Krasnodar Krai: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

13.03.2026

A resident of Krasnodar, after a review of their case over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), has been fined 300,000 roubles (approximately US$3,300).

03.02.2026

The Krasnodar-based political scientist Mikhail Savva has been sentenced in absentia to three and a half years in a penal colony under the “foreign agent” article.

19.01.2026

Seven members of the National Bolshevik party were arrested in Krasnodar, a major city in southern Russia, after being detained at the ‘Limonov Readings’ event.

28.11.2025

In Slavyansk-on-Kuban, a town in southern Russia, police searched a church and detained the priest’s assistant.

28.11.2025

An elderly woman has been ordered to pay compensation to a Kuban official for five years because of critical comments.

26.11.2025

A history teacher has been sent to a penal colony over a 1945 poster featuring the flag of the Third Reich and the letter V.

27.10.2025

A woman from Krasnodar, who had returned from Kherson after visiting her grandmother, disappeared after being detained at the airport.

02.10.2025

Women who arrived in Sochi from Istanbul have been held in a detention centre for weeks without being released.

25.09.2025

A resident of Anapa, a resort town on the Black Sea, was fined 500,000 roubles (US$5,700) for donating 500 roubles (US$5.70) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

24.09.2025

A Muslim blogger has been detained in Krasnodar Krai, a region in southern Russia. They had been actively criticising the “Russian Community.”

24.09.2025

A resident of Novorossiysk, a Black Sea port city in southern Russia, has been sentenced to 9 years because of their social media posts and an attempt to join the “Freedom of Russia” Legion.

23.09.2025

An analyst who reported a record ballot stuffing at the presidential election has been accused of slander

23.09.2025

In Kuban, a Vodokanal employee received a three-year suspended sentence for donating 100 roubles (about US$1) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

09.09.2025

Krasnodar Krai,

A Jehovah’s Witness from Krasnodar Krai, southern Russia, has been released from a penal colony after serving their sentence.

06.08.2025

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A resident of Krasnodar has been fined for calling for attacks on the country’s leadership and the destruction of military equipment.

04.08.2025

A Jehovah’s Witness from Krasnodar Krai has been given a two-year suspended sentence.

01.08.2025

A comedian from Krasnodar has been sentenced to community service for making a joke about Christianity.

28.07.2025

The conviction of the defendant from Krasnodar in the FBK donations case has been overturned on appeal.

17.07.2025

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A resident of Krasnodar, a major city in southern Russia, was fined 400,000 roubles (US$4,400) for a comment expressing approval of arson attacks on military enlistment offices.

14.07.2025

A woman from Gelendzhik, a resort city on the Black Sea, has been fined 350,000 roubles (approximately US$3,800) over a comment about “Azov.”