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

06.03.2026

A woman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after discussions about the “Freedom of Russia” Legion.

21.01.2026

A saxophonist from Samara, a major city on the Volga River, has been sentenced to six years in prison over posts about the war.

14.01.2026

Prosecutors have requested an 18-year sentence for a woman from Tolyatti, central Russia, in a state treason case over her conversations about the “Freedom of Russia” Legion.

14.11.2025

The court has refused to increase the sentence for four defendants in the “Baymak case.”

21.10.2025

Republic of Bashkortostan,

The defendant in the case of a snowball thrown at a rally in Baymak, a city in Bashkortostan, has been sentenced to 3 years and 7 months in a penal colony.

17.10.2025

A seriously ill Jehovah’s Witness has been sentenced to seven years in prison

24.09.2025

In Samara, activists campaigning for medical assistance for a detainee have been detained.

26.08.2025

The founder of the “Council of Mothers and Wives” has been sentenced to community service under the “foreign agent” law

18.08.2025

Singer Sharlot will be transferred from an open prison to a general regime colony

09.08.2025

Republic of Tatarstan

The court of cassation has overturned the arrest of a Kazan activist for laying flowers in memory of Nemtsov.

31.07.2025

Samara-based saxophonist Andrei Shabanov has been refused a repeat medical examination.

11.07.2025

A woman from Tolyatti accused of treason was sent to a punishment cell because of a birthday present

10.07.2025

Jehovah’s Witness from Tolyatti, a major city on the Volga River, released early from the correctional centre

10.07.2025

Security forces in Samara carried out searches at the homes of followers of the AllatRa movement.

04.07.2025

A court in Samara, a major city on the Volga River, sentenced a local woman to compulsory community service in connection with the “AllatRa” movement case.

30.06.2025

The Investigative Committee has opened a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism over a video showing a teenager singing the Ukrainian national anthem.

28.06.2025

A woman from Tolyatti accused of state treason has been declared a “regime violator” in the pre-trial detention centre at Correctional Colony No. 15.

11.06.2025

A Samara-based environmental activist has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on three charges, including state treason.

10.06.2025

Samara-based environmental activist faces a request for a 24-year sentence on three charges, including treason

02.06.2025

Sharlota has been transferred to a settlement colony in Samara region, south-west Russia.