The Finnish authorities decided to seize assets belonging to Russia worth 3.7 million euros due to a claim by the Ukrainian company Naftogaz. The local publication Yle writes about this, and Sota drew attention to the publication. The seized assets were part of a cross-border cooperation program between the European Union and Russia. The Russian side transferred its share even before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but after 2022 the program was terminated, and the money remained in Finland.

The Kanevsky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory decided to “limit itself to an oral remark” against local resident Alexander Maltsev, against whom a protocol was drawn up to “discredit” the army. As stated in the decision on the court’s website, which was noticed by Mediazona, the administrative case was dismissed “due to the insignificance” of the act.

A protocol was drawn up against Z- activist and leader of the Moscow National Bolsheviks Mikhail Axel for “discrediting” the army because of a post in which he called former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu a “cuckold.” Axel himself announced this in his Telegram channel.

The 2nd Western District Military Court, at an off-site hearing in Yaroslavl, sentenced 58-year-old Ukrainian citizen Tatyana Lonskaya to 17 years in a general regime colony on charges of preparing a terrorist attack, espionage and assisting the enemy. A message about this was published on the court's website. The court found that Lonskaya held “radical pro-Ukrainian views,” which is why she decided to help Ukraine in June 2025.

On May 26, the Smolensk Regional Court upheld the arrest of 66-year-old pensioner Alexander Kislovsky, who tried to escape after the start of the trial in the case of “military fakes” (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Mediazona drew attention to the court ruling. On March 10, Kislovsky’s case about “fakes” was received by the Leninsky Court of Smolensk. He was charged with comments on social networks that he left back in April 2022.

A court in annexed Feodosia fined masseuse Tamara Gerya 30 thousand rubles under the protocol of “discrediting” the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for a picket with a “No to War” poster. Mediazona drew attention to the text of the decision dated May 13. It follows from the resolution that the woman came out with a poster to the Eternal Flame at the memorial to those killed in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars in Jubilee Park.

In Tyumen, the editor-in-chief of a local publication was detained in a case of libel (part 2 of article 128.1 of the Criminal Code) and extortion (clause “b” of part 3 of article 163 of the Criminal Code). The regional office of the Investigative Committee did not specify the woman's name in its release . Komsomolskaya Pravda, citing its sources, clarifies that we are talking about Olga Voronina, who heads the Tyumen news publication Park .72.

A criminal case was opened against the former co-chairman of the Golos movement, Stanislav Andreychuk, for failure to fulfill the duties of a “foreign agent” (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). He himself announced this in his Telegram channel. According to Andreychuk, he learned about the criminal case in May. He himself was not included in the register of “foreign agents”.

The Pskov Regional Court sentenced programmer Mikhail Loshchinin to 16 years in prison in a treason case, reported “Caution News” with reference to its correspondent. In the summer of 2025, Loshchinin traveled by motorcycle from Germany to St. Petersburg to visit his father, who had undergone two heart surgeries - the programmer himself had not lived in Russia since 2000; he also has Belgian citizenship. On July 1, Loshchinin was stopped at the border of Latvia and Russia.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Kirov sentenced 28-year-old Alexandra Pugach in absentia to six years in prison in the case of “military fakes” and calls against state security. Mediazona was informed about this by the press service of the court. The verdict was handed down on May 14, two weeks later it came into force, the court noted. In addition to imprisonment, the court banned her from administering websites for 3.5 years.

In the first quarter of 2026, Russian banks issued 46.3 thousand credit holidays for Russians who went to war and members of their families - this is the minimum figure for two years. Mediazona drew attention to the latest statistics from the Central Bank. The last time the number of new benefits did not exceed 50 thousand was in the second quarter of 2024, when the mass recruitment of volunteers to the front was just gaining momentum in Russia.

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow softened the preventive measure for Novaya Gazeta investigative journalist Oleg Roldugin, transferring him from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest at the request of the investigators, Novaya Gazeta itself reported . “Investigator Ilya Aladinsky reported in court that during the investigation, documents were obtained confirming that Roldugin was dependent on minor children and elderly parents,” the publication notes.

The FSB reported that it had uncovered a “large-scale campaign by foreign intelligence services” to install “malware” on the phones of Russian officials. This was reported by the department's Public Relations Center (PRC).

In Moscow, police officers arrived at the Hippyatnik festival in Tsaritsyno Park on the evening of June 1 to disperse people. At least one person was detained, reports Sotavision . As the telegram channel notes, two paddy wagons arrived at the festival site, from which police officers came out with batons. Later, a National Guard car arrived at the park. “Some of the participants began to dance around the patrol car.

Memorial to Valery Khodemchuk on the wall separating the third and fourth reactors, inside the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant. September 29, 2015. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images For years, Natalya Khodemchuk kept the memory of her late husband, who was the first person to die in the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.