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

19.09.2026
Leningrad Oblast,
Saint Petersburg
Reports of discrepancies in turnout and other violations during the elections have emerged in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
05.05.2026
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 was released.
03.04.2026
Leningrad Oblast
A 61-year-old resident of Vyborg, a town near the Finnish border, faces a requested sentence of three years in prison over a comment saying “Glory to Ukraine.”
30.01.2026
Leningrad Oblast
A physicist from Leningrad region has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony over anti-war comments.
15.01.2026
Leningrad Oblast
A resident of Vyborg, a town near St Petersburg, has been transferred from house arrest to a pre-trial detention centre over a case involving the comment “Glory to Ukraine.”
09.12.2025
Leningrad Oblast,
Saint Petersburg
Elderly man sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for comments in an Azov fighter’s Telegram channel
08.12.2025
Leningrad Oblast,
Saint Petersburg
An elderly man was sent to a pre-trial detention centre after missing a court hearing due to an asthma attack.
29.10.2025
Leningrad Oblast,
Saint Petersburg
The StopTime drummer was not released after serving their administrative detention term.
04.09.2025
Leningrad Oblast
A Communist Party activist was detained over a May protest against a coffee factory
30.07.2025
Leningrad Oblast
In Leningrad Region, a “citizen of the USSR” was detained on charges related to an extremist organisation.
20.06.2025
Leningrad Oblast
Security forces have detained a streamer from Leningrad region who threw away a Russian flag bearing an image of Putin.
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