Turkmen.news
Leaked Turkmen interior ministry wanted list shows persecution of critics abroad
According to Turkmen.news and OCCRP, 613 people were on the wanted list at the end of 2022, 93 of them facing political charges, including 'terrorism'.
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updated 12 October 2026 · RSS1 October 2026
30 September 2026
7x7foreign agent
Yaroslavl court sentences exiled LGBT activist to 4 years in absentia
The Kirovsky district court found Yaroslav Sirotkin guilty of taking part in an 'extremist' organisation (Part 2 of Article 282.2) and of breaching the 'foreign agent' law, 7x7 reports, citing Pervy Otdel.
Meduzaforeign agentundesirable
Russia agrees with five CIS countries to share data on people the authorities deem 'extremists'
The prosecutors general of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan signed an agreement to share information on organisations and individuals, Meduza reports, citing RBC.
29 September 2026
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
Moscow court arrests journalist Yury Dud in absentia on a charge of justifying terrorism
The Basmanny court arrested Dud in absentia under Part 2 of Article 205.2, the Moscow courts' press service said. The Investigative Committee claims the case stems from his interview with RDK founder Denis Kapustin.
Vlast.kz
More than 150 human rights defenders urge Kazakhstan not to extradite Emelyanova and Movlaev to Russia
According to Vlast, the appeal was signed by 155 people, among them members of OVD-Info and First Department. They ask for a diplomatic corridor to a safe third country.
28 September 2026
Azattyq Asia
Protest in New York against Kazakhstan extraditing activists Emelyanova and Movlaev to Russia
According to Azattyq Asia, Iuliia Emelianova and Mansur Movlaev have been held in a remand prison in Almaty for over a year after being detained at Moscow's request. Kazakhstan earlier refused Movlaev asylum.
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
FSB opens a case for membership of a terrorist organisation against London-based Ksenia Maksimova
Maksimova heads the Russian Democratic Society in the UK. The FSB claims she raised money through the movement "in the interests of the Kyiv regime". She was put on the wanted list on 16 September.
Mediazona Belarusextremist in Belarus
In Belarus, five volunteers of the Kalinouski Regiment sentenced in absentia to 12 to 20 years
According to Viasna, the Minsk City Court handed down the sentence on 14 September. The charges include conspiracy to seize power and membership of a terrorist organisation.
Reform.newsextremist in Belarus
10 Belarusian political prisoners, freed and expelled to Lithuania, apply for protection in Poland
According to Reform.news, 25 political prisoners were freed on 16 September and all were forcibly taken to Lithuania. Nine applied for international protection in Warsaw and one in Bialystok.
27 September 2026
Radio Libertyforeign agentundesirable
Finland may deport to Russia a family who left over their anti-war stance
According to Current Time, a mother and son left in 2022 and collected aid for Ukrainians in emigration; in Russia they face criminal prosecution. They were refused asylum and are suing the migration agency.
Reform.newsextremist in Belarus
IT specialist living in Israel detained at Belarus–Lithuania border over YouTube subscriptions
According to Reform.news, citing the man himself, a phone check found subscriptions to two YouTube channels designated “extremist materials”. He spent three days in a temporary detention centre before a court fined him.
26 September 2026
Reform.newsextremist in Belarus
Georgia expels to Armenia Belarusian Lev Mikheev, who had sought asylum since 2021
Mikheev says that on 25 September he was driven to the Armenian border, where he was held on a wanted notice at Minsk's request. Rights defender Roman Kisliak calls it in effect an enforced disappearance.
25 September 2026
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
“Khodorkovsky LIVE” designated a “foreign agent”
The Justice Ministry added the news YouTube channel, which has more than 3 million subscribers, to its register of “foreign agents”.
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
YouTuber “Ded Arkhimed” arrested in absentia over “fakes” and foreign-agent rules
A court in Ivanovo ordered the arrest in absentia of the 53-year-old blogger on charges of spreading army “fakes” and evading “foreign agent” obligations.
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
Border officers extract phone data via Bluetooth
Equipment used at Russian border checks can pull call history and contact lists from travellers’ phones over Bluetooth.
24 September 2026
The Insiderforeign agentundesirable
US court grants bail to Russian asylum seeker
Artyom Kosolapov had been held in immigration detention in Arkansas since late August. Bail was set at $15,000; he still faces possible deportation.
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
Former CEO of the Domovyonok service Nikita Zhilin put on wanted list over donations to FBK
The Interior Ministry is seeking Zhilin, who lives abroad, in a case of financing FBK. By Mediazona's count, 167 sentences have already been handed down in such cases.
Radio Libertyforeign agentundesirable
FBK staffer Yulia Emelyanova faces extradition as Kazakhstan denies her asylum
Kazakhstan has finally refused asylum to the Navalny team member, and she may now be handed over to Russia.
Meduzaforeign agentundesirable
Finland grants asylum to anti-war Russians the Belovs, who faced deportation
Olga and Nikita Belov, whom the authorities wanted to deport to Russia in the spring, have been granted asylum in Finland.
23 September 2026
OVD-Infoforeign agentextremiston Rosfinmonitoring list
Yury Dud added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of "terrorists and extremists"
The journalist has been added to the list, so his bank transactions in Russia will be blocked.
Mediazonaforeign agentextremist materials in Belarus
TV Rain host Mikhail Fishman goes on trial in absentia for involvement in an "undesirable organisation"
Moscow's Simonovsky court is hearing the case under Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code. The defence says Fishman is being prosecuted for his journalism.
OVD-Infoforeign agentextremiston Rosfinmonitoring list
New case over calls to terrorism opened against blogger Alexander Shpak
The case is based on a 2024 video. Shpak, previously sentenced in absentia to 8 years over "fakes", will be charged in absentia.
18 September 2026
OVD-Infoforeign agentextremiston Rosfinmonitoring list
Justice Ministry designates film director Andrei Zvyagintsev a "foreign agent"
The ministry said the director had worked with "foreign agents" and "undesirable" organisations. Several other people were added to the list at the same time.
OVD-Infoforeign agentextremiston Rosfinmonitoring list
Interior Ministry puts Meduza journalist Vladislav Gorin on wanted list
The journalist, whose outlet is designated "undesirable", has been added to the wanted database.
17 September 2026
OVD-Infoforeign agentextremiston Rosfinmonitoring list
Zhanna Nemtsova put on international wanted list
The journalist and daughter of Boris Nemtsov has been put on the international wanted list in a criminal case.