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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

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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

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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

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The Leninsky District Court of Izhevsk found a 47-year-old local resident guilty under the article on calls for extremist activity and sentenced her to one and a half years of a suspended sentence, the joint press service of the courts of Udmurtia reported. According to the investigation, on 23 March last year the Izhevsk woman published in one of the public pages on VKontakte a comment with "incitement to commit violent actions" against the head of Udmurtia, who at that time was Alexander Brechalov. The court's press release says that the defendant "fully admitted her guilt". Articles: Art. 280 (calls for extremism).

Source: Idel.Realii