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Russian political scientist remanded in custody in Moscow over drug charges

A court in Moscow has ordered political scientist Alexander Kynev held in pre-trial detention on suspicion of large-scale drug distribution. The ruling was issued by the Perovsky District Court following the opening of a criminal case. Further details regarding the investigation have not yet been publicly confirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
5 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • zonaотправили
  • telegram«Базы»
  • themoscowtimesMoscow Police
  • verstkaРодственник
  • semnasemСуд в Москве
3 differing positions reported on location across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • zonaв СИЗО
  • telegramМосквы
  • rferlВ Москве
  • themoscowtimesMoscow
  • semnasemв Москве
2 differing positions reported on status across 10 publishers; unresolved.
  • zonaотправили
  • telegramарестовали
  • meduzaарестовали
  • rferlарестован
  • themoscowtimesArrest
  • istoriesарестовали
  • paperpaperарестовали
  • agentstvoарестовали
  • verstkaназвал
  • semnasemарестовал
WhereMoscow
55.752, 37.618 ±10 km
First reported30 days ago
Published2026-09-25 12:22 UTC
Sources11
How this travelled.
Reports21Independent tellings11
11 independently corroborated tellings, 2 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Russian political scientist remanded in custody in Moscow over drug charges. 2026-09-25T12:22:24.455Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:3507. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-25/foreign-national-detention-moscow-2d025bf3

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