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15 July 2026ReviewAbusesLitigation
The Orenburg city council deputy is on trial for the murder of several people
In 2021 Kuzmin became the wealthiest deputy on the city council, with a declared income of 132 million roubles.
28 May 2026ReviewElection commissionsAbusesOrenburg Oblast
The Orenburg Oblast election commission has been taken over by United Russia functionaries
The deputy chair of the commission is linked to the scandal at the elections in Vesenny: there the opposition alleged falsifications, but was unable to challenge the results in court
26 May 2026ReviewAbusesTomsk Oblast
Mothers and daughters: can a deputy whose daughter is under investigation win the primaries?
Tatyana Solomatina — deputy chair of the State Duma committee on health protection — is seeking nomination as a candidate for the State Duma in Tomsk Oblast's only single-mandate constituency
26 May 2026ReviewAbusesPressureKirov Oblast
“The Kirov transit”: how the mandate of convicted deputy Belousov did not go to Redkina, chief physician of the hospital — and what TV presenter Kim has to do with it
The injured party in this story turned out to be the voters of Kirov, who lost their representation in the State Duma
25 May 2026ReviewAbusesTomsk Oblast
In Tomsk Oblast, the former head of the local United Russia branch died in a pre-trial detention centre
His former boss and fellow party member was also recently arrested
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
24 March 2026ReviewAbusesRepublic of Bashkortostan
"Russia — My History": how the manager of a patriotic park seized city land in Ufa
Using his connections in the administration, Iosif Marach privatised far more valuable municipal property quite cheaply
17 March 2026ReviewAbusesOryol Oblast
"Tamara and I go around as a pair": in Oryol Oblast, the head and the chairman of the district Council of one district are under investigation
Boris Makashov and Vladimir Marakhin are accused of misappropriating two land plots worth 5.5 million rubles
11 March 2026ReviewAbusesRepublic of Karelia
How a deputy derailed the waste reform in Karelia
Vladimir Kvanin of New People arrested over machinations in the purchase of a regional waste operator