The Central District Court of Sochi has sentenced Yevgeny Krasnikov to three years in an open prison colony under charges of spreading knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces and inciting hatred (paragraph 'b' of part 1 of article 282, part 1 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, in July 2024 Krasnikov posted such publications on his social media page.
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