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Saint Petersburg: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure

01.11.2025
Saint Petersburg
Telegram has blocked the “VChK-OGPU” channel, and its author has been detained by security forces in St Petersburg.
31.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
The organiser of the “NecroComicCon” festival has been detained in St Petersburg.
31.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
A St Petersburg resident has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for messages in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK).
30.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
An elderly man was detained at the Levashovskoe Cemetery in St Petersburg for wearing a pro-Ukrainian badge.
29.10.2025
Leningrad Oblast,
Saint Petersburg
The StopTime drummer was not released after serving their administrative detention term.
27.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
The guitarist and vocalist of “Stoptime” were detained as they left the detention centre.
27.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
A woman from St Petersburg has been sentenced to two years in a penal settlement for a video showing the burning of a passport.
24.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
The court refused to release 19-year-old Egor Balazeykin despite his serious liver disease.
24.10.2025
Other,
Saint Petersburg
A new case has been opened against the head of the Free Buryatia Foundation, who was previously convicted under the law on military “fakes.”
17.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
A loader from St Petersburg has been sentenced to eight years over posts on a blocked page
16.10.2025
Saint Petersburg
18-year-old vocalist of the band “Stoptime,” Diana Loginova, has been sentenced to 13 days in jail for performing street concerts.
26.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
A St Petersburg resident has been sentenced to prison over comments about the shelling in Ukraine and “Prigozhin’s trolls”
25.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
In St Petersburg, an activist defending Zarosli Park has been detained.
24.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
The defendant in the case of the Trotskyist cell “Workers’ Power” has been sent for a psychiatric evaluation.
24.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
A 73-year-old woman from St Petersburg was fined for comments about the “Kremlin-Jewish gang.”
22.09.2025
Komi Republic,
Saint Petersburg
A cleaner from Gazprom has gone on trial over comments in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and the Freedom of Russia Legion.
18.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
An elderly woman will be tried for a comment calling to “crush the Kremlin-Jewish gang.”
18.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
A school security guard from St Petersburg has been sentenced to five years in prison for a post about Bucha.
17.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
The defendant in the military 'fake news' case from St Petersburg has stated that they incriminated themselves and have withdrawn their confession.
17.09.2025
Saint Petersburg
A school security guard from St Petersburg faces a proposed seven-year prison sentence over posts about the war.
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