Moscow: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 3 | OVD-Info

17.11.2025

Politician and 'foreign agent' Elvira Vikhareva was attacked in her own home

14.11.2025

Yury Dud was sentenced in absentia to a real prison term under the ‘foreign agent’ article

14.11.2025

The court has posthumously found the director of a travel agency guilty in a case concerning the organisation of trips for LGBTQ people.

13.11.2025

Actress Yana Troyanova has been sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.

07.11.2025

Activists from the “Left Front” movement were detained on Red Square.

05.11.2025

In Moscow, three activists have been sentenced to 15 days in detention after holding pickets in support of Svetlana Lady-Rus.

01.11.2025

Environmental defender of the Krylatskiye Hills fined under protest law for park vigil

31.10.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

A delegation of Crimean Tatars was detained on the approach to Moskalkova’s office, but released after a conversation.

31.10.2025

In Moscow, a woman was detained after she attended a gathering to protest against the construction of a paid car park.

22.10.2025

The verdict against Buddhist and programmer Ilya Vasilyev (Arvi Hacker) has been overturned.

21.10.2025

In Moscow, a solo protester was detained after demonstrating in support of street musicians.

08.10.2025

The historian of Russian cuisine and writer Pavel Syutkin has been detained in connection with a criminal case on “military fakes.”

26.09.2025

A Moscow court has sentenced sex education advocate Sasha Kazantseva to detention in absentia as part of a criminal case.

26.09.2025

An engineer from the TV channel Match TV has been sent to a pre-trial detention centre in connection with a case over a donation to Artpodgotovka.

26.09.2025

A criminal case was opened in absentia against film critic Anton Dolin for violating the law on “foreign agents.”

25.09.2025

The creator of the “Biology of War” course has been arrested in absentia on charges of spreading military “fake news.”

25.09.2025

Moscow activist Konstantin Kotov has been sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

25.09.2025

The head of the Narva Museum was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison over a banner reading: “Putin is a war criminal.”

20.09.2025

The former dispatcher of Moscow’s state-funded “Zhilishchnik” organisation has had the charges against her in the “Artpodgotovka” case made more severe.

20.09.2025

Leonid Gozman’s politician was arrested in absentia in a case concerning the justification of terrorism