In the Kostroma region, part of the circulation of the Ultimatum newspaper was confiscated to check for extremism.
On June 10, 2009, in the town of Nerekhta, Kostroma Region, police confiscated 250 copies of the newspaper Ultimatum, a special edition of the registered publication Voice of a Communist, from Vladimir Shesterov, an activist of the Left Front organization. In addition, Shesterov's apartment was searched (without attesting witnesses or presenting a sanction).