A court in Russia’s Oryol Region has ruled in favor of a Justice Ministry lawsuit, designating the queer media project Parni Plus an ‘extremist’ organization.

Independent Russian media reports that courts have started applying 2025 amendments, treating VPN use as an aggravating circumstance in criminal cases, with the first two such instances identified.

Moscow's Basmanny Court has sentenced actor Artur Smolyaniov in absentia to eight years in prison for allegedly spreading "false information" about the Russian military.

A Russian court has convicted a German sculptor in absentia for depicting President Putin and a patriarch in a sex act.

The case is linked to Telegram posts about a dispute over a museum exhibition in Sukhumi (Sukhum).

A sealed military trial ends with convictions and fines related to the 2024 Crocus City Hall tragedy.

A Russian court in Krasnodar Krai has fined a local resident, Ivan Kazhan, for using an avatar with 'AUE symbolism' in the Max messenger app, marking the first such penalty in Russia.

A Russian court has again rejected a compensation claim filed by Alexei Navalny's mother regarding her son's death.

A St. Petersburg court has declared the Russian LGBT Network an 'extremist organization' and banned it from operating within Russia.

Russian courts are reportedly fining residents for posting images featuring the number 666, interpreting it as propaganda for the 'International Satanism Movement,' which authorities have designated an extremist organization.

A Russian court has imposed a fine on a local news agency and one of its directors for publishing a review of the series 'Heated Rivalry'. The Russian government considers the series to be LGBTQ+ propaganda.

Marat Nikandrov, a Russian resident who was designated a foreign agent after applying as a joke, has been sentenced to an eight-month suspended sentence by a Russian court.

A court in Russia's Smolensk region has fined a Russian man for sending a threatening text message to a Belarusian security official. The message was sent during the 2020 protests in Belarus, as announced by Belarus's Prosecutor General’s Office.

Ukrainian ecologist Vladislav Balinsky, who documents environmental damage from the war, has been arrested in absentia by a Russian court and placed on an international wanted list for his work on ecocide.

A Russian military court has sentenced a 28-year-old Ukrainian soldier, who participated in the defense of Mariupol, to 27 years in prison.

Gunmen opened fire at a concert hall near Moscow in 2024, killing 145 and injuring more than 500, the deadliest mass shooting in Russia in two decades.

A Russian court in Rostov has sentenced three Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Azov brigade to lengthy prison terms ranging from 18 to 29 years on terrorism charges.

A Russian court has sentenced journalist Kotrikadze and businessman Chichvarkin in absentia for spreading 'war fakes,' with witnesses claiming emotional distress from their social media posts critical of the conflict.

A Russian court has banned the popular novel "Summer with a Pioneer Tie," which explores teenage same-sex love, prompting its authors, Katerina Silwanowa and Elena Malisowa, to leave the country due to safety concerns.

A Russian court is set to hear the case of individuals accused of planning to plant explosives at military and security sites in Daghestan.

A court in Yekaterinburg has sentenced Shahin Shykhlinski, head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, to nine additional years in a maximum-security prison for violence against a law enforcement officer, extending his total term to 24 years.

A St. Petersburg court has sentenced six activists from the 'Vesna' anti-war youth movement to up to 12 years in prison, marking the latest verdicts in the Kremlin's campaign to silence critics.

A Russian court has sentenced Ukrainian officer Robert Brovdi, commander of the 'Birds of Hungary' unit, to life imprisonment in absentia. Brovdi was also banned from Hungary following Ukraine's attack on the Russian Friendship pipeline.

A Russian court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced three Ukrainian teenagers from occupied Melitopol to prison terms ranging from seven to eight and a half years on terrorism charges.

A Russian couple owning property in Finland is attempting to sue Finland in a Russian court. Russia's Supreme Court is handling the case, where the couple demands Finland purchase their house and plot and compensate them for emotional distress.

A Romanian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Russian court in the Krasnodar region for espionage on behalf of Ukraine.