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updated 12 October 2026 · RSSAccording to Mediazona, a prosecutor at Moscow's Basmanny court asked for 5 years for the blogger under Article 280.4. In 2023 a court sentenced him in absentia to 11 years for 'fakes'.
Citing Agentstvo, Current Time reports that his representative said Makhmudov is in Morocco awaiting a flight to Russia. He helped organise a hunger strike at the prison in Folkston.
According to Mediazona, the Ust-Labinsk district court fined him 10 thousand roubles over the outlet's 'Fathers and Grandfathers' investigation into nepotism. He has lived outside Russia since 2021.
According to Novaya Gazeta Europe, she has left Russia and is safe. In August she was detained in the Ryazan region and a court gave her ten days' arrest, then another 14.
She was detained at the airport on 1 October at Russia's request. Her lawyer says the detention period expired and no preventive measure was chosen. She was freed on 4 October and is heading to Odesa.
ICE officers detained him on a road in Arkansas, his wife said; where he was taken is unknown. According to her, hearings on the asylum case are scheduled for 2028.
On 8 October the committee applied urgent measures on the complaint of the former Navalny campaign activist, her lawyer said. She remains in custody in Almaty and the extradition decision remains in force.
According to Nasha Niva, he was detained after crossing the border on 30 June and is charged under Article 361-3 of the Criminal Code over transfers in support of Ukraine. He is held in SIZO No. 1 in Minsk.
The case under Part 1 of Article 327 of the Criminal Code has reached the Moskovsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod, Mediazona reports. The FSB claims he produced documents on political persecution for refugee status abroad.
According to Prosecutor General Dmitry Gora, about 2 000 criminal cases were opened in a year and a half. Since 2022, in absentia cases against more than 150 people have been sent to court.
According to Delfi, the journalist has lived in Latvia since 2014. Foreign Minister Baiba Braže said the decision was based on information from the competent authorities.
According 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, 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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.
Mediazona reports that the Zavolzhsky District Court in Ulyanovsk convicted her of spreading military 'fakes' and breaching the 'foreign agent' law. The journalist has lived outside Russia for several years.
Elena Matushevskaya is suspected of taking part in an 'extremist' organisation, Novaya Gazeta Europe reports, citing Govorit NeMoskva. She had come to Krasnoyarsk for work; a custody hearing is expected in Tomsk.
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'.