The main thing for today is that our journalists are punished for telling the truth. Maria Ponomarenko was sentenced to 6 years in prison for "falsifications" regarding the RF Armed Forces, and to 1 year and 10 months in prison for a second criminal case for allegedly assaulting IK-6 employees. In June 2026, Maria was convicted in a third criminal case regarding a conflict with an FSIN employee. Igor Kuznetsov* served more than five years for "inciting mass riots", which did not happen. Roman Ivanov received 7 years in prison for "falsifications" about the Russian armed forces. Olga Komaleva* was sentenced to 12 years in prison for allegedly participating in an "extremist community". They need your support! * - Included in Rosfinmonitoring's list of "terrorists and extremists". The Ministry of Finance proposed to transfer the savings of "silent" to long-term state-controlled savings. - The government banned the export of certain types of petrochemicals outside the EAEU for three months. - VPN blocking strengthened in Russia; Traffic is analyzed by AI around the clock. - Russia has finally withdrawn from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. The founder of The Insider* Roman Dobrokotov** was sentenced in absentia to 5.5 years in prison for working in an "undesirable" organization. - Putin required the data centers to maintain capacity for the country's information resources. Exclusively from RusNews. The Moscow City Court closed the hearing on the appeal of the Buddhist Ilya Vasiliev, although both courts of the first instance were open. The court in the city of Moscow confirmed the sentence of the Buddhist and programmer Ilya Vasiliev - 6 years in prison for two jobs. The Investigative Committee of the Yamal-Nant Autonomous District repeatedly refused to initiate a criminal case regarding the torture of Azat Makhov*** - the Investigations Department allegedly eliminated the violations. * - Recognized by the Russian authorities as a "foreign agent", as well as an "undesirable" organization.
** - Recognized by the Russian authorities as a "foreign agent".
*** - Included in Rosfinmonitoring's "extremists and terrorists" list. ———.
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