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Other: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure

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.
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,
Mari El Republic,
Saint Petersburg
What happened in the first days of 2026: key news on political pressure
30.12.2025
Other
Activist Pavel Krisevich has left Russia after “carousel arrests” and threats from law enforcement.
19.12.2025
Other,
Altai Krai
A criminal case has been opened against an emigrated poet and activist from Barnaul, a major city in Siberia, under two articles.
18.12.2025
Russia,
Other
The State Duma has passed a draft law in its first reading to restrict the rights of people facing political persecution who have left Russia.
15.12.2025
Russia,
Moscow,
Other
Pussy Riot has been designated as an “extremist organisation”
11.12.2025
Other,
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
A publicist and sociologist from Nizhny Novgorod, a large city on the Volga River, has been charged under three criminal articles.
08.12.2025
Russia,
Other
The Supreme Court has declared the “Congress of People’s Deputies” a “terrorist organisation.”
27.11.2025
Other
The American legal entity FBK has been recognised as a “terrorist organisation.”
24.11.2025
Other
The musicians of “Stoptime” have left Russia
01.11.2025
Other,
Moscow Oblast
A case has been opened against economist Vladislav Inozemtsev for failing to fulfil the obligations of a “foreign agent.”
24.10.2025
Other,
Saint Petersburg
A new case has been opened against the head of the Free Buryatia Foundation, who was previously convicted under the law on military “fakes.”
22.10.2025
Russia,
Other
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia demands that the American legal entity of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) be recognised as a “terrorist organisation.”
10.10.2025
Other
Mobilised serviceman who escaped from a military unit twice is unable to obtain asylum in Kazakhstan
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