Saint Petersburg: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 5 | OVD-Info

18.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

A St Petersburg resident was fined for holding a picket against Alexander Bastrykin

17.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

A local historian from St Petersburg faces a sentence in an open prison colony under charges of rehabilitating Nazism.

16.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, police detained a young woman over a video showing her burning her passport.

12.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

The prosecutor’s office has dropped some of the charges against St Petersburg local historian Dmitry Vitushkin.

11.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

The court sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness from Sakhalin Oblast, a region in Russia’s Far East, to a fine of 600,000 roubles (US$6,600).

11.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

The husband of the former director of “New Holland” has been convicted over two posts about the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.

10.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

Former police officer sentenced to 14 years for anti-war graffiti and involvement in a terrorist organisation

08.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

A criminal case of vandalism has been launched in St Petersburg over street graffiti reading “Peace to the world.”

06.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

Prosecutors have requested an 18-year sentence for a former police officer in a case concerning vandalism and correspondence with the Freedom of Russia Legion.

04.06.2025

Saint Petersburg

In St Petersburg, two people were detained at the monument to the victims of repression.

“I won’t let you undress and search me,” I said

“I won’t let you undress and search me,” I said

“Monk calls for disobedience”: The Life Story of Father Ioann Kurmoyarov

“Monk calls for disobedience”: The Life Story of Father Ioann Kurmoyarov

OVD-Info tells the life story of Father Ioann, who was arrested in June for spreading ‘fakes’ about the Russian army.