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24 April 2026ReviewAbusesLitigationOryol Oblast
A deputy of the Oryol Oblast Council attempted to bribe an FSB officer in order to keep his ex-wife under surveillance
Sergei Tushkov was found guilty of bribing an official and fined 3.2 million rubles
21 April 2026ReviewPressureAbusesMoscow
Shot in the foot: how Moscow's communists were "cleaned out" on the eve of the war
A detective story involving an elk has led to the stripping of parliamentary immunity — and of the mandate — from the leader of Moscow's Communists, Valery Rashkin
17 April 2026ReviewAbusesLitigationFraudTula Oblast
Former senator from Tula sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony for organising a murder
Dmitry Savelyev went from paramilitary guard and combat veteran to organiser of electoral fraud, and then of preparation for murder
16 April 2026ReviewAbusesLitigationCity of St Petersburg
A St Petersburg deputy, Alexander Malkevich — Prigozhin's media mercenary who smeared Russian independent observers — will stand trial
Aleksandr Malkevich charged with embezzlement on an especially large scale
15 April 2026ReviewPressureAbusesLitigationChelyabinsk Oblast
Pasta monster: how the billion-rouble assets of a deputy and former governor ended up under the control of the Patrushev family
The criminal case against Mikhail Yurevich, the former principal owner of the Makfa agricultural holding, has been referred to court
8 April 2026ReviewAbusesOryol Oblast
"Faceless deputy" to stand trial in Oryol Oblast
Sergei Kutenyov, a United Russia deputy, entered the political life of the Oryol region swiftly and with considerable flair. Just as swiftly and with just as much flair, he left it.
1 April 2026ReviewAbusesVolgograd Oblast
A deputy of the Volgograd Oblast Duma failed to leave quietly
A court has denied Stanislav Korotkov the right to give up his mandate of his own volition