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Russia: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure

27.06.2025
Russia
The court upheld the decision to strip “Caucasian Knot” of its media registration.
27.06.2025
Russia
Rapper, comedian, blogger, activists and lawyers: the Ministry of Justice has once again added to the list of “foreign agents”
25.06.2025
Russia
The Ministry of Justice has added the Razom for Ukraine foundation to the list of “undesirable organisations”
25.06.2025
Russia,
Other
A new case has been opened against former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev for incitement to terrorism.
24.06.2025
Russia
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has declared the “International Social Movement 'AllatRa'” extremist.
23.06.2025
Russia
The Ministry of Justice has added two new organisations to the list of “undesirable” entities.
23.06.2025
Russia,
Other
A political émigré from Sterlitamak has been declared wanted in connection with a case of repeated “discrediting” of the army.
20.06.2025
Russia,
Other
LGBTQ priest, playwright, surgeon and lawyers: the Ministry of Justice has added new names to the ‘foreign agents’ register
17.06.2025
Russia
The State Duma has passed a law tightening anti-extremism legislation
17.06.2025
Russia,
Other
Putin has approved yet another draft law tightening legislation on ‘foreign agents.’
17.06.2025
Russia,
Moscow
The Supreme Court has dissolved the “Civic Initiative” party.
11.06.2025
Russia,
Other
Journalists Aleksandr Plyushchev, Galina Timchenko, and Sergey Kovalchenko have been declared wanted by the authorities.
11.06.2025
Russia,
Other
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the group of Mongolian activists #NOWAR an “undesirable organisation”
10.06.2025
Russia
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has refused to consider Alexei Gorinov’s complaint regarding the unconstitutionality of the article on “fake news.”
09.06.2025
Russia
The government has approved amendments that tighten criminal liability for 'foreign agents'.
06.06.2025
Russia,
Other
Former Dom-2 contestant, politician and human rights defenders: Ministry of Justice updates the list of “foreign agents”
05.06.2025
Russia,
Other
The owner of the online radio station Echo and an American scientific society have been declared “undesirable” in Russia.
05.06.2025
Russia
The Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the activities of the educational organisation The British Council “undesirable
04.06.2025
Russia,
Other
A case has been opened against the co-founder of the Free Yakutia Foundation under a “terrorism”-related article.
03.06.2025
Russia
The developers of World of Tanks have been declared an “extremist organisation.”
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