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

12.01.2026

Mari El Republic,

Saint Petersburg

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25.12.2025

In Moscow, five defenders of the Krylatsky Hills have each been fined 15,000 roubles (approximately US$170).

23.12.2025

A nurse from Moscow has been sentenced to eight years in prison over two anti-war posts.

20.12.2025

In Moscow, an activist defending the rights of Indigenous peoples has been arrested on terrorism charges.

19.12.2025

A lecturer at Bauman University has been sentenced to three years in prison for Ukrainian songs posted on VKontakte.

18.12.2025

In Moscow, following a series of “carousel arrests,” a case has been opened against a courier for alleged “military fakes.”

18.12.2025

Spider-Man was sentenced to 15 days in jail.

15.12.2025

Pussy Riot has been designated as an “extremist organisation”

“Save yourselves for better times and be ready for them to come”: An interview with political prisoner Dmitry Ivanov

“Save yourselves for better times and be ready for them to come”: An interview with political prisoner Dmitry Ivanov

08.12.2025

MMA fighter remanded in pre-trial detention over allegations of desecrating a monument to Ministry of Emergency Situations veterans

04.12.2025

In Moscow, activists defending Losiny Ostrov National Park have been detained outside the State Duma.

03.12.2025

A Moscow resident was fined under 15 charges for having saved images featuring inverted crosses and pentagrams.

01.12.2025

Rostov anti-fascist Bohdan Yakimenko was brought to court with a broken arm

25.11.2025

Muscovite Solim Kamin has been sentenced to eight years in prison over anti-war posts.

21.11.2025

Former supporter of Donbas separatists sentenced to six years in prison in anti-war case

20.11.2025

Timofey Mokhnenko has been released—he was prosecuted over posts about the war in Ukraine.

20.11.2025

In Moscow, a picketer advocating for the rights of children with disabilities was detained.

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.