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Kirov Oblast: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure

02.06.2026
Moscow,
Kaliningrad Oblast,
Kirov Oblast,
Saint Petersburg
Prison sentence over a money transfer to an ex-wife, release from remand detention, deportation for prayer overturned: Political persecution news
26.01.2026
Kirov Oblast,
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
A resident of Kirov has been sentenced to six years in prison for comments about the war in Ukraine.
07.11.2025
Kirov Oblast
A civic activist from Kirov has been released from a penal colony after being convicted of discrediting the army.
30.07.2025
Kirov Oblast
A Saint Petersburg resident convicted over anti-war comments has been sent to a punitive confinement unit for five months
10.07.2025
Kirov Oblast
A woman from Kirov Region will stand trial over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK)
07.07.2025
Kirov Oblast
A criminal case has been opened against a resident of Kirov for donating to FBK over a transfer of 2,100 roubles (approximately US$23).
02.07.2025
Kirov Oblast
A resident of Kirov has been sentenced to four years in prison for justifying the explosion in Crimea.
30.06.2025
Kirov Oblast
A Jehovah’s Witness from Votkinsk, a city in the Udmurt Republic, has been transferred to a penal colony
27.06.2025
Kirov Oblast
A person convicted in the case of setting fire to a military recruitment office has been released from the penal colony.
24.06.2025
Kirov Oblast
A former law enforcement officer from Kirov, convicted over comments about Bucha, has been transferred to a penal colony.
04.06.2025
Kirov Oblast
In Kirov, a major city in western Russia, followers of the Ukrainian church “Vozrozhdenie” (“Revival”) have been sentenced to compulsory community service.