Russia: political persecution, detentions, searches, trials. Human rights news - 4 | OVD-Info

16.07.2025

The founder of the project “Fairy Tales for Political Prisoners” has announced its closure.

16.07.2025

The State Duma Committee has approved amendments introducing fines for searching for extremist materials online.

15.07.2025

The State Duma has passed amendments in the first reading that will allow for faster prosecution of 'foreign agents'.

15.07.2025

The State Duma has passed a bill introducing criminal liability for the “desecration” of military monuments.

15.07.2025

The State Duma has passed amendments in the final reading that tighten anti-extremism legislation.

14.07.2025

A criminal case has been opened against a Meduza journalist for involvement in the activities of an “undesirable” organisation.

14.07.2025

Writer Dmitry Bykov has been declared wanted by the authorities

11.07.2025

The foundation supporting the Ukrainian army has been declared an “undesirable organisation.”

11.07.2025

The “Our Way Out” movement and five more individuals have been added to the list of “foreign agents.”

08.07.2025

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared Yale University in the USA an “undesirable” organisation.

08.07.2025

The Ministry of Justice has refused to register the party “The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov.”

08.07.2025

The former head of Boris Nadezhdin’s campaign office has been stripped of Russian citizenship

08.07.2025

The “Golos” movement has announced that it is ceasing its activities.

04.07.2025

Lawyer Nikolai Polozov, who defended members of Pussy Riot and Crimean Tatars, has been declared wanted by the authorities.

04.07.2025

The Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation has demanded that the “International Satanist Movement” be declared “extremist.”

04.07.2025

Two European organisations have been declared “undesirable” in Russia

04.07.2025

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the Mediazona journalist on the federal wanted list.

03.07.2025

Temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The health of three Crimean Tatar activists is deteriorating in detention

03.07.2025

The “People’s Communist Movement” has been added to the list of “terrorists and extremists.”

28.06.2025

Sverdlovsk Oblast

The Ministry of Justice has demanded the dissolution of the Russian All-People’s Union party.