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06.11.2026

The “Rassvet” party, a journalist, a poet: who the Ministry of Justice has recognised as new “foreign agents”

06.11.2026

Dud, Akunin, Bykov and Nevzorov have been added to the register of Russians with restricted rights

03.11.2026

Russia has withdrawn from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. What does this mean for prisoners?

03.11.2026

Telegram was fined 14.6 million roubles (approx. US$165,000) for failing to remove posts about banned organisations and the war.

03.11.2026

The music distributor FreshTunes has been fined 2.5 million roubles (US$28,000) for “LGBT propaganda.”

02.11.2026

The founder of The Insider, Roman Dobrokhotov, has been sentenced in absentia to 5.5 years in prison.

02.11.2026

Sales of Sasha Skocilenko’s book “My Prison Trip” have been halted following a warning from Roskomnadzor (Russia’s media watchdog).

02.11.2026

Yekaterina Shulman has been fined 40,000 roubles (US$440) for “discrediting” the army.

29.10.2026

According to Memorial, at least 69 victims of political repression have died since the start of the war.

26.10.2026

The prosecutor’s office has demanded that a criminal case be opened against the human rights activist Anna Karetinkova

23.10.2026

Shulman, Khodorkovsky, Chichvarkin, Naki: Ministry of Justice adds 12 people to register of Russians with restricted rights

23.10.2026

Journalist, politician, social projects and NGOs: who has the Ministry of Justice designated as “foreign agents”

23.10.2026

Former State Duma deputy from the Communist Party, Oleg Mikhailov, has been added to the list of “terrorists and extremists”

22.10.2026

Rosfinmonitoring has removed schoolgirl Anna Zhuravlyova from the list of “terrorists and extremists.”

16.10.2026

Naoko and Alexander Orlov, musicians from the group “Stoptime,” have been added to the list of “foreign agents.”

15.10.2026

Yegor Zhukov has been removed from the list of “terrorists and extremists.”

13.10.2026

Journalist Alexey Kovalev has been declared wanted

10.10.2026

Pavel Krisevich’s wife has left Russia after two arrests and pressure from the FSB

09.10.2026

Activist, film critic and bloggers: Ministry of Justice adds more people to the ‘foreign agents’ register

06.10.2026

“It’s some kind of miracle.” The criminal case against Lida Moniava has been dropped