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20.09.2026
22:25
In Izhevsk, a major city in the Urals, three women from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) were taken to the police station from polling stations.
22:25
The Moskovsky District Court in St Petersburg has upheld a claim by precinct election commission No. 1295 to remove election observer Vilena Pleshakova from the polling station. According to the commission, on 20 September, Pleshakova was filming video in an unauthorised area, moving about the station, and failed to comply with the commission chair’s instructions.
Persons
20:58
In St Petersburg, police detained an election observer and a commission member with voting rights from the Yabloko party following allegations of so-called “discrediting the army” and illegal filming; they were taken to a police station on General Khrulev Street. In Tatarstan, police removed observers from polling stations No. 2836 and No. 135, and at station No. 408, an observer was assaulted and threatened, while police did not intervene.
Persons
20:51
A Moscow resident reported that after voting online via the DEG system, they received a notification about being registered for military service on the Gosuslugi portal. On election day, two election observers in Moscow received similar notifications, while in Novosibirsk, a major city in Siberia, and in Yakutsk, in northeastern Russia, people reported that military summons were being handed out at polling stations.
20:51
In the Kalininsky district of St Petersburg, police have detained election commission member Darya and election observer Fyodor. They are being taken to the police station on General Khrulev Street.
20:20
The police took observer Azat Shayekhov from polling station No. 135 to Police Station No. 5, Moskovsky. The reasons for the detention have not been specified.
Persons
20:14
The police took an election observer from polling station 2836 to the police station. The reasons for the detention are unknown.
20:00
The Moskovsky District Court of St Petersburg denied Anna Yudayeva, Semyon Yermolayev, and Elizaveta Nestuliyeva’s claim against Territorial Electoral Commission No. 19 regarding access to observe the elections. They were refused due to not being registered at a place of residence in St Petersburg.
19:53
At precinct 721 in Pushkino, a town near Moscow, observers from United Russia and the Public Chamber threatened a female observer, and the commission chair insulted her. According to the woman, one of the observers threatened her, and a woman from the Public Chamber hit her phone and demanded that she stop recording.
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19:52
The head of Morgauzhsky District, Aleksandr Ivanov, filed a report against veteran Aleksei Sadovnikov, accusing him of campaigning during the elections in the village of Akhmanei. The reason for the report was Sadovnikov’s jacket, which featured the hammer and sickle symbol.
Persons
19:35
The Frunzensky District Court in St Petersburg has suspended Kristina Datsenko from her role on polling station commission no. 2149. According to the court, Datsenko disrupted the commission’s procedures, took photographs and campaigned for the Yabloko party.
Persons
19:32
In Kazan, at one of the polling stations, a Yabloko observer was punched in the rib and threatened with violence unless they left the station. According to the party, the police were covering up for the attackers.
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19:21
In Ufa, a court fined an observer 4,000 roubles (US$45) for disobeying the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to observers, there were also detentions, confiscation of equipment, and attempts to remove them from the polling station in the city.
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19:15
The Frunze District Court in St Petersburg has removed Viktor Epifanov from his role on the election commission following a lawsuit from PEC No. 2134. According to case files, he was accused of campaigning for the Yabloko party, as well as recording and documenting data at the polling station.
Persons
19:15
In St Petersburg, around ten lawsuits were filed on 20 September seeking the removal of commission members and observers from the elections, most of them targeting representatives of the Yabloko party. In various districts across the city, people were removed by court and commission decisions, with reasons cited including the tampering of secure packaging, conflicts at polling stations, and filming near the voting area.
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19:15
The Kuibyshev District Court of St Petersburg has ordered the immediate removal of observer Aleksandr Koretsky from polling station No. 2210. According to the court, on 18 and 19 September Koretsky was filming video footage in an unauthorised area and did not stop recording when requested by the head of the commission.
Persons
18:16
In Chelyabinsk, a major city in the Urals, police detained Daniil Burtsev, press secretary of the Yabloko party’s office, and held him at the station for about three hours, explaining it was due to a “lookout notice” check. Later, law enforcement officers admitted they had “mistaken his identity” and released the activist without drawing up a report.
Persons
18:16
In Moscow, observers at polling stations report pressure from commission members and police, including threats to remove them from the site and restrictions on monitoring the voting process. At polling station 2753, the commission chair threatened an independent member of the PGR with police action after they requested to see applications for home voting.
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17:31
State Duma candidate Yulia Kuznetsova, who stopped responding to communications on the evening of 17 September after meeting with voters, has reported that she has returned home and said that both she and her husband are fine. She stated that she was able to vote at her polling station.
Persons
16:29
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, police were called to polling station commission No. 1457 because an observer had an apple on their table—the commission chair considered this campaigning for the Yabloko party. The police confiscated the fruit, drew up an inspection report and took statements, but did not give the observer copies of the documents.