TL;DR, July 17 -- Ilya Remeslo, a 42-year-old Russian blogger and former Kremlin ally who testified against Alexei Navalny in court, was detained in St. Petersburg on Friday, July 17, 2026, on charges of spreading false information about Russia's armed forces. His arrest follows a March manifesto in which he called President Vladimir Putin "a war criminal and thief." Remeslo faces up to ten years in prison and did not admit guilt, his lawyer said. On the same day, opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin was fined 1,000 rubles and released after a separate court hearing.

ST. PETERSBURG - The morning began with a police search of his apartment. By afternoon, Ilya Remeslo was in Moscow, detained on charges under the law Russia uses to prosecu...