Russia: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 3 | OVD-Info

18.09.2026

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Meduza journalist Vladislav Gorin on the wanted list.

17.09.2026

Zhanna Nemtsova has been placed on the international wanted list

17.09.2026

Meduza has obtained the authorities’ plan to combat extremism. What has come to light from it?

16.09.2026

Ksenia Maksimova, the UK consul of the “Anti-War Committee of Russia,” has been declared wanted.

15.09.2026

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has declared a former Wagner PMC mercenary, who had criticised the Ministry of Defence, wanted.

14.09.2026

A court has banned online publication of a book about the love between a Russian and a Canadian ice hockey player.

14.09.2026

Nadezhdin and several independent media outlets have reported mass bot manipulation in Telegram channels.

14.09.2026

Yabloko candidate to miss elections due to detention. How the party is being removed from State Duma and regional elections

14.09.2026

A criminal case has been opened against Noize MC. The prosecutor’s office found his words at a concert to be “justifying terrorism.”

11.09.2026

The Ministry of Justice has removed Yevgeny Ponasenkov from the register of 'foreign agents'

11.09.2026

A developer took internal documents about FSB surveillance out of Russia. What these documents have revealed

Under the Umbrella of Extremism: How Russia Bans Ideas, People, and Imaginary Movements

Under the Umbrella of Extremism: How Russia Bans Ideas, People, and Imaginary Movements

29.07.2026

Yabloko has been allowed to participate in the State Duma elections. It is the only party in Russia with an anti-war stance.

Protests on March 29—what actually happened

Protests on March 29—what actually happened

“We went from space exploration to whitelists”

09.04.2026

Searches carried out at the offices of independent trade unions

27.03.2026

Authorities are seeking to have Memorial designated as an “extremist” organisation.

11.03.2026

The Supreme Court has declared that it is not mandatory to comply with urgent measures requested by the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

13.02.2026

The German Academic Exchange Service has been declared an “undesirable organisation.”

10.02.2026

RBC: Roskomnadzor to begin slowing down Telegram from 10 February

27.01.2026

The State Duma has passed a bill in the first reading that allows the internet to be shut down at the request of the FSB.