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21.05.2026
18:04
Moscow
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Vladimir Oblast
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Rostov Oblast
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Saint Petersburg
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Sverdlovsk Oblast
Attack on a human rights defender, sentence for an artist, and arrest over leaflets: political pressure news
19.05.2026
18:02
Voronezh Oblast
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Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea
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Novosibirsk Oblast
Ban on LGBT initiative, activist tortured and case over calls to “destroy the Kremlin”: Political persecution news
18.05.2026
14:21
Rostov Oblast
An artist from Rostov has been subjected to a series of consecutive arrests since February. He has reported being tortured.
13.05.2026
16:53
Orenburg Oblast
The Orenburg-based lawyer convicted under the military “fake news” law has spent more than two weeks in a punishment cell.
13:39
Moscow
The OVD-Info press secretary has been fined for involvement in an “undesirable organisation” case.
08.05.2026
16:32
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A woman from Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, has been sentenced to one and a half years of compulsory labour over fan fiction.
15:15
Vladimir Oblast
Nikolai Dayneko, a defendant in the “Mayakovsky case,” has been released from the penal colony.
14:08
Chelyabinsk Oblast
A student from Buryatia convicted of treason has gone on hunger strike over mistreatment in prison.
07.05.2026
18:14
Irkutsk Oblast
The leader of the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko, who tried to organise a protest against restrictions, has been arrested again.
17:12
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A resident of Yekaterinburg has spoken about being tortured during their arrest in connection with a case on “discrediting the army.”
15:01
Sverdlovsk Oblast
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, a researcher of Stalinist repressions has been arrested on charges of aiding terrorism.
14:28
Krasnodar Krai
A man from Krasnodar died in a penal colony after being convicted over an image featuring Putin and a post about the war.
12:51
Other
Another participant in “The Scarlet Swan” has left Russia
06.05.2026
15:59
Republic of Tatarstan
The son of a Supreme Court judge in Tatarstan has been sent to a penal colony in a case involving “fake news” and justifying terrorism.
05.05.2026
21:00
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Azat Miftakhov spoke about torture at the Polar Owl penal colony
15:24
Leningrad Oblast
A 61-year-old resident of Vyborg, a city near the Finnish border, was sentenced over a comment saying “Glory to Ukraine” and released.
04.05.2026
16:34
Kaluga Oblast
A man from Kaluga who served a sentence for a comment about the FSB explosion has been detained at Minsk airport.
14:04
Moscow
“Centre T” has been declared an extremist organisation
30.04.2026
12:47
Tula Oblast
The court has decided to deport a foreign national from Russia due to a review of a skirt on Wildberries.
29.04.2026
15:28
Republic of Bashkortostan
A criminal case has been opened against a former staff member of Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa, a major city in the Urals, under the “foreign agent” article.
14:53
Sverdlovsk Oblast
In Yekaterinburg, a major city in the Urals, security forces visited the head of the local branch of the Yabloko party and another party member.
12:40
Sverdlovsk Oblast
A local historian from Tatarstan has been sentenced over an anti-war post and an appeal by the ‘Freedom of Russia’ legion.
28.04.2026
15:04
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Anarchist Azat Miftakhov has been transferred to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle.
11:32
Moscow
The head of the Moscow Zen Centre has been sentenced to six years in a penal colony over a case concerning “fake news” about the military.
27.04.2026
16:42
Saint Petersburg
The “Russian LGBT Network” has been declared an extremist organisation
16:07
Tula Oblast
A case has been opened against a resident of Tula who attended a religious procession wearing a “Satan mask,” for offending the feelings of believers.
13:52
Kemerovo Oblast
Elderly man Oleg Tyryshkin, who was convicted over a comment about Akhmat Kadyrov, has died in detention.
24.04.2026
14:05
Irkutsk Oblast
The leader of Yabloko in Irkutsk, who tried to organise a protest against internet blocking, has been detained for 12 days.
23.04.2026
19:22
Primorsky Krai
The cassation court has kept the Primorye politician with skin cancer in prison, despite the positions of the Supreme Court and the Federal Penitentiary Service.
17:20
Vladimir Oblast
Navalny’s lawyer Igor Sergunin has been released
15:49
Oryol Oblast
LGBTQ media outlet Parni+ and the Moscow Community Centre have been designated extremist organisations.
22.04.2026
19:01
Moscow Oblast
A court in the Moscow region has closed the case on military “fake news” that had been brought against Nikolai Markin, a member of the Yabloko party.
15:21
Moscow
An elderly woman from the Moscow region has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a case involving the “citizens of the USSR” movement.
21.04.2026
13:21
Moscow
Searches are being carried out at the management offices of the Eksmo publishing house in connection with a case concerning LGBT literature.
10:50
Voronezh Oblast
After Khristolyub Vegan’s death in prison, a negligence case was initiated.
20.04.2026
16:01
Chelyabinsk Oblast
A new case has been opened against a Crimean Tatar with a brain tumour who has been seeking release for two years.
17.04.2026
20:32
Voronezh Oblast
A Christian preacher, Khristolyub Vegan, who had been convicted over a YouTube video, has died in a penal colony.
17:05
Moscow
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Irkutsk Oblast
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Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
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Khabarovsk Krai
March of Chinese workers and ban on religious procession outside the Kremlin: News on freedom of assembly
13:11
Tver Oblast
The artist Lyudmila Razumova has spoken about an aggressive cellmate.
16.04.2026
12:54
Moscow
A protocol has been drawn up against OVD-Info’s press secretary for participation in an “undesirable organisation.”
15.04.2026
16:54
Ivanovo Oblast
The verdict has been upheld for anti-war blogger Sergey Veselov from Shuya, a town in the Ivanovo region.
14:29
Republic of Mordovia
The Supreme Court of Mordovia has overturned the tightening of the prison regime for human rights defender Sergei Maryin.
13:18
Chelyabinsk Oblast
A second Maoist supporter was arrested and sentenced to 10 days in detention following a protest against the blocking of Telegram.
14.04.2026
18:04
Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
A search is underway at the office of the independent publication Sapa in Vladikavkaz, a major city in the North Caucasus.
17:32
Khabarovsk Krai
An artist who had been arrested over a comment has died by suicide in a pre-trial detention centre in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a city in Russia’s Far East.
13:44
Saint Petersburg
A criminal case has been opened over a photo of an Easter cake and a sex toy with the caption “Christ is risen!”
13.04.2026
19:16
Tver Oblast
The imprisoned politician Alexander Shestun has declared a dry hunger strike in the prison hospital.
15:38
Moscow
A case has been opened against a staff member of a Moscow bar for offending the feelings of believers over a hookah served on a kulich (traditional Easter cake).
10.04.2026
17:43
Moscow
Oleg Roldugin, a journalist from Novaya Gazeta, has been charged
12:29
Chelyabinsk Oblast
In Chelyabinsk, an advocate of Maoism was detained over a banner protesting the blocking of Telegram
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