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

26.10.2026

A case on charges of justifying terrorism has been opened against Ivan Kudryashov, an activist from Tver, a city northwest of Moscow.

07.10.2026

Political prisoner Aleksandr Shestun has reported a pre-infarction (pre-heart attack) condition.

17.04.2026

The artist Lyudmila Razumova has spoken about an aggressive cellmate.

13.04.2026

The imprisoned politician Alexander Shestun has declared a dry hunger strike in the prison hospital.

26.02.2026

Former Russian presidential candidate Ekaterina Duntsova has been detained in Tver, a city northwest of Moscow.

30.12.2025

Former mayor of Yaroslavl, Yevgeny Urlashov, has been released from prison after spending more than 12 years in detention.

28.11.2025

Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky has been sent for treatment after being placed in a punishment isolation cell (SHIZO).

11.09.2025

A defendant in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, sentenced to 17 years in prison, has complained of health problems.

27.08.2025

A defendant in the Crimean Hizb ut-Tahrir case has been sent to a strict-regime cell (PKT).

15.08.2025

Blogger Valentin Shlyakov, who was convicted over statements made on his YouTube channel, has been released from the penal colony.

16.06.2025

The court rejected artist Lyudmila Razumova’s lawsuit challenging the legality of her transfer to a strict detention unit (SUS).

“I couldn’t do otherwise”: An artist couple was imprisoned for anti-war graffiti

“I couldn’t do otherwise”: An artist couple was imprisoned for anti-war graffiti

The story of an artist couple imprisoned for anti-war graffiti