Automated media monitoringMachine-translated from Russian

Novosibirsk communist Sergei Krupenko is suspected of repeated "discreditation" of the Russian army, but the investigation has still not explained which of his words it considers a crime. The case was opened on 17 June 2026, but Krupenko himself only learned about it now, and the occasion was his speech at an approved May Day rally in a Novosibirsk public garden. According to the text, at the interrogation Krupenko stated that he did not understand "what exactly he is suspected of," and his lawyer drew attention to the fact that from the decision to open the case it is impossible to understand which words the investigation considers "discreditation" of the army. Articles: Art. 280.3 (discrediting the army).

Source: DOXA · also: Sota Project (TG), TV Rain, Ekho, OVD-Info

Automated media monitoringMachine-translated from Russian

On 9 November, Galina Bekhter, who is serving her sentence in penal colony No. 1 in Vologda, was urgently hospitalised in interregional prison hospital No. 10. According to the administration, the pensioner "has completely stopped eating," lawyer Irina Biryukova, who visited her in the hospital, reported this. According to Biryukova, the doctors have not yet made a diagnosis, and over the next two weeks they, together with psychiatrists, will study the medical documents and talk with Bekhter to establish the cause of her condition. Articles: Art. 275 (high treason).

Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe · also: Sever.Realii, OVD-Info

Automated media monitoringMachine-translated from Russian

On the afternoon of 9 November in Kazan, security forces came with a search to the home of the parents of the editor-in-chief of the student publication «Groza» Leonid Spirin, the editorial board reported. During the search, only his 79-year-old grandmother was at home. In January 2025, a criminal case was opened against Spirin over the repeated «discreditation» of the army, and in March the Interior Ministry put him on the wanted list. Articles: Art. 280.3 (discrediting the army).

Source: Astra · also: Sota Project (TG), Radio Svoboda, Idel.Realii, Novaya Gazeta Europe

Automated media monitoringMachine-translated from Russian

A criminal case was opened against a 20-year-old resident of Penza under the article on justifying terrorism, the press service of the Investigative Committee reported. According to the investigation, in February 2024, when the young man was not yet 18 years old, he posted a comment in a chat on one of the messengers containing a justification of the activities of a terrorist organisation and a call to become a member of it. What exactly the young man wrote, whether he pleaded guilty and what measure of restraint was chosen is not specified; the press service of the Investigative Committee did not report this. Articles: Art. 205.2 (justification of terrorism).

Source: Idel.Realii

Automated media monitoringMachine-translated from Russian

The Russia-installed Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced Mariupol resident Yekaterina Dorozhko-Piven to 14 years in a penal colony in a case of high treason and illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition. According to the security forces' account, the Mariupol resident was in contact with an SBU officer, from whom in the summer of 2025 she received a task to film a military facility with a phone camera. The Donetsk News Agency, citing the FSB, reports that the woman rejected the accusations and said she did not know about the military purpose of the facility she photographed. Articles: Art. 275 (high treason).

Source: Mediazona