The Novocherkassk Garrison Military Court sentenced 20-year-old conscript from Ingushetia Issa Tsuroev to 6 years in a maximum security colony in the case of an attack on a senior in rank (Part 3 of Article 334 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the text of the decision dated December 2, 2025. On May 12, 2025, a senior officer reprimanded Tsuroev for fighting with a colleague in the location of someone else’s unit.

The Zelenogradsky District Court of the Kaliningrad Region received a protocol on communication with an “undesirable” organization (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code) against the ecologist and co-chairman of the Ecodefense movement Vladimir Slivyak, Mediazona drew attention . It is unknown what exactly the environmental activist is charged with. The protocol was received by the court on May 7; the first hearing on it has not yet been scheduled.

On May 4, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Novosibirsk fined the legal entity of the regional media holding company Viktor Shkulev, Internet Technologies LLC, for two protocols on “LGBT propaganda” on the Internet (Part 3 of Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code). Mediazona drew attention to the published texts of the decisions.

After a series of “carousel arrests,” 55-year-old Crimean woman Victoria Sergeeva, detained in Sochi, was accused of treason and sent to a pre-trial detention center. The First Department writes about this with reference to the woman herself. Sergeeva’s detention became known in October 2025. It was then reported that on August 21, after arriving in Sochi from Turkey, the court ordered administrative arrests for the woman several times.

The EU authorities have imposed sanctions against 23 individuals and legal entities due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as the removal and assimilation of Ukrainian children in Russia. This is reported in the EU decisions database.

Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, UK authorities have imposed sanctions against a further 85 individuals and legal entities. This was reported on the website of the country's Ministry of Finance.

The Novocherkassk garrison military court sentenced serviceman Salman Abdulguseev, accused of causing death by negligence, to one and a half years in a penal colony. This term was counted as having been served due to the time the man spent in custody, and the military man was released in the courtroom. Mediazona drew attention to the decision . The case against Abdulguseev was initiated due to the death of a man whom he beat in the city of Shakhty, Rostov region.