Lawyer and former head of Boris Nadezhdin's headquarters, Dmitry Kisiev, was detained on October 3 by security forces, who took him from an apartment in the Moscow region to the police, he said in his Telegram channel. “Late in the evening, the owner of the house from whom I rent in Khimki knocks on the door. I open it and see six people to take just one of me. Of course, no one introduced themselves or showed any documents,” Kisiev wrote.

On October 3, the Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow received a criminal case against queer activist Sasha Kazantseva, Mediazona noted . She was accused of distributing military “fakes” on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), inducing participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and failure to comply with requirements for “foreign agents” (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code).

French photojournalist Anthony Lallican, who collaborated with the Hans Lucas agency, died on October 3 in the Druzhkovka area in the Donetsk region due to a Russian kamikaze drone strike. Об этом сообщила 4-я механизированная бригада ВСУ в своем фейсбуке. The death of the journalist was confirmed by Hans Lucas on his social networks. “Having a particular interest in the conflict in Ukraine, he has visited the country regularly since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.

Российский суд приговорил 51-летнего врача приемного отделения из Донецкой области к 15 годам колонии строгого режима и штрафу в 105 тысяч рублей по делу о госизмене (статья 275 УК), сообщила пресс-служба прокуратуры самопровозглашенной ДНР. По версии обвинения, в период с августа по октябрь 2024 года мужчина связался с представителем Службы безопасности Украины (СБУ) и получил «задание собирать данные о войсковых частях Минобороны».

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow remanded billionaire Ibragim Suleymanov into custody, the press service of the capital's courts reports . He is accused of two counts of organizing a murder (Part 3 of Article 33, paragraph “g” of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code), as well as organizing attempted murder (Part 3 of Article 33, Part 3 of Article 30, paragraph “g” of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code).

Art: Michael Scarn / Mediazona Since the first year of the war, Ukrainian soldiers and officers have faced trials in Russian courts and across the annexed territories. They are tortured, held in inhumane conditions without contact with the outside world, and handed down huge prison sentences. But that is not the end of their ordeal. We have discovered that many prisoners are being tried again, for a second or even a third time.

The Justice Department has published a list of new “foreign agents.” It included director Grigory Amnuel, who opposed the invasion of Ukraine, former Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova, who went abroad, and former municipal deputy and co-founder of the Action4life project to help Ukrainians, Maria Solenova. Also, the publication I NEWS was declared a “foreign agent”, and, judging by the telegram channel, the I in the title means “Ichkeria”.

Roskomnadzor announced that in order to register Telegram channels with the supervisory agency, owners must give administrator rights to a special bot @Trustchannelbot . The corresponding message was published in the RKN channel. “This is the only way for Telegram to confirm ownership of your registered channel. After launching the bot, the registration number received from State Services is checked against the one entered into the bot.

The Boracay oil tanker, detained off the coast of France on suspicion of links to the Russian shadow fleet, has resumed its movement towards the Suez Canal. This was reported by Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) and Reuters , citing data from the MarineTraffic and Vesselfinder services. The tanker began moving on the evening of October 2, and is now off the coast of western France.

Russia carried out the most massive attack on Naftogaz of Ukraine facilities since the beginning of the war, the state-owned company itself reported . It is clarified that 35 missiles and 60 drones were launched at targets in the Kharkov and Poltava regions, and only some were shot down. “No military sense.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Krasnodar resident Igor Yakovenko to five years in prison, accused of preparing to join a terrorist organization, the court's press service reported . As specified, on May 28, Yakovenko signed up with “a person engaged in recruitment activities and organizing travel to the territory of Ukraine” in order to fight for the “Freedom of Russia” legion.

The Tushinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced serviceman Oleg Adamov to five days of administrative arrest under a protocol for petty hooliganism. The telegram channel “Caution, Moscow” drew attention to the court’s decision . The court stated that on September 30, 36-year-old Adamov stood with a sign “Please help, SVO member” in the lobby of a Moscow metro station.

Illustration: Michael Scarn/Mediazona Since the first year of the war, trials of Ukrainian soldiers and officers have been going on in Russian courts and in annexed territories. They are tortured, kept in unbearable conditions without communication with the outside world, and then sentenced to enormous prison sentences. But that’s not all - as Mediazona found out, many prisoners are being tried for the second time, and some for the third time.

Billionaire Ibragim Suleymanov was detained in Moscow, TASS and Kommersant reported, citing sources in law enforcement agencies. “He is accused of organizing the contract murder of the former head of the Federal Service for Financial Recovery and Bankruptcy Georgy Tal in 2004,” the newspaper writes.

The German authorities have stopped processing and issuing humanitarian visas to citizens of Russia and Belarus, although formally this procedure is considered valid. This was reported by human rights organizations at a meeting in the Berlin office of the Association for the Defense of Human Rights Human Rights Watch , as reported by Deutsche Welle and members of the SaveHumVisa22 campaign.