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Russia: What's Happening? Political Repression, Detentions, Pressure - 7

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.”
According to OVD-Info, since 2015, 623 individuals have been subject to criminal cases related to public actions

According to OVD-Info, since 2015, 623 individuals have been subject to criminal cases related to public actions

Detentions at public protests, 2012-2024

Detentions at public protests, 2012-2024

“Тhere is still hope for Russia”—Ilya Yashin writes from prison

“Тhere is still hope for Russia”—Ilya Yashin writes from prison

Interview with Politician and Political Prisoner Ilya Yashin.
The Russian Constitutional Court has rejected our challenge. Here is what is wrong with this

The Russian Constitutional Court has rejected our challenge. Here is what is wrong with this

The Kremlin spent many resources trying to crush the Russian anti-war movement. We explain the workings of one of their key tools — the discreditation articles.
4 June Navalny protests: analysis

4 June Navalny protests: analysis

Our quick analytical take on yesterday’s protests in support of Alexei Navalny.
John Lennon, the Holy Martyr Alexander Schmorell and others in Constitutional Court. Cancel the article punishing “discrediting” the Russian army.

John Lennon, the Holy Martyr Alexander Schmorell and others in Constitutional Court. Cancel the article punishing “discrediting” the Russian army.

OVD-Info and its partners filed a complaint in Constitutional Court against the article for «discrediting» the Russian army.
“Blessed are the peacemakers.” What Christian religious leaders face when speaking out against the war

“Blessed are the peacemakers.” What Christian religious leaders face when speaking out against the war

How Christian clerics are persecuted in Russia for their anti-war protests.