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updated 12 October 2026 · RSSAccording to Mediazona, Moscow's Khoroshevsky District Court fined the musician for cooperating with an “undesirable” organisation. Grebenshchikov left Russia in 2020 and lives in the UK.
According to Mediazona, Moscow's Chertanovsky District Court convicted him under the military “fakes” article. Ptushkin was taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to Mediazona, the Baltic Fleet Military Court sentenced a 68-year-old man from Neman to six years over anti-war posts. Lithuania's border service returned him to Russia the same day.
According to Mediazona, Moscow's Gagarinsky District Court convicted her of financing an “extremist” organisation over two transfers made in 2021. She was taken into custody in the courtroom.
According to Mediazona, the 2nd Western District Military Court convicted 19-year-old Dmitry Bokov under terrorism articles. His family said he was tortured and that a phone was planted on him.
According to Mediazona, this means a criminal case has been opened against him in absentia; what it concerns is unknown. The journalist emigrated to Israel in 2022.
According to Mediazona, he left on a humanitarian visa, as he told the outlet Vot Tak. Russia had put him on its wanted list over justifying terrorism and military “fakes”.
According to the priest's sister, quoted by Novaya Gazeta Europe, he was convicted in a drug possession case. The six-year sentence was reduced under an amnesty.
According to Viasna, quoted by Mediazona Belarus, at least 10 people in one colony were prepared for release and given their documents and belongings, but no pardon followed.
According to Turkmen.news, he can barely stand or sit, his knees are festering again and his fever cannot be brought down. Mingelov has served 14 years of a 22-year sentence.
The list was published by the Union for Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan, Meydan TV reports. It includes 322 people, 15 of them women; believers are the largest group, 178 people.
According to Mediazona, the criminal case has reached Moscow's Khoroshevsky District Court. Which organisation is meant is unknown.
According to OVD-Info, the decision was made by Moscow's Basmanny District Court (Article 205.2, Part 2). What prompted the case is not yet known.
According to OVD-Info, the case under Article 207.3 was closed for lack of a crime; her support group reported this, citing her lawyer.
According to Fetisov, quoted by OVD-Info, he was beaten in his cell on 1 September and lost consciousness. He is on trial over military “fakes” and calls (Articles 207.3 and 280.4).
According to Mediazona, the fine was over a post in which he called the war “the worst possible decision”.
According to Mediazona Belarus, citing Katolik.Life, he spent more than 200 days in pre-trial detention; he is accused of treason (Article 356).
According to Mediazona, the Nevsky District Court in St Petersburg convicted him under Articles 330.1 and 280.4. The case concerns an episode in which the heroine urges Russian soldiers to surrender.
According to Mediazona, the Central District Military Court in Yekaterinburg convicted him of justifying terrorism (Article 205.2). The trial was held behind closed doors.
According to OVD-Info, the Pervomaisky court in Izhevsk remanded him under Article 228, Part 2. His family believe the drugs were planted; lawyers were denied access to him for more than a day.
According to Mediazona, cited by OVD-Info, this is the first known case in which paying taxes to the Ukrainian budget became grounds for a treason charge (Article 275).
According to a human rights defender quoted by Novaya Gazeta Europe, the Kaliningrad activist, convicted in a “fakes” case, was put in a punishment cell shortly before the elections; the exact reasons are unknown.
According to OVD-Info, marchers commemorating those killed in October 1993 demanded freedom for political prisoners and the release of Dmitry Morozov. Eyewitnesses said officers kicked a man lying on the ground.
A human rights centre published a letter from 114 residents. They claim that over two years officers fabricated about 100 cases: they plant phones with chats and then torture people to extract testimony.
According to his father, Morozov had a battered face and swollen hands during a search; officers spoke of links to banned organisations. Relatives and lawyers do not know where he is.
According to the Molniya project, the embassy in Moscow turned down a graduate of the HSE design programme. The rights group calls it a dangerous precedent for art students.
According to DW, cited by Mediazona, Russia accuses her of attempting to abduct her grandson. Her lawyers say she did not know about the case and has never been to Russia.
According to Mediazona, he is charged under Articles 330.1 and 280.4 over an episode in which Masyanya urges Russian soldiers to surrender. His lawyer says Kuvaev was not notified of the case.
According to his lawyer, the reason is unknown and he may be moved to a strict regime. Ivanov is serving 7 years in penal colony No. 6 in Kolomna over posts about Bucha and other war crimes.
According to Mediazona, he was added to the Interior Ministry's wanted database; details of the criminal case are unknown. Chernov told the outlet he had not known about the prosecution.
According to The Insider, Mikhail Timofeev was released on bail of 50 thousand lari and barred from leaving Georgia. In September a court approved his extradition, but the UN Human Rights Committee told Georgia not to extradite him.
According to OVD-Info, Circassian activist Rustam Khuazhev and the resource Reanimatsiya were also added. In September Nemtsova was placed on an international wanted list.
Sergei Yakovlev says that after the torture he was forced to assemble a bomb for an operational video, OVD-Info reports, citing Mediazona's courtroom coverage.
According to OVD-Info, investigators say she transferred money to FBK seven times, 3500 roubles in total (Article 282.3). Matushevskaya lived in Serbia; her defence will appeal.
A military court in Chita sentenced US-based Marina Khankhalaeva under Articles 282.2 and 205.5, Buryatia's police said, 7x7 reports. According to the outlet, the verdict was handed down on 27 August.
The Oshmyany district court made the decision on 25 September, according to the updated Information Ministry list, Mediazona Belarus reports.
Mogilev regional court sentenced Yuliana Molochkova to restricted freedom at home under Article 361-4, Part 1, Mediazona Belarus reports, citing Nasha Niva. The exact term is unknown.