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Other: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure
30.10.2026
Other
The general director of the Dozhd TV channel, Mark Ten, has been sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.
22.10.2026
Other
Belarusian security forces beat the mother of an “Army of Beauties” volunteer and threatened her family with murder
20.10.2026
Other
A case has been opened against journalist Nikolai Levshits for “spreading fake information” about the army
01.09.2026
Other
Hackers have obtained the email addresses of donors to the “Let’s” project and the “You Are Not Alone” marathon in support of political prisoners. What are the risks?
13.08.2026
Other
A case has been opened against comedian Sasha Dolgopolov for “rehabilitating Nazism”
13.08.2026
Other
Denis Shedov, an OVD-Info analyst, has been declared wanted by the authorities.
03.08.2026
Other
Boris Nadezhdin has left Russia
29.07.2026
Other
A criminal case for “aiding terrorism” has been opened against Pavel Durov. Are Telegram users now at risk?
17.07.2026
Other
Former OVD-Info director Aleksandr Polivanov has been declared a ‘foreign agent’
17.07.2026
Other
Alexei and Masha Moskalev have been granted political asylum in France.
07.05.2026
Other
Another participant in “The Scarlet Swan” has left Russia
19.02.2026
Other
Kyrgyzstan has denied political asylum to a left-wing activist from Russia
11.02.2026
Moscow
,
Other
The playwright left Russia following 'carousel arrests' and the threat of a treason case.
11.02.2026
Other
Kazakhstan has granted a request to extradite a former staff member of Navalny’s headquarters to Russia.
04.02.2026
Other
ASTRA reported that a human rights activist from Donetsk was beaten in a police station.
02.02.2026
Other
“First Department”: Developer arrested on charges of high treason after being deported from Kazakhstan to Russia
30.01.2026
Other
Kazakhstan has approved the extradition to Russia of a Chechen activist who reported torture.
27.01.2026
Moscow
,
Other
Demographer fined for interview with Meduza and for the outlet republishing his article
16.01.2026
Other
,
Rostov Oblast
A 19-year-old resident of an occupied village has been convicted over comments about the war, “Putyu” and “rusnya”
12.01.2026
Moscow
,
Other
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Mari El Republic
,
Saint Petersburg
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