Human rights activist Lyudmila Alpern announced the death of the executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights, Valentin Bogdan, on September 20. Bogdan was 69 years old. Source: For Human Rights Valentin Bogdan supervised the work of lawyers in the case of torture of prisoners in pre-trial detention center-1 and pre-trial detention center-6 in Angarsk, Irkutsk region.

On September 22, the Election Commission of the Yaroslavl Region recognized United Russia member Artem Molchanov as the winner of the State Duma elections. Since November 2022, Molchanov has served as mayor of Yaroslavl. He did not run as a “locomotive” at the head of the party list, but in a single-mandate constituency, so he is unlikely to give up his mandate.

On the afternoon of September 19, two police officers detained blogger Stanislav Morozov, who has covered cases of Penza residents being forced to sign military contracts. He reported his detention in a voice message posted in the Isolated Russia chat, a recording of which was obtained by 7x7. Morozov has not been heard from since. Shortly before his detention, Stanislav Morozov posted a video of himself spoiling his ballots by ticking the boxes for every candidate.

Nikolay Skrynnik, a refugee from Sudzha, ran for the Kursk Oblast Duma with one goal: to force the authorities to listen to residents of the border areas affected by the war. But two weeks before voting began, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), which had nominated him, forced him to withdraw.

Social activist Eduard Glukhov won in two-mandate district No. 3 in the elections of deputies to the council of the Kambarsky district of Udmurtia, Udmurtia Against Corruption drew attention. Glukhov received 41.14% of the votes, United Russia members Marina Butkovskaya and Vitaly Postnikov - 27.84% and 25.62%, respectively, LDPR candidate Anastasia Serdyuk - 5.4%.

From 40 to 50 residents of the Reserve quarter in Petrozavodsk came to the State Duma elections at the same time on September 20. As social activist Vadim Evseenkov told 7x7, people came to vote “definitely with the hope of updating the legislative branch of government.” According to Evseenkov, the headquarters of United Russia received a message about the transportation of voters, and they discussed calling the police.

On September 21, the Pechora City Court placed a resident of the Medvezhskaya village, Eduard Loginov, under house arrest. He is accused of attempted arson (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Source: Press service of the Pechora City Court According to investigators, on September 19, Eduard Loginov, while drunk, poured flammable liquid on the porch of the emergency entrance to the house of culture, where the polling station is located.

The case against Denis Zagorye, a journalist for the Norwegian publication Barents Observer, was initiated under articles of evading the duties of a foreign agent and carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization (Articles 330.1 and 284.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Children being bullied because of the “wrong” skin color. Fake relationships, where the partner is attracted only by his “exotic” appearance. Tactless questions from strangers. Over her 20 years, Alexandra had to face a number of other people's stereotypes. Only by making friends with someone similar to her was she able to find a path to realizing her own identity through respect for family history.

The Pervomaisky District Court of Penza arrested for 14 days in the case of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) blogger Stanislav Morozov, who covered the forced sending of Penza residents to a contract. 7x7 was informed about this by the press service of the court. It is unknown what exactly the blogger was accused of.