Lipetsk Oblast: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news | OVD-Info

19.09.2026

In the Lipetsk region, the chair of the Territorial Election Commission obstructed the work of a commission member from the Communist Party (KPRF).

19.09.2026

In Lipetsk Region, the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has been denied access to video surveillance of polling stations.

05.02.2026

In the prison where dissident Aleksandr Skobov is being held, up to 75% of money transfers sent to inmates are being confiscated.

19.01.2026

68-year-old dissident Aleksandr Skobov was sent to a punishment cell because of his beard.

30.10.2025

Voronezh Oblast,

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea,

The parents of the Crimean Tatar women were detained four times on their way to meet with the ombudsman in Moscow.

24.10.2025

Lipetsk Oblast,

The administrator of “ONA RAZVALILAS” has spent more than 200 days in a punishment cell.

20.10.2025

Dissident and publicist Alexander Skobov is facing pressure in prison

01.08.2025

In Lipetsk, a city in western Russia, police officers visited the Communist Party office twice in two days.

30.07.2025

Eight Jehovah’s Witnesses from Lipetsk Region have been fined a total of 2,750,000 roubles (approx. US$31,000).

28.07.2025

St Petersburg dissident Aleksandr Skobov has been transferred to a prison in Lipetsk region.