Moscow: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 6 | OVD-Info

25.07.2025

The political strategist and the journalists who covered his picket have been fined under the protest law.

25.07.2025

Yekaterina Shulman has been arrested in absentia under the “foreign agent” article

23.07.2025

In Moscow, a follower of the Chinese practice Falun Gong has been sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony.

22.07.2025

The court has returned to the prosecutor’s office the case of the Ural human rights activist regarding the repeated display of the Facebook logo

22.07.2025

An activist holding a picket against fines for searching for extremist materials has been detained outside the State Duma.

21.07.2025

A criminal case has been opened against Anna Mongait, a presenter at the TV channel Dozhd (TV Rain), over alleged “military fakes.”

18.07.2025

Criminal cases have been opened against TV Rain journalists over “foreign agent” status and anti-war publications.

17.07.2025

The Investigative Committee has completed its investigation into the case of anti-war posters being displayed on Narva Castle in Estonia.

15.07.2025

A Ukrainian woman was sentenced to three years in prison for donating to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

15.07.2025

A father of five from Moscow has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for donating 1,500 rubles (approx. US$16) to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

14.07.2025

Writer Boris Akunin has been sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison.

11.07.2025

An opponent of the “Car-Free Courtyard” project has been detained in Moscow.

11.07.2025

The sentences of HSE graduates have been reduced in the case concerning damage to the makeshift Wagner Group memorial.

10.07.2025

The Moscow City Court has overturned the sentence of a former deputy in the “fake news” case over a post about Bucha and Irpin.

09.07.2025

“Meduza” publisher Galina Timchenko has been arrested in absentia.

09.07.2025

A criminal case has been opened against the streamer who spat on the St George ribbon.

08.07.2025

The Investigative Committee has opened a case against the author of Verstka’s investigation into how sanctioned goods enter Russia.

07.07.2025

The former police officer accused of spreading military “fake news” over phone conversations has had the charges against him toughened.

04.07.2025

The co-chair of Golos, who was sentenced to five years, has been transferred to an unknown location.

04.07.2025

In Moscow, an activist was detained after staging a solo protest against construction on the Krylatsky Hills.