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updated 12 October 2026 · RSSThe 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Justice Ministry added the news YouTube channel, which has more than 3 million subscribers, to its register of “foreign agents”.
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.
Equipment used at Russian border checks can pull call history and contact lists from travellers’ phones over Bluetooth.
Artyom Kosolapov had been held in immigration detention in Arkansas since late August. Bail was set at $15,000; he still faces possible deportation.
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.
Kazakhstan has finally refused asylum to the Navalny team member, and she may now be handed over to Russia.
Olga and Nikita Belov, whom the authorities wanted to deport to Russia in the spring, have been granted asylum in Finland.
The journalist has been added to the list, so his bank transactions in Russia will be blocked.
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.
The case is based on a 2024 video. Shpak, previously sentenced in absentia to 8 years over "fakes", will be charged in absentia.
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.
The journalist, whose outlet is designated "undesirable", has been added to the wanted database.
The journalist and daughter of Boris Nemtsov has been put on the international wanted list in a criminal case.