“Absolutely everyone here is snitching on each other.” An employee of the FSIN hospital refused to contribute part of her salary to the “SVO”, she was fired, and then the FSB came to her “The First Department” tells the story of Natalya Polyakova, who, being against the war, went to work in the clinical diagnostic laboratory of a hospital for women prisoners.

“A queer femboy who is running for parliament in Russia in 2026 is a unique example of resistance”: an interview with catboy Daniil Neonov Perhaps the most prominent candidate in the 2026 municipal election campaign is 24-year-old independent activist Daniil Neonov. The openly queer femboy, who came out to voters as a catboy, quickly became a social media star and gathered a close-knit team around him.

House arrest is one of the preventive measures that the court can impose. At first glance, everything is simple: you are at home at a certain address and are required to wear a special bracelet on your leg. But what do you do when you need to take out the trash? Is it possible to receive guests or attend the funeral of a close relative? Try to answer these questions. The correct answers are at the end of the test. Question Your Answer: Correct answer: Please wait.. Your answers

The crypto market is under state control, the seizure of immigrants’ property without a court order, a new restriction for “foreign agents”, a ban on the transfer of human genetic data outside Russia and “Basic military training” in schools. We tell you what bad things will happen in Russia on September 1, 2026. Legalization of cryptocurrency From September 1, 2026, the law “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights” will officially come into force in Russia.

Over the past week, courts have considered at least 20 cases against “foreign agents.” We tell you which artists, journalists and politicians received fines or sentences in criminal cases. New “foreign agents” - now there are 1,246 of them the Mediazona publication , which regularly conducts online texts from meetings on political affairs, was included in the register for the second time.

Posts with the image of Alexei Navalny became the reason for charges under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Propaganda or public display of prohibited symbols”). This article applies to Nazi, extremist symbols, as well as anything else that is “prohibited by federal law.” The penalty is a fine, but if a violation is repeated within a year, a criminal case may be initiated. It is also a convenient tool for removing unwanted candidates from elections.

From September 18 to 20, 2026, elections of deputies to the State Duma, as well as municipal and regional elections, will be held throughout Russia. “Yabloko” has already been removed from the ballot, but there are still parties with the help of which you can be at the polling station as an observer. We tell you how to do this in the memo. 1 Who is an observer? This is the person who monitors the voting process. His main task is to ensure that voting takes place without violations.

In August, the websites of the largest Russian banks stopped opening in Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox. Instead of the personal account login page, users saw a message about an unsecured connection. This happened because banks transferred their websites to a Ministry of Digital Development certificate, which browsers do not trust. What should the user do in this situation? Should we follow the ministry’s advice (spoiler: don’t) and how to avoid digital risks? 1 What is a "certificate"?

Crypto exchange Binance gave Russian security forces the transaction history of an EU resident. Now he's on trial for donation Moscow is preparing to take the case of IT specialist Yuri Belenky to court. In October 2025, he was accused of “financing terrorism” for donations to an account published by Arkady Babchenko. It was possible to prove the fact of transfers thanks to a detailed report that Binance sent at the request of the Investigative Committee.

Every week we talk about the prosecution of people who were included in the register of “foreign agents” and other news from this area. The new issue contains a donation from a “foreign agent” of the Rodina party, complaints to the UN and a lawsuit by the director of Mr. Nobody Against Putin.

10 verdicts per day and an increase of 58%: results of the first half of 2026 in terrorism cases “First Department” and Parubets Analytics continue a series of studies of judicial statistics in the absence of official data from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

“Foreign agency” chronicles No. 28: cases against “foreign agents”, cases due to “foreign agency”, pressure-pressure-pressure Every week we track how the state uses legislation on “foreign agents” to put pressure on Russian society. In the 28th issue: criminal prosecutions of Katerina Gordeeva and Boris Nadezhdin, sentences in absentia and attempts to remove the Yabloko party from the elections under the pretext of connections with “foreign agents”.

On the portal of draft regulatory legal acts of federal government bodies, drafts ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) of orders of the Ministry of Justice of Russia under the so-called law “on civil death” (the official name is the law “On temporary restrictive measures” in relation to those who are outside Russia and “evading” punishment) have appeared. The orders have not yet been adopted and are at the discussion stage, but it is obvious that most of their provisions will come into force in the proposed form.

If the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Federal Penitentiary Service decide that a person may commit a crime or offense, he may be given a warning. Activists, court visitors, and simply people who accidentally came to the attention of security forces may encounter this. What does the warning mean? What happens if you don't sign it? Is there any point in appealing it? We have understood the memo. 1 What is a warning?

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